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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

Saturday, ncvsmber 1,1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

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EXTERNAL TRADE: PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS ......................... 1

MAKING THE BEST USE OF SPORTING FACILITIES ......................... 3

MAC INAUGURATED IN TSING YI SQUATTER COMMUNITY ..................... 5

SWD DIRECTOR VISITS HOME FOR PROBLEM GIRLS ......................... 6

LADY CATER TO VISIT MEMBER AGENCIES OF COMMUNITY CHEST ............. 7

YAU MA TEI SECTION OF NATHAN ROAD CLOSED ............................7

FIRING PRACTICE REMINDER ........................................... 8

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1980

EXTERNAL TRADE: PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS % % % % % %

THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND IMPORTS ROSE BY 8 PER CENT AND 7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN AUGUST 1980 COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT PRICE INDEX) IMPROVED SLIGHTLY BY 1 PER CENT. HOWEVER, A MUCH LARGER INCREASE IN VOLUME WAS REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS (♦ 20 PER CENT) THAN FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS (♦ 8 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT, WITH VOLUME UP BY 45 PER CENT.

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF THE GOOPS TRADED. CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE ARE DERIVED FROM CHANGES IN TRADE VALUES, AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

THE FOLLOWING IS AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY:

CHANGES COMPARING AUGUST 1980 WITH AUGUST 1979

EXPORT VALUES

EXPORT UNIT VALUES

EXPORT VOLUMES

CLOTHING (EXCEPT

FUR) ♦ 12% * 9% ♦ 3%

TEXTILE FABRICS ♦ 10% ♦ 3% 6%

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD - 13% ♦ 5% 17%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES - 14% ♦ 7% — 19%

ALL TRANSISTORIZED RADIOS ♦ 19% ♦ 4% ♦ 15%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS * 39% + 12% + 24%

FOOTWEAR ♦ 13% + 14% — 1%

METAL MANUFACTURES * 30% + 15% ♦ 13%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP + 64% ♦ 5% ♦ 56%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS * 48% - 7% ♦ 60%

ALL COMMODITIES + 17% + 8% ♦ 8%

APART FROM WATCHES AND CLOCKS, THE EXPORTS PRICES OF WHICH DROPPED BY 7 PER CENT, EXPORT PRICES OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED AT VARYING RATES, FROM A 3 PER CENT INCREASE FOR TEXTILE FABRICS TO A 15 PER CENT INCREASE FOR METAL MANUFACTURES.

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CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS NOTED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (* 60%), METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+ 56%) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (♦ 24%). HOWEVER, SIZABLE DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (- 19%) AS WELL AS TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

CHANGES IN THE BY END-USE CATEGORY

VALUES , UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF IMPORTS ARE SHOWN AS FOLLOWS:

CHANGES COMPARING AUGUST 1980 WITH AUGUST 1979

IMPORT IMPORT UNIT IMPORT

VALUES VALUES VOLUMES

FOODSTUFFS ♦ 34% ♦ 9% + 24%

CONSUMER GOODS ♦ 46% - 1% ♦ 48%

FUELS ♦ 59% + 43% ♦ 12%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES + 15% + 7% ♦ 7%

CAPITAL GOODS ♦ 24% ♦ 6% ♦ 17%

ALL COMMODITIES * 29% ♦ 7% ♦ 20%

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 43 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY CHANGED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM - 1 PER CENT TO + 9 PER CENT.

MOST IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SUGAR, LIVE POULTRY, SOYA B^AN OIL? PEANUT OIL AND LARD, MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS FRUIT.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS, TOBACCO MANUFACTURES, HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, CLOTHING, CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS, PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AND FOOTWEAR.

IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF VARIOUS KINDS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED A MIXED TREND. WHEREAS PURCHASES OF WOOLLEN YARN AND MIXTURES, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, COTTON YARN AND THREAD AND FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FABRICS ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, DEMAND FOR PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS, CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPONENTS, WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK AS WELL AS RAW COTTON DROPPED.

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AS FOR capital goods, major increases in import volume were RECORDED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, TEXTILE MACHINERY AND SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS. HOWEVER, THE SUPPLY OF OFFICE MACHINES DECREASED.

CHANGES IN THE BY END-USE CATEGORY

VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF RE-EXPORTS ARE SHOWN AS FOLLOWS:

CHANGES COMPARING AUGUST 1980 WITH AUGUST 1979

RE-EXPORT VALUES RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUES RE-EXPORT VOLUMES

FOODSTUFFS * 23% * 1% * 22%

CONSUMER GOODS + 57% + 3% + 52%

FUELS ♦ 220% + 45% ♦ 121%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES ♦ 59% + 10% ♦ 45%

CAPITAL GOODS + 40% ♦ 6% ♦ 32%

ALL COMMODITIES ♦ 53% ♦ 6% ♦ 45%

THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED

SUBSTANTIALLY, PARTICULARLY THAT OF FUELS.

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MAKING THE BEST USE OF SPORTING FACILITIES * X * * *

THE AIM OF BOTH GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS IN TSUEN WAN MUST BE TO GET THE MOST OUT OF LOCAL SPORTING FACILITIES, TOWN MANAGER AND DISTRICT OFFICER, DR JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY. ’

DR HAYES WAS SPEAKING DURING THE OPENING OF THE SECOND TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL AT THE NEW OSMAN RAMJU SADICK MEMORIAL GAMES HALL, KWAI CHUNG.

ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE THIS MEANT EQUIPPING AND STAFFING THE FACILITIES TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM HOURS, HE SAID.

ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, THIS MEANT, INDEPENDENTLY OR TOGETHER WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, PROVIDING AN ORGANISED PROGRAMME OF TRAINING AND EVENTS THAT •OULD BENEFIT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF LOCAL PEOPLE.

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+THIS IS NOT AN EASY TARGET TO ACHIEVE,* DR HAYES ACKNOWLEDGED.

ASSUMING FOR THE MOMENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD AND WOULD DO ITS SIDE OF THE WORK, THERE WAS STILL A GREAT DEAL ELSE TO BE DONE.

♦THE GOVERNMENT’S MANAGERS MUST BE IN CLOSE LIAISON WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND LISTEN TO THEIR SUGGESTIONS.

♦ON THEIR PART, THE CLUBS MUST NOT BE PETTY MINDED ABOUT CO-OPERATING WITH OTHERS AND ABOUT SHARING FACILITIES.+

♦THIS IS, I KNOW, A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION,+ DR HAYES SAID, ♦BUT NOTHING LESS IS REQUIRED IF OUR AMENITIES ARE TO BE FULLY UTILIZED AND, THEREBY, OUR VERY LARGE NUMBERS OF YOUNG PERSONS GIVEN ADEQUATE OUTLET FOR THEIR ENERGIES OUTSIDE WORK AND STUDY.♦

HE SAID THE SECOND TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL WAS ^ANOTHER STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION* BECAUSE IT GOT PEOPLE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND ACHIEVING RESULTS. +THEREBY, WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS IF WE ALREADY LOOK CRITICALLY AT WHAT IS DONE WITH AN EYE TO IMPROVEMENT.♦

THE SPORTS FESTIVAL IS NOW ONE OF THE REGULAR FEATURES OF THE TSUEN WAN RECREATIONAL CALENDAR, DR HAYES SAID, AND HE NOTED WITH SATISFACTION THAT THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL WAS LONGER AND MORE AMBITIOUS THAN LAST YEAR'S. t

THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, LATER CUT A RIBBON AND DECLARED THE FESTIVAL OPEN.

A GYMNASTICS PERFORMANCE AND A FITNESS-THROUGH-DISCO DEMONSTRATION WERE STAGED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CEREMONY.

THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY A BASKETBALL EXHIBITION MATCH BETWEEN A HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES TEAM AND THE TSUEN WAN TEAM.

A TOTAL OF 54 ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING GO-KART RACING AND EXHIBITION MATCHES BY TOP PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS AND TENNIS PLAYERS, WILL BE HELD DURING THE THREE-WEEK FESTIVAL PERIOD.

BESIDES EXHIBITION MATCHES, THERE ARE EVENTS FOR LOCAL PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN, INCLUDING ATHLETICS AND AQUATIC EVENTS AND AN ARCHERY COMPETITION. NEW EVENTS SUCH AS SQUASH COMPETITIONS, CANOE POLO MATCHES AND BASKETBALL MATCHES FOR THE HANDICAPPED HAVE ALSO BEEN INTRODUCED THIS YEAR.

LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN OR WATCH EVENTS WHICH COST ABOUT $200 000 TO ORGANISE. OF THIS AMOUNT THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD IS PROVIDING 8150 000. THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED BY LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADER, MR CHAU HOw-CHEN. AND COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND TSUEN *AN DISTRICT S-CRTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1980

MAC INAUGURATED IN TSI NG Yl SQUATTER COMMUNITY ******

A SQUATTER COMMUNITY ON TSING Yl ISLAND WAS TOLD TODAY IT STOOD IN GREATER NEED OF ASSISTANCE THAN MOST OTHER PLACES IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT.

u.ve/HE I0WN MANAGEft AND DISTRICT OFFICER TSUEN WAN, DR JAMES HAYES, MADE THIS COMMENT WHEN INAUGURATING THE MOON CHAI TONG MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL SERVE ABOUT 2 500 SQUATTERS.

DR HAYEG SAID HE CHOSE TO INAUGURATE THE MAC BECAUSE HE WAS SX‘Lkra??I? £»?°anMe!n THE M00N CHAIT0NG TYPH00N

+1 FELT THAT SOMETHING MUST EE DONE TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS IN CO-OPERATION WITH CONCERNED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE TIME THAT IS STILL LEFT BEFORE REDEVELOPMENT BRINGS YOU NEW AND BETTER HOMES.* HE SAID.

HE SAID IT WAS PARTICULARLY TRUE THAT THE COMMUNITY STOOD IN GREATER NEED OF ASSISTANCE WITH REGARD TO ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION AND FACILITIES FOR RECREATION.

HE HAD ASKED THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO DO WHAT IT COULD TO IMPROVE SANITATION IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION AND, IN THE MEANTIME, MORE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WERE BEING PROVIDED THROUGH THE INITIATIVE OF DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, MR WONG DAI-HEI, WHO HAD LEVELLED A PIECE OF CROWN LAND FOR GAMES USE.

A CROWN LAND PERMIT WOULD BE ISSUED TO COVER OCCUPATION OF THIS LAND AND HE WAS GLAD THAT THE DAB WOULD PAY FOR EQUIPMENT TO BE PROVIDED SO THAT MINI-SOCCER GAMES COULD BE PLAYED THERE.

♦I HAVE POINTED TO THE NEEDS AND YOU YOURSELVES WILL BE ONLY TOO FAMILIAR WITH THEM,* DR HAYES SAID. *1 HOPE THAT THROUGH MUTUAL CO-OPERATION WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO ALLEVIATE CONDITIONS AND SOLVE SOME PROBLEMS IN THE FEW YEARS THAT ARE LEFT AT MOON CHAI TONG.*

THE AREA IS DUE FOR RECLAMATION DURING 1982/83 AND THE SITE WILL BE MAINLY USED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1980

SOCIAL WELFARE DIRECTOR VISITS HOME FOR PROBLEM GIRLS * * * *

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, TODAY VISITED THE MA TAU WAI GIRLS’ HOME IN HO MAN TIN TO SEE FOR HIMSELF ITS DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.

THE S4 MILLION GIRLS’ HOME PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL CARE AND TRAINING TO YOUNG GIRLS PUT C PROBATION OR REMAND, AND TO THOSE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION.

IT IS ONE OF THE FIVE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TO REHABILITATE AND RE-EDUCATE YOUNG OFFENDERS OR PROBLEM BOYS AND GIRLS.

ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR LAI CHAM-KAN, MR ALLEYNE SAW GIRLS RECEIVING ACADEMIC SCHOOLING, PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND TAKING PART IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

HE WATCHED THEM BEING TAUGHT CHINESE, ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS. AND HANDICRAFT SUCH AS KNITTING, EMBROIDERY, AND TOYMAKING.

THE DIRECTOR WAS BRIEFED ON THE TRAINING PROGRAMMES. THE EMPHASIS OF WHICH IS ON CHARACTER TRAINING THROUGH A DISCIPLINED ROUTINE, POSITIVE GUIDANCE AND INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION.

HE LATER INSPECTED THE FACILITIES OF THE HOME, LOOKING AT ITS DORMITORIES, LIBRARY, ASSEMBLY HALL, COMMON ROOMS FOR RECREATION, BASKETBALL COURT AND CLINIC. ’

THE MODERN COMPLEX REPLACED IN 1978 THE OLD HOME WAI ROAD AND CAN ACCOMMODATE 144 GIRLS.

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IT SERVES AS A COMBINED REMAND AND PROBATION HOME, AS WELL AS A PLACE OF REFUGE, FOR GIRLS AGED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 18 YEARS.

J?? *LLEYX- LATER WENT ON AN INSPECTION TOUR OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICE IN HUNG HCM.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 198Q

NOTE TO EDITORS*

LADY CATER TO VISIT MEMBER AGENCIES OF COMMUNITY CHEST

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LADY CATER, PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF HONG KONG, WILL VISIT TWO MEMBER AGENCIES IN WAN CHAI ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 3).

LADY CATER WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST, MR DAVID K.W. WONG. SHE WILL GO TO THE CANOSSIAN MISSION SCHOOLS FOR THE VISUALLY DISABLED AND THE DEAF AT 10 AM AND CONTINUE HER VISIT TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE LATER AT ABOUT 11 AM.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER LADY CATER’S VISITS ON MONDAY. THE CANOSSIAN MISSION SCHOOLS FOR THE VISUALLY DISABLED AND THE DEAF IS AT KENNEDY ROAD, NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH MONMOUTH PATH- AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE IS AT RM 602 DUKE OF WINDSOR SOCIAL SERVICE BUILDING, 15 HENNESSY ROAD.

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YAU MA TEI SECTION OF NATHAN ROAD CLOSED * * * *

THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF NATHAN ROAD IN YAU MA TEI BETWEEN PUBLIC SQUARE STREET AND MAN MING LANE HAS BEEN CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC DUE TO EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO A WATER MAIN.

AS A RESULT OF THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LAST TWO WEEKS, THE FOLLOWING BUS DIVERSIONS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED*

* CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL BUS NOS. 102, 104, 105 AND 112 FROM HONG KONG ISLAND, AND KOWLOON MOTOR BUS NO. 6C ON GASCOIGNE ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED TO KANSU STREET, CANTON ROAD, PUBLIC SQUARE STREET AND SHANGHAI STREET INSTEAD OF TAKING THE ROUTE OF NATHAN ROAD, PUBLIC SQUARE STREET AND SHANGHAI STREET.

* KMB ROUTES 1, 1A, 2, 3, 3C, 6, 6A, 7, 7A, 9, 13, 70 AND 71 AND COACH SERVICES 202, 206, 213, 216, 246, 207, AND 208 ON NORTHBOUND JOURNEYS ON NATmAN ROAD * ILL BE DIVERTED TO PUBLIC SQUARE STREET AND SHANGHAI STREET.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1980

FIRING PRACTICE REMINDER * * * *

FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE HA TSUEN-CASTLE PEAK RANGE FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 3 AND 4) AND FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 5).

THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED NOT TO ENTER THE FIRING AREA WHEN RED FLAGS ARE FLYING DURING TIMES OF PRACTICE.

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WATER CUT * * *

WATER SUPPLY TO REPULSE BAY AND TO AN AREA OF SHA TIN WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM MONDAY (NOVEMBER 3) NIGHT TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING MORN ING.

IN REPULSE BAY, SUPPLY WILL BE TURNED OFF AT 11 PM. THE PREMISES TO BE AFFECTED ARE NOS. 101-119A, REPULSE BAY ROAD. AND 3-45 AND 4-8 SOUTH BAY CLOSE, INCLUDING SEA VIEW RESTAURANT AND REPULSE BAY HOTEL.

IN SHA TIN, WHERE INTERRUPTION OF SUPPLY WILL BEGIN AT 9 PM, THE AREA TO BE AFFECTED COVERS HO TUNG LAU TSUEN, LOK LO HA TSUEN. THE RACE COURSE, UNIVERSITY STATION, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, SEA VIEW VILLA AND RED BRIDGE VILLA.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE N<

REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONIES ................................... 1

$1M PAID TO VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS LhST YEAR .................. 2

WARNING TO LITTER BUGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ................ 3

CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR ATTENDS CONFERENCE IN SEOUL .......... A

OFFICES SET UP TO HANDLE WORK SAFETY IN NT ................... 5

PUBLIC CALLED ON TO PAY ATTENTION TO WATER S1UFETY ........... 6

BILINGUAL GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS STILL AVAILABLE .... 7

CLEAN TSUEN WAN DRIVE LAUNCHED ............................... 7

WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOL SPORT CAPTAINS .......................... 8

NIGHT CLOSURE OF STUBBS RQhD

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1980

REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONIES *****

SINCE WORKS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS IN AREAS ADJOINING THE CENOTAPH THE MAIN OBSERVANCE OF SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONIES WILL AGAIN BE HELD IN ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 9).

THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER, WILL ATTEND THIS SERVICE IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES ON ACTIVE SERVICE, DURING WHICH THE TRADITIONAL TWO-MINUTE SILENCE WILL BE OBSERVED. THE BAND OF THE QUEEN’S OWN HIGHLANDERS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE. THE SERVICE STARTS AT 10.55 AM.

BEFORE THIS SERVICE, THERE WILL BE A SIMPLE WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY AT THE CENOTAPH.

AMONG THOSE LAYING WREATHS AT THE CENOTAPH WILL BE THE ACTING GOVERNOR- THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS- THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR GENERAL JOHN CHAPPLE- THE DEPUTY COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES- THE CAPTAIN-IN-CHARGE HONG KONG- THE COMMANDER RAF- REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS- COMMONWEALTH COMMISSIONERS- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMANDING OFFICERS’ COMMITTEE- A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MERCHANT NAVY, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, SERVICE UNITS AND EX-SERVICEMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO LAY WREATHS AT THE CENOTAPH MAY DO SO WHEN THE OFFICIAL CEREMONY ENDS AT 10.35 AM.

EARLIER ON THE SAME DAY, A BRIEF CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 9.30 AM AT THE CHINESE WAR MEMORIAL IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS.

THE ACTING GOVERNOR, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES AND THE SERVICE COMMANDERS * ILL LAY WREATHS THERE. THEY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, CHINESE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, AND CHINESE MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

CENOTAPH CEREMONY

THERE i* ILL BE A PRESS POSITION AT THE NORTH-EASTERN CORNER OF THE CENOTAPH AT CONNAUGHT ROAD. PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS AND TV CAMERAMEN ARE ADVISED TO ERING TELE-LENSES. GIS OFFICERS * ILL BE PRESENT TO ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1980

ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL SERVICE

PRESS REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE ALLOWED TO TAKE PICTURES AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE CATHEDRAL BEFORE THE CHURCH SERVICE BEGINS. PHOTOGRAPHING INSIDE THE CATHEDRAL WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

CHINESE WAR MEMORIAL CEREMONY

EDITORS ARE ADVISED THAT REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INSIDE A CORDON AROUND THE CHINESE WAR MEMORIAL IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS. THEY CAN STAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CORDON, BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAND ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF THE MEMORIAL ARCH.

GIS OFFICERS WILL BE PRESENT TO ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA.

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SIM PAID TO VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS LAST YEAR

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THE CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES COMPENSATION BOARDS IN 1979-80 PAID OUT OVER $1 MILLION IN 422 CASES AS COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES CAUSED BY CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.

THE SUCCESS RATE OF APPLICATIONS WAS 90.5 PER CENT, SAID THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS, MR ROBERT W.N. WEI, IN HIS SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

THE AWARDS BROUGHT TO $8.17 MILLION THE TOTAL PAYMENTS MADE SINCE THE SCHEME STARTED IN 1973 TO PROVIDE QUICK CASH ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS.

THE BOARDS, WITH SECRETARIAT SUPPORT BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, COMPRISE COMMUNITY LEADERS AS MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, HALF OF THEM BEING BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS.

MR WEI SAID THAT IN 1979-80, THE BOARDS RECEIVED 710 APPLICATIONS FOR COMPENSATION INVOLVING INJURIES IN CRIMES OF VIOLENCE - A 30.2 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

IN ADDITION, HE SAID, ONE CLAIM WAS MADE IN RESPECT OF INJURIES CAUSED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DURING THE COURSE OF DUTY.

THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED COVERED 11.3 PER CENT OF THE 6 285 REPORTED CRIMES OF VIOLENCE, AND 54.4 PER CENT OF THE APPLICATIONS INVOLVED ASSAULT AND WOUNDING CASES WHILE 40 PER CENT WERE ROBBERY, THEFT AND BURGLARY CASES, HE SAID.

EXPLAINING THE LOW APPLICATION RATE, MR WEI SAID IT MIGHT BE THAT VICTIMS IN SOME OF THE CASES WERE NOT TOTALLY INNOCENT.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1980

HE SAID DESPITE APPLICATION REFERRALS EY THE POLICE TO THE BOARDS, SOME OF THEM DID NOT APPLY POSSIBLY BECAUSE THEIR INJURIES WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO DISPUTES OR GANG ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH THEY wERE PARTLY RESPONSIBLE.

•►BESIDES, SOME MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE INTEREST TO APPLY AS THEY CONSIDERED THEIR INJURIES MINOR,♦ HE ADDED.

MR WEI, HOWEVER, POINTED OUT THAT MORE VICITMS HAD APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE BOARDS IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, REFLECTING A GROWING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE SCHEME.

LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 227 DIRECT APPLICATIONS COMPARED WITH 68 IN 1976-77, HE SAID.

APPLICATIONS UNDER THE SCHEME CAN BE MADE AT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT’S CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES COMPENSATION SECTION ON THE 14TH FLOOR OF WORLD TRADE CENTRE AT 280 GLOUCESTER ROAD, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-7903349).

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WARNING TO LITTER BUGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES

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AN ALL-OUT LAw ENFORCEMENT ANTI-LITTER DRIVE IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE NE* TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS TO REMIND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN HELPING TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN.

ALL LITTER BUGS WILL BE BOOKED STARTING FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEw TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WARNED.

+CFFENDERS *ILL FACE A MAXIMUM FINE OF Si 000 ON FIRST OFFENCE AND B2 300 ON SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION,* SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

THE ANTI-LITTER EXERCISE WILL LAST THE ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AIMED AT REVIVING THE CLEAN HONG KONG SPIRIT.

DURING THE OPERATION, LITTER WARDENS wILL STEP UP THEIR EFFORTS AT ALL LITTER BLACK SPOTS AND TAKE OUT PROSECUTION AGAINST EVERY OFFENDER.

RURAL LEADERS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE URGED TO BRING THE ANTI-LITTER MESSAGE TO THEIR FELLOW VILLAGERS AND RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS.

+IT IS AN OFFENCE TC DISCARD ANY LITTER AND REFUSE IN ANY STREET OR PUBLIC PLACE OR COMMON PARTS OF BUILDING OR ANY WATER COURSE, STREAM, CHANNEL, DITCH OR WATERS OF HONG KONG,* THt SPOKESMAN STRESSED.

TC COINCIDE WITH THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, INTENSIVE CLEAN-UPS WILL EE CARRIED OUT AT ALL LITTER BLACK aPOTo TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS CF THE NEED FOR A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.

/STUDENTS AND

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1980

STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL WILL BE MOBILISED TO HELP CLEAN PICNIC SPOTS WHILE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT CLEANSING STAFF WILL DOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS IN REMOVING EVERY VISIBLE BIT OF GARBAGE.

FARMERS AND VILLAGERS LIVING IN RURAL AREAS ARE ADVISED TO MAKE FULL USE OF THEIR NEARBY REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND FARM WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES WHILE MULTI-STOREY BUILDING RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO CLEAN THE COMMON PARTS AND CANOPIES OF THEIR PREMISES.

WITH COOPERATION FROM MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, CLEANSING WORKERS OF THE NEw TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO HELP REMOVE GARBAGE ACCUMULATED ON CANOPIES AND IN OTHER COMMON PARTS OF BUILDINGS.

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CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR ATTENDS CONFERENCE IN SEOUL

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MR B.D. KEEP, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, LEFT FOR SEOUL TODAY TO ATTEND THE 16TH ANNUAL MEETING OF DIRECTORS GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION, ASIA AND PACIFIC, SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANISATION.

OPENING TOMORROW, THE FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE WILL INVOLVE DISCUSSIONS AND CONSIDERATION ON A BROAD TERM AMONG AVIATION CHIEFS IN THE REGION ON MATTERS RELATING TO AIR NAVIGATION, AVIATION SECURITY, AIR TRANSPORT ECONOMICS AND FACILITATION, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES AND TRAINING.

A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL PAPERS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MEMBERS AT THE MEETING FOR STUDY. HONG KONG’S PAPERS FOR THIS YEAR ARE: ♦THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FLIGHT OPERATIONS INSPECTORATE IN HONG KONG*, *THE GRANTING OF PERMITS FOR AIR TAXI OPERATIONS*, +AVIATICN SECURITY - THE CASE AGAINST SCREENING TRANSIT AND TRANSFER PASSENGERS* AND +SELECTION AND TRAINING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICERS*.

DURING MR KEEP’S ABSENCE, MR J.T. THORPE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, wILL ACT AS DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.

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OFFICES SET UP TO HANDLE WORK SAFETY IN NT ******

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP THREE MORE DIVISIONAL OFFICES TO COPE WITH THE EVER-INCREASING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE NEW OFFICES WHICH COME UNDER THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION WILL BEGIN OPERATION TOMORROW (MONDAY).

♦THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE OFFICES IS TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN INDUSTRY,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TCDAY.

♦ANY FACTORY PROPRIETOR WISHING TO SEEK INFORMATION OR ADVICE IN THIS FIELD ARE WELCOME TO APPROACH THESE OFFICES,* HE SAID.

THERE ARE NOW FIVE DIVISIONAL OFFICES COVERING ALL FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE EXISTING NT-1 AND NT-2 OFFICES ARE LOCATED ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF THE CHARTERED BANK BUILDING IN TAI HO ROAD, TSUEN WAN.

THE TWO OFFICES COVER FACTORIES IN HA KWAI CHUNG AND SHEUNG KWAI CHUNG RESPECTIVELY. THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE: NT-1, 12-422094, 12-422177 AND 12-422095- NT-2, 12-404532, 12-446561 AND 12-446614.

THE NEW NT-3 OFFICE IS ON THE 5TH FLOOR OF THE SAME BUILDING AND LOOKS AFTER FACTORIES IN TSUEN WAN AND TSING Yl. IT CAN BE CONTACTED ON 12-426009 AND 12-426008.

THE OTHER TWO NEW OFFICES ARE LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF 33 TAK CHING COURT, TUEN MUN (NT-4, COVERING FACTORIES IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG) AND ON THE 5TH FLOOR OF THE POST OFFICE BUILDING IN UN CHAU STREET, SHAM SHU I PO (NT-5, COVERING FACTORIES IN SHA TIN, TAI PO, FANLING AND SHEUNG SHU I).

THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBERS AREs NT-4, 12-832111, 12-831984 AND 12-831946- NT-5, 3-617494, 3-786174 AND 3-798340.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 198G

PUBLIC CALLED ON TO PAY ATTENTION TO WATER SAFETY * * * *

UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR HU FA-KUANG, TODAY CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO WATER SAFETY WHEN PARTICIPATING IN SEA SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

MR HU WAS PRESENTING PRIZES AT THE SEVENTH TOLO HARBOUR CANOE RACES ORGANISED BY THE OUTWARD BOUND (ALUMNI) ASSOCIATION AND SPONSORED BY TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE.

ALTHOUGH HONG KONG IS ACUTELY SHORT OF USABLE LAND, IT HAS VERY GOOD NATURAL SURROUNDING WATERS SUITABLE FOR SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID. TOLO HARBOUR IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE.

CANOEING IS A VERY HEALTHY GAME FOR DEVELOPING wILL-POwER AND AS PHYSICAL STAMINA TRAINING. DUE TO PROMOTION BY GOVERNMENT AND KEEN EFFORTS OF OTHER VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED, THE NUMBERS TAKING PART IN CANOE ACTIVITIES HAVE INCREASED RAPIDLY OVER THE YEARS, HE ADDED.

♦ AS CANOEING AND OTHER KINDS OF SEA SPORTS ACTIVITIES DEVELOP wE HAVE TO PAY VERY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO WATER SAFETY.

♦WHENEVER WE PARTICIPATE IN THESE ACTIVITIES, ADEQUATE SAFETY EQUIPMENT MUST EE INSTALLED AND CARRIED- IN ADDITION, SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND MEASURES MUST BE FOLLOWED,+ MR HU SAID.

ABOUT 253 TEAMS TOOK PART IN THE 15 EVENTS TODAY WHICH INCLUDED 30 KILOMETRES RACE, MEN’S SINGLES AND DOUBLES, LADIES’ SINGLES AND DOUBLES, MIXED DOUBLES AND SHORT DISTANCE KAYAK RACES.

THE NEWLY-INTRODUCED 30-KILOMETRE RACE COURSE STARTED FROM ISLAND HOUSE TO NAI CHUNG, LAI CHI CHONG, TAI MEI TUK, MA SHI CHAU AND BACK TO ISLAND HOUSE. THE COURSES FOR OTHER EVENTS VARIED FROM 500 METRES TO 21 KILOMETRES.

THE OUTWARD BOUND (ALUMNI) ASSOCIATION CUP WENT TO KWUN TONG SWIMMING CuUB TEAM WHICH GAINED THE HIGHEST TOTAL POINTS FROM ALL EVENTS. THE WINNER OF THE 30-KIL0METRE RACE WAS YEUNG CHUN TAK OF EASY CANOE CLUB, IN A TIME OF THREE HOURS 17 MINUTES AND 56 SECONDS.

ALSO ATTENDING THE CEREMONY WERE MRS HU, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES- THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEE, MR WONG CHUN-WAI, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE, MR WONG YUEN-CHEUNG.

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BILINGUAL GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS STILL OBTAINABLE *****

COPIES OF AN ENGLISH-CHINESE GLOSSARY OF COMMON TECHNICAL TERMS ARE STILL ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

THE GLOSSARY, COMPILED BY A TRANSLATION COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, SELLS AT $25 A COPY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT DR R.S.A. HSU, A SENIOR LECTURER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH STUDIES AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HAD STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THE GLOSSARY AS RELIABLE AND USEFUL REFERENCE MATERIAL TO THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

AFTER REVIEWING THE GLOSSARY, DR HSU FOUND THAT THE PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN EDITING WERE ACCURATE AND PRACTICAL. HE BELIEVED THAT THE GLOSSARY WOULD LEAD TO THE STANDARDISATION OF CHINESE TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN THE LOCAL INDUSTRIAL SECTOR.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID IN DR HSU’S OPINION COMPILING THE GLOSSARY WAS A VERY STRENUOUS TASK.

THE COMMITTEE HAD TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE CURRENT LOCAL CANTONESE TRANSLATIONS, WHILE ENDEAVOURING TO INTRODUCE MODERN STANDARD CHINESE TRANSLATIONS. EACH TERM HAD EEEN CONSIDERED CAREFULLY BEFORE A DECISION ON TRANSLATION WAS MADE.

THE OBJECTIVE OF PREPARING THE GLOSSARY wAS TO INTRODUCE STANDARD CHINESE TRANSLATIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED BY 13 MAJOR INDUSTRIES, AND AT THE SAME TIME, LISTING FOR CROSS-REFERENCE LOCAL CANTONESE TRANSLATIONS WHICH REMAINED NECESSARY IN THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, IN THE HOPE THAT COMPLETE STANDARDISATION wGULD BE ACHIEVED.

CLEAN TSUEN WAN DRIVE LAUNCHED TODAY * * * *

ALL THE EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN WILL BE FUTILE WITHOUT CO-OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC.

THE CHAIRMAN OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD’S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE, MR HO CHI-PING, SAID THIS AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE CLEAN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG DRIVE AT SHEK LEI ESTATE PLAYGROUND TODAY.

TO HELP PUBLICISE THE +KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN+ MESSAGE, A SERIES OF OPERATIONS WAS PLANNED FOR THE POLLOWING TwO wEEKS TO CLEAR LITTER BLACK SPOTS IN THE DISTRICT, MR HO SAID.

TwO OPERATIONS HAD ALSO BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THE COUNTRY PARKS AT TAI MO SHAN AND SHING MUN RIVER TO ENCOURAGE PICNICKERS TO KEEP THE COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN.

/TAKING PART

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1?8O

TAKING PART IN THE VARIOUS OPERATIONS WILL BE MEMBERS OF THE uOCAL JUNIOR POLICE CALL AND COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB. ThE YOUNGSTERS *ILL ALSO DISTRIBUTE LEAFLETS.

HOWEVER, THESE wERE ONLY PASSIVE MEASURES, MR HO SAID. +MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL IS THE CO-OPERATION OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS IN NOT DISCARDING GARBAGE INDISCRIMINATELY AND NOT DESTROYING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT FACILITIES.*

HE URGED PARENTS TO SET THEIR CHILDREN A GOOD EXAMPLE, AND HELP THEM TO DEVELOP A SENSE O’7 RESPONSIBILITY AND CIVIC-MINDEDNESS.

A VARITY SHOw WAS STAGED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY. INCLUDED IN THE TWO-HOUR PROGRAMME WERE DRAGON DANCES, A CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS DEMONSTRATION AND SINGING AND ACROBATIC SHOWS BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES MOBILE STREET THEATRE.

AFTERWARDS, JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS SET OFF TO START CLEANING NEARBY BUILDINGS AND DISTRIBUTE PUBLICITY STICKERS.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY’S CEREMONY WERE KwAI CHUNG TOwN OFFICER, MR ALAN LAI, REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS.

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WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOL SPORT CAPTAINS

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SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS INTERESTED IN SPORTS ARE INVITED ^UOIN A SER!ES 0F WORKSHOPS FOR SPORT CAPTAINS ORGANISED BY DEPARTMENT ON FOUR CONSECUTIVE SATURDAYS STARTING rnv* NUVtriocR 22.

TH I PR0VIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SENIOR STUDENTS

ORGANISE AND LEAD SPORTING EVENTS SO THAT THEY their ownTschools running of extra-curricular ACTIVITIES WITHIN

rtHD SnDn*STeiT0 EE COVERED INCLUDE ADMINISTERING A SCHOOL SPORTS Sir5’a?R?Tui rrircTOc^J-=NTS' AND LEAD I NG TEAM PRACTICE IN SPORTS ATHLETICS, SOCCtR, BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, BADMINTON AND lABLt TcNNIS.

COACHES FROM THE TEAM COACHES WILL BE

JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE AND OTHER EXPERIENCED INVITED TO S°EAK AND DEMONSTRATE.

qhhih nE^SecLTS^2^ MAY NOMINATE TwO STUDENTS TO JOIN. NOMINATIONS SENT EEF0RE NOVEMBER 7 TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR

MRS S,H* pANG), EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, PHYSICAL 7TMCciT/no SECTION’ KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 435 NATHAN ROAD, 11 n r i—UUK •

/SUCCESSFUL .....

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1980

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE DETAILS IN DUE COURSE.

ON NOVEMBER 22 AND 29, THE WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL, SAI YEE STREET, KOWLOON- AND ON DECEMBER 6 AND 13 THE VENUE WILL BE GRANTHAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON.

EACH WORKSHOP WILL LAST FROM 8.30 AM TO 1 PM.

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NIGHT CLOSURE OF STUBBS ROAD * * * *

TriE SECTION OF STUBBS ROAD BETWEEN THE ROUNDABOUT AND A POINT 300 METRES DOWNHILL *ILl BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 4) TO FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 7) BETWEEN 12.33 AM AND 5.30 AM EACH NIGHT TO FACILITATE WORK ON THE WONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD/STUBts

ROAD FLYOVER.

MOTORISTS CAN USE TAI HANG ROAD AND BLUE POOL ROAD AS AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.

TUNG SHAN TERRACE AND CRAIGMONT WILL EE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE LOWER SECTION OF STUBBS ROAD VIA QUEEN’S ROAD EAST.

THE LAST TRIP OF BUS NO. 6 FROM STANLEY PRISON TO CENTRAL WILL BE DIVERTED FROM *ONG NAI CHUNG GAP ROAD TO TAI HANG ROAD, BLUE POOL ROAD, SING WOO ROAD, KING KWONG STREET AND WONG NAI CHUNG

ROAD.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL EE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

SIR MURRAY: GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UK EXPORTERS ............. 1

HONG KONG TRADE AN OPPORTUNITY NOT A THREAT .................. 3

MONEY SUPPLY AND FINANCIAL STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER .......... 4

CAR PARK /INTI-LITTER CAMPAIGN BEGINS ........................ 8

BORDER VILLAGE GETTING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ............... 9

STUDENTS INVITED TO JOIN PAINTING CONTEST IN INDIA .......... 10

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1980

SIR MURRAY: GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UK EXPORTERS

M * * *

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AT A DINNER HOSTED IN LONDON BY THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIS EVENING TOLD A REPRESENTATIVE AUDIENCE OF BRITISH INDUSTRIALISTS, FINANCIERS AND OFFICIALS THAT HONG KONG’S +INDUSTRIAL, FINANCIAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS OFFER GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTERS.+

♦AND IF THEY USE HONG KONG AS A BASE, SO TOO DO THE MARKETS OF THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC BASIN WITH EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH RATES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THEIR COMPARATIVELY NEW-FOUND POLITICAL STABILITY.

+BUT ABOVE ALL THERE IS A NEW BEGINNING, AN AWAKENING OPPORTUNITY, IN RELATIONS WITH CHINA. THE EVOLUTION OF A CONSTRUCTIVE AND CO-OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN QUICK BUT IS SOUNDLY BASED ON IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM MUTUAL BENEFIT,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR’S SPEECH:

+FIRST OF ALL I MUST CONGRATULATE MR NEWBIGGING ON A TOUR DE FORCE. I HAVE NEVER HEARD A BETTER EXPOSITION OF HONG KONG, ITS PROBLEMS AND ITS POSSIBILITIES.

HE HAS COVERED THE GROUND SO WELL THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO POINTS I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASISE BEFORE PROPOSING A TOAST TO OUR GUESTS.

THE OBJECT OF OUR MISSION IS TO STIMULATE UNITED KINGDOM INTEREST IN SUPPLYING THE HONG KONG MARKET. WE BELIEVE THIS CAN BE DONE TO A GREATER EXTENT, AND TO BE IN OUR MUTUAL INTEREST. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS ALREADY DONE WELL. SALES LAST YEAR WORTH «442M AND THERE IS A PROSPECT OF THEM TOPPING £500M THIS YEAR. MOREOVER TRADE STATISTICS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’S SHARE OF TOTAL HONG KONG IMPORTS ARE MISLEADING BECAUSE THEY ARE HEAVILY DILUTED WITH FOODSTUFFS AND RAW MATERIALS. IT IS THE UNITED KINGDOM’S SHARE OF THE INDUSTRIAL GOODS MARKET WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT AND THIS UNITED KINGDOM PERFORMANCE IN HONG KONG IS ALREADY MARGINALLY BETTER THAN THE UNITED KINGDOM’S WORLD AVERAGE. I MAKE THIS POINT TO MEET ANY FEARS THAT THE HONG KONG MARKET IS TOO COMPETITIVE TO BE WORTH A TRY. OUR THEME ON THE CONTRARY IS THAT UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTERS WHO TAKE THE MARKET SERIOUSLY HAVE PROVED THEY CAN COMPETE AND ARE DOING SO TO THEIR PROFIT, AND THAT THERE IS ROOM FOR MANY MORE TO JOIN THEM.

SOME OTHERS MAY WONDER ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG- WONDER IF THE MARKET IS WORTH BOTHERING ABOUT- WONDER IF IT IS A DEAD END. WELL AS FOR BEING DEAD, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THERE IS NO COMMUNITY AND NO MARKET PLACE IN THE WORLD MORE ALIVE. IT IS NOT ONLY THE INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL LIFE THAT IS SO VIRILE, BUT THE ENERGY AND CONFIDENCE OF PEOPLE THERE STRIKE THE ARRIVING TRAVELLER LIKE A PHYSICAL FORCE.

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AS FOR THE FUTURE, THE DOMINANT FACTOR AT THIS JUNCTURE TO MY MIND IS NOT AN END BUT A BEGINNING. THE BEGINNING OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT NOW BECKON IN SO MANY DIRECTIONS. IN HONG KONG ITSELF, INDUSTRIAL, FINANCIAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS OFFER GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNITED KINGDOM EXPORTERS. AND IF THEY USE HONG KONG AS A BASE, SO TOO DO THE MARKETS OF THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC BASIN WITH EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH RATES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THEIR COMPARATIVELY NEW-FOUND POLITICAL STABILITY. BUT ABOVE ALL THERE IS A NEW BEGINNING, AN AWAKENING OPPORTUNITY, IN RELATIONS WITH CHINA. THE EVOLUTION OF A CONSTRUCTIVE AND CO-OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN QUICK BUT IS SOUNDLY BASED ON IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM MUTUAL BENEFIT. I AM NOT A GAZER INTO CRYSTAL BALLS, BUT A WORKING GOVERNOR- BUT IT IS NOT FANCIFUL TO FORESEE THE STEADY INDUSTRIALISATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY FROM GUANGZHOU TO HONG KONG, OR THE PART THAT WILL BE PLAYED IN THIS PROCESS BY HONG KONG’S HARBOUR AND HONG KONG INDUSTRIALISTS, EXPORTERS AND FINANCIERS ON THE ONE HAND AND BY THE PLANNERS’ WORKFORCE AND SKILLS AND THE LAND, AGRICULTURE, ELECTRIC POWER AND WATER, OF GUANGDONG ON THE OTHER. AND THE DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT ONLY BE WITH GUANGDONG. EVEN NOW HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN HAVE OPERATIONS GOING IN MANY OF THE MAJOR CITIES OF CHINA, AND I REPEAT WE ARE JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA BROUGHT ABOUT BY NEW MEN AND NEW POLICIES IN THE CENTRAL LEADERSHIP IN PEKING. FOR A CENTURY MODERNISATION HAS BEEN THE DREAM OF CHINA. THOUGH OF COURSE A GREAT DEAL HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, SHE HAS SO FAR BEEN CHEATED OF THE DECISIVE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS BY WAR, CIVIL WAR, REVOLUTION AND MIS-MANAGEMENT. NOW AT LAST ONE FEELS THAT THOUGH MODERNISATION MAY COME SLOWLY, AT LAST IT HAS COME TO STAY TO THE ENORMOUS BENEFIT OF CHINA AND, OF COURSE, TO HONG KONG.

I REALISE I AM TALKING TO THE CONVERTED, BECAUSE AMONGST OUR GUESTS ARE SO MANY FRIENDS OF HONG KONG AND SO MANY WHO KNOW IT WELL AND ARE PROBABLY BETTER QUALIFIED TO SPEAK ABOUT IT THAN MYSELF. WE AS A MISSION ARE ENORMOUSLY ENCOURAGED BY THE PRESENCE TONIGHT OF SO MANY OF OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE COME TO SUPPORT OUR BELIEF THAT ECONOMIC TIES WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM CAN BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED.

FROM TIME TO TIME THERE IS TALK ABOUT THE POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LONDON AND HONG KONG. AFTER NINE YEARS’ EXPERIENCE I CAN SAY THAT IT IS BOTH A SATISFACTORY AND HELPFUL ONE, AND ONE IN WHICH THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS NEVER BEEN LACKING WHEN IT HAS BEEN NEEDED AND COULD BE GIVEN. THE RAPID RESPONSE OF HMG LAST YEAR TO OUR PROBLEMS OVER VIETNAMESE BOAT REFUGEES, AND ALSO TO OUR REQUEST FOR REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE GARRISON, ARE BOTH OBVIOUS EXAMPLES.

I AM THEREFORE PARTICULARLY GLAD THAT A MINISTER OF THE CROWN, MR PARKINSON, SHOULD HAVE FOUND TIME TO ATTEND THIS DINNER AS A SIGN OF OFFICIAL APPROVAL OF OUR PURPOSE. HIS RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG WAS AS GREAT A PRACTICAL SUCCESS AS IT WAS A PERSONAL TRIUMPH, AND WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO HIM RETURNING.

I NOW HAVE MUCH PLEASURE IN PROPOSING A TOAST TO OUR GUESTS.+

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1980

HONG KONG TRADE AN OPPORTUNITY NOT A THREAT * * * M

MR CECIL PARKINSON, MINISTER POR TRADE. CHANGE IN THE BRITISH ATTITUDE THAT REGARDS AN EXPORTER TO THE UK.

TODAY CALLED FOR A HONG KONG SIMPLY AS

DIVNERF|NKLONDON HEESaId.ITING H°NG X0NG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE w I ’ 'w n 111 uVii J v fl L> w n I U a

♦BRITISH COMPANIES MUST STOP THINKING OF HONG THREAT TO THEIR DOMESTIC MARKETS. IN FACT IT IS A FOR BRITISH GOODS AND SERVICES. THIS YEAR EXPORTS WILL PROBABLY EXCEED 500 MILLION POUNDS STERLING. OPPORTUNITY, NOT A THREAT.

KONG ONLY AS A HUGE MARKET TO HONG KONG HONG KONG IS AN

♦FOLLOWING MY RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG WHEN I LED A MISSION OF SENIOR TEXTILE INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES, I AM CONVINCED THAT BRITISH INDUSTRY IN GENERAL MUST GIVE THIS MARKET MUCH MORE ATTENTION.

♦MY CONVICTION IS BASED ON THREE FACTORS:

* HONG KONG IS A VAST MARKET IN ITS OWN RIGHT. GOODS WORTH 85.8 BILLION HK DOLLARS WERE IMPORTED LAST YEAR ALONE. BRITAIN IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE CAPITAL GOODS MARKET. AND SOLD 12 BILLION HK DOLLARS WORTH OF INDUSTRIAL, ELECTRONIC, TRANSPORT, AND OFFICE MACHINERY LAST YEAR REPRESENTING 14.2 PER CENT OF HONG KONG’S IMPORTS AND COINCIDENTALLY 14.2 PER CENT OF THE CAPITAL GOODS MARKET.

* HONG KONG IS AN INVESTMENT AND PURCHASING CENTRE OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH BUYING DECISIONS BEING MADE FOR ACTIVITIES AS FAR AWAY AS SRI LANKA AND MAURITIUS — WITH A PRESENCE IN HONG KONG, BRITISH COMPANIES ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR FINGERS ON THE PULSE OF MOST OF THE SUB-CONTINENT. THE NEED FOR US TO INCREASE OUR 6.3 PER CENT SHARE OF OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG IS OBVIOUS.

M HONG KONG IS THE GATEWAY TO CHINA, A COUNTRY WITH ENORMOUS DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND WELL-ESTABLISHED LINKS WITH THE COLONY. HONG KONG’S EXPORTS TO CHINA ROSE BY A STAGGERING 514 PER CENT LAST YEAR. THE EXPANSION OF CHINA’S GUANGDONG PROVINCE WHICH BORDERS HONG KONG UNDERLINES THE COLONY’S DEVELOPING ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND ITS REPUTATION AS A SHOP WINDOW.

♦BRITAIN IS UNIQUELY POISED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. FIRST BRITAIN IS HIGHLY REGARDED NOT JUST BECAUSE OF LONG STANDING COMMERCIAL LINKS BUT BECAUSE THE DISCERNING BUSINESSMEN OF HONG KONG RECOGNISE THE PERFORMANCE OF BRITISH COMPANIES IN FOR EXAMPLE THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND POWER STATION DEVELOPMENT.

/♦BRITISH CONSULTANTS

MONDAY, iiOVEMBLfi 3, 1980

♦BRITISH CONSULTANTS ARE ALSO EXTREMELY ACTIVE ON MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN POWER, AIR, RAIL AND ROAD TRANSPORT. THEY ARE ALSO MAKING A SIG CONTRIBUTION TO THE MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME CURRENTLY BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. (WORTH 5.5 BILLION HK DOLLARS IN 1979).

+THERE IS ONE FURTHER ADVANTAGE WHICH NOT ONLY MAKES HONG KONG AN ACTIVE AREA FOR INVESTMENT AND EXPORTS BUT POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTES TO THE DYNAMICS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. QUITE UNIQUELY AMONG NEWLY INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES HONG KONG IS AN OPEN, FREE TRADING MARKET WITHOUT EXCHANGE CONTROLS, IMPORT DUTIES OR IMPORT CONTROLS.

+INDEED HONG KONG IS ONE OF THE BEST ARGUMENTS AROUND FOR THE RETENTION OF AN OPEN TRADING SYSTEM.*

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MONEY SUPPLY AND FINANCIAL STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER *****

STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY SHOW A FURTHER RISE IN SEPTEMBER IN THE MONEY SUPPLY ON ALL DEFINITIONS, AND ALSO IN TOTAL LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HONG KONG. THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL OUTFLOW OF FUNDS DURING THE MONTH.

HOWEVER, A FALL IN THE GROWTH RATE OF LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HONG KONG OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, TOGETHER WITH AN OUTFLOW OF FUNDS IN THE SAME PERIOD, CONTRIBUTED TO A SHARP DECLINE IN THE QUARTERLY GROWTH RATE OF THE MONEY SUPPLY.

there was also a marked shift in new lending during the third QUARTER FROM DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES TO BANKS.

THt DcTAILED MONEY SUPPLY AND BANKING FIGURES FOR 1980, AND COMPARISONS WITH PREVIOUS MONTHS, ARE SET OUT FOLLOWING TABLE:

SEPTEMBER IN THE

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MONEY AND BANKING FIGURES - ENO OF SEPTEMBER 1980

(HK5 M)

FIGURES FOR EARLIER MONTHS (% CHANGE):

SEPT 1980 AUGUST 1980 JUNE 1980 ••••••■ SEPT 1979

Ml 25 586 24 074 (*6.3%) 22 753 (♦12.5%) 19 022 (+34.5%)*

N2 95 577 93 004 (♦2.8%) 88 436 (*8.0%) 69 417 (♦37.7%)%

M3 128 457 124 237 (+3.4%) 119 120 (*7.8%) 93 839 (+41.4%)*

BANKS -

DEPOSITS 87 396 85 016 (+2.8%) 80 781 (+8.2%) 62 545 (+39.7%)%

LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HK 8'3 485 76 764 (+4.8%) 73 561 (+9.4%) 56 562 (+42.3%)*

LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO 92.1% 93.3% 91.1% 90.4%

AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO 47.8% 48 • 6% 49.4% 49.2%

DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES —

DEPOSITS 32 880 31 203 (+5.4%) 30 634 (+7.3%) 21 422 (+53.5%)

LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HK 26 021 24 784 (+5.0%) 23 021 (+13.0%) 11 964 (+117.5%)

LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO 79.1% 79.4% 75.1% 55.8%

AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO * 47.5% 46.4% 44.2?; 4-

BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES —

TOTAL LOANS * \’D 1 ADVANCES 1% -K ,0-S 131 548 (*4,95t) CXJ .< a u \ . 4.' C 4 5^6 ’ +55.4%)

* " + ESE FIGURES ARE RECALCULATED TO EXCLUDE -ASKS'

- I A; :I|_ IT IES TC, -ND I’-'.: . DEPC' i’-’akIN. C0M»A\ltS.

♦ “riE STATUTT-Y REQUIREMENT - ?= DEPOSIT-TAKING CONNIE.' TO '/SERVE A MINIMUM LIQUID ASSETS RATI. CAME NTS FORC- ON JANUARY 1, -.RS.’..

MONDAY, NOVEMBER J, 1$-8O

MONEY SUPPLY

THE MONEY SUPPLY ON THE NARROWEST DEFINITION, Ml (NOTES AND COINS WITH TmE PUBLIC, PLUS DEMAND DEPOSITS, OTHER THAN FROM BANKS AND DEDOSIT-TAKI NG COMPANIES, WITH LICENSED BANKS) ROSE BY 6.3 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER, UP FROM A 3.1 PER CENT INCREASE IN AUGUST.

M2 (Ml PLUS SAVINGS AND T:ME DEPOSITS, OTHER THAN FROM BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAK ING COMPANIES, WITH LICENSED BANKS) ROSE BY 2.8 FER CENT IN SEPTEMBER, LITTLE CHANGED FROM A 2.6 PER CENT RISE IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

M3 (M2 PLUS PUBLIC DEPOSITS WITH DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES) ROSE BY 3.4 PER CENT IK SEPTEMBER, AFTER RISING BY 3.1 PER CENT IN AUGUS।.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 19FQ, Ml ROSE BY 12.5 PER CENT, LITTLE CHANGED FROM ITS INC.-E.-CE 12.0 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER. BUT M2 ROSE BY g.O PER CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND M3 BY 7.3 PER CENT, MUCH LESS "• . T-E. INCREASES OF 16.3 PER CENT AND 11.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVE. IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

LOANS IN HONG KONG

TOTAL LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HONG KONG ROSE BY 4.9 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER, AGAINST A 3.9 PER CELT RISE IN AUGUST. BUT IN THE THIRD QUARTER, TOTAL LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HONG KONG ROSE BY 10.3 PER CENT DOWN FROM A 11.9 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

BANK LOANS IN HONG KONG 7OSE BY 4.8 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER, AFTER AN INCREASE OF 4.1 PER CENT IN AUGUST. LOANS IN HONG KONG BY DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ROSE BY 5.0 PER CENT, UP FROM A RISE OF 3.3 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

THE GROWTH RATE OF BANK LOANS IN HONG KONG ROSE TO 9.4 PER CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTS' FRO 5.3 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER, BUT THE GROWTH RATE 0- LOANS -ONG KONG EY DEPOSIT-TAKI NG

COMPANIES FELL TO 13.0 P£F GE’.: FROM 37.5 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

FOREIGN ASSETS

THE NET IDENTIFIABLE FCSEIG' ASSETS u~ ALL BANKS FELL IN SEPTEMBER BY 52 038 MILLION, .. .0 THOSE OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ROSE EY 31 246 MILLION, SUGGESTING AN OUTFLOW OF FUNDS FROM Th£ HONG KONG MONETARY SECTOR OF 8792 MILLION, WHICH WAS MUCH L-RGER 'HAN AN OUTFLOW OF 510 MILLION IN THE °REVIOUS MONTH

THE NET OUTFLOW OF CUNDS IN ThE THIRD QUARTER OF 1980 AMOUNTED TO 3776 MILLION, AS COMPARED a I TH A NET INFLOW OF 5146 MILLION I’- THE PREVIOUS uUAHT <

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BALANCE SHEET RATIOS

THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO FOR ALL BANKS IN HONG KONG FELL IN SEPTEMBER TO 47.£ °ER CENT FROM 48.6 PER CENT IN AUGUST. THE LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO, HOwEVER, ROSE FURTHER TO 92.1 PER CENT AT THE END CF SEPTEMBER, CROM 90.3 PER CENT AT THE END OF AUGUST, REFLECTING THE EXPANSION IN BANK LOANS IN THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE LIQUIDITY RATIO FOR. ALL DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ROSE FURTHER TO 47.5 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER FROM 46.4 PER CENT IN AUGUST. THE LOAN/DEPOSIT RATIO AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER FELL TO 79.1 PER CENT FROM 79.4 PER CENT AT THE END OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SETS OUT SOME FIGURES FROM THE QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HONG KONG BY SECTOR:

CATEGORY OF BORROWER LOANS AND ADVANCES BY BANKS LOANS DEPOSIT- AND ADVANCES BY TAKING COMPANIE

(HKSM) (HKSM)

SEPT 1980 JUNE 1983 SEPT 1980 JUNE 1980

MANUFACTURING CF aHICH: 10 778 (+1.8%) 13 587 1 460 ( - ) 1 463

TEXTILES 2 403 (-8.6%) 2 628 243 (-3.8%) 245

TRANSPORT AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT 7 855 (-7.7%) 8 510 3 521 (+9.1%) 3 226

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION 11 057 (+26.7%) 8 725 4 153 (+23.8%) 3 355

GENERAL COMMERCE 23 981 (+3.6%) 23 157 3 752 (+16.8%) 3 213

FINANCIAL CONCERNS* 4 259 (+29.6%) 3 285 1 360 (+16.7%) 1 165

INDIVIDUALS: TO PURCHASE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY 6 121 (+10.7%) 5 531 3 986 (+9.8%) 3 633

OTHER DURPOSES 7 606 (+18.8%) 6 404 4 827 (+23.3%) 3 923

OTHERS 8 828 (♦19.9- 7 362 2 962 (-2.9%) 3 34g

total* 80 485 (*9.4%) 73 561 26 021 (+13.0%) 23 321

* ^IS EXCLU^ BOTANIES. ES FUNDS AD 1 > 3 m 1 0 I UJ 1 0 <i ” BANKS TO DEPOSIT-TAKING /QUARTERLY ANALYSIS

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1980

QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF LENDING IN HONG KONG EY SECTOR

IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1980, LOANS TO THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ROSE BY 1.6 PER CENT, WELL DOWN FROM A 9.2 PER CENT RISE IN THE SECOND QUARTER. LOANS TO THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR EXPANDED BY 25.9 PER CENT, SHARPLY UP FROM AN INCREASE OF 3.7 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER. LOANS TO THE TRANSPORT AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT SECTOR FELL BY 3.1 PER CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AFTER A RISE OF 32.3 PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

BORROWING BY INDIVIDUALS TO PURCHASE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ROSE BY 10.3 PER CENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER, COMPARED * I TH A FALL CF 1.9 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER. BORROWING BY INDIVIDUALS FOR OTHER PURPOSES ROSE FURTHER BY 20.4 PER CENT, FOLLOWING A RISE OF 16.6 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

NUMBER OF REPORTING INSTITUTIONS

THE NUMBER OF REPORTING BANKS REMAINED UNCHANGED IN SEPTEMBER AT 113. THE NUMBER OF REPORTING DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ROSE BY ANOTHER THREE DURING THE MONTH TO 297.

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CAR PARK ANTI-LITTER CAMPAIGN STARTS TODAY * * * *

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IS INTRODUCING MEASURES TO TIDY UP GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS. THIS FORMS PART OF THE +KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN+ CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGAN ON SATURDAY.

CAR PARK STAFF HAVE BEEN AUTHORISED TO ENFORCE ANTI-LITTER LAWS. THE STAFF, NOW IN UNIFORM, WILL CARRY WARRANT CARDS WHICH AUTHORISE THEM TO ISSUE SUMMONSES.

WHEN ANYONE IS SEEN DEPOSITING LITTER IN A CAR PARK, THE STAFF MAY SERVE HIM WITH A SUMMONS TO APPEAR BEFORE AN ANTI-LITTER COURT.

THE OFFENDER MUST GIVE THE STAFF HIS NAME AND ADDRESS AND PRODUCE EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE CORRECT. THOSE WHO REFUSE TO COMPLY MAY BE ARRESTED.

OFFENDERS ARE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $1 000 ON FIRST CONVICTION AND $2 000 ON SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION.

ANTI-LITTER POSTERS ARE DISPLAYED AT PROMINENT PLACES IN THE CAR PARKS, WHICH WILL ALSO BE PATROLLED EY URBAN SERVICES LITTER WARDENS.

/ASSISTANT CChMSSIGNhR

MONDAY, NOVEMBER J, 1980

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR NIGEL SHIPMAN SAID TODAY ADDITIONAL LABOURERS HAD BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE LARGE CAR PARKS TO CLEAN THEM THOROUGHLY EACH DAY.

*THE ?L'BL,C MUST ALSO PLAY THEIR PART IN KEEPING THE CAR PARKS CLtAN.

+AMPLE LITTER-PINS ARE PROVIDED ON EACH FLOOR. IF RUBBISH IS PLACED IN THE PINS, RATHER THAN THROWN CARELESSLY ON TriE GROUND OR IN The LIFTS, THE CAR PARKS WILL BE MORE PLEASANT PLACES FOR ALL #HO USE THEM.+ HE SAID.

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EORDER VILLAGE GETTING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES > * > >

T^rVILLiG£ TA K*,'J L,N&» *H|CH HAS NO RECREATIONAL vhm V aH0RTLY 3£ PROVIDED aITH A MIM-SOCCER PITCH AND

VvLLtTzJALL GCUnT.

TA KaU LING IS IN NORTH DISTRICT AND IS CLOSE TO THE CLOSED AREA. It nAS - POPULATION OF 13 330.

^ACT^HLr!,ST-!?I ADY'SORY BOARD HAS APPROVED FUNDS FOR THE TwC L?RI* 1J Ico arilCrl ARE .0* BEING CONSTRUCTED AT A COST OF DOO .A . u.&~l SQUARE /_TkE AREA DF CROwN LAND.

l->yCLV£S LEVELLING-A KNOLL AND PUTTING UP FENCES. GOAL F-sTa AND NxTs ALSO BEING PROVIDED.

uad, T-E-3-TE I3 TA K*U LING RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICES.

Is EX.--„T=D iO BE COMPLETED EY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

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STUDENTS INVITED TO JOIN PAINTING CONTEST IN INDIA ******

STUDENTS UNDER 16 ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT PAINTINGS FOR THE SHANKAR’S INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S COMPETITION, AN ANNUAL EVENT ORGANISED IN INDIA.

ENTRIES CAN BE IN ANY MEDIUM EXCEPT BLACK LEAD PENCIL. IN ADDITION, COLLAGE, RELIEF, PRINT AND GROUP WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

THERE IS NO RESTRICTION TO THE THEME, AND THE MINIMUM SIZE OF AN ENTRY IS 330 MM BY 403 MM.

THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PAINTINGS OR DRAWINGS WHICH CAN BE SUBMITTED BY ONE PARTICIPANT IS SIX.

THE COMMISSION OF INDIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL SELECTION, AND THE FINAL SELECTION WILL BE MADE BY A PANEL OF JUDGES IN INDIA.

MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES OF MERIT WILL BE AWARDED TO OUTSTANDING wORKS.

ENTRIES SHOULD BE SUBMITTED THROUGH HEADS OF SCHOOLS TO THE INSPECTOR (ART), EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, 4 PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT, HONG KONG BY NOVEMBER 28.

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WATER CUT

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WATER SUPPLY TO AN AREA OF KWAI CHUNG WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 5) MIDNIGHT TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING FOR A LEAKAGE TEST.

THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY TAI WO HAU ROAD, WO TONG TSUI STREET, YIU WING STREET, KWAI CHUNG ROAD, CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND KIN HONG STREET. BLOCKS 1 TO 5, KWAI CHUNG FACTORY WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL. 5-233191

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

QUESTION TIME AT LEGCO...................................... 1

MORE NURSERY PLACES TOR DISABLED CHILDREN ..................... 2

DOCTORS ON W.H.O. COURSE STUDY ADDICTION TREATMENT IN PRISONS .................................................... 3

TAX EXEMPTION ON INTEREST EARNED .......................... 3

VILLAGERS AND VISITORS URGED TO KEEP SHA TIN CLEnN ............ 4

PRIVATE CjHR REGISTRATIONS IN OCTOBER.......................... 4

ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE FOR TEL .CHER LIBRHtLHIS ............. 5

TAI PO FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE TO HOLD DESIGN COMPETITION .... 6

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980

QUESTION TIME AT LEGCO

* * M *

THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, THE HON OSWALD CHEUNG WILL ASK ABOUT THE LATEST SITUATION REGARDING THE SUSPENSION OF ISSUE OF FURTHER BANKING LICENCES WHEN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETS TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

MR CHEUNG WILL ASK WHETHER THE REVIEW OF THE CRITERIA TO BE APPLIED TO FUTURE APPLICATIONS HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IF SO WHEN ITS RESULTS ARE LIKELY TO BE ANNOUNCED.

TEN OTHER QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED BY THE UNOFFICIALS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI WILL WANT TO KNOW THE STEPS BEING TAKEN TO REPLACE LOST IDENTITY CARDS MORE QUICKLY, AND DR THE HON HARRY FANG WILL ASK WHAT GOVERNMENT MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN TO MONITOR THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF MTR OPERATIONS AND WHETHER IT INTENDS TO APPOINT A SAFETY INSPECTOR.

THE HON LYDIA DUNN WILL ASK FOR THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES STILL IN CAMPS AWAITING RESETTLEMENT AND THE NUMBER AMONG THEM WHO ARRIVED THIS YEAR.

THE HON PETER C WONG WILL ASK ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF A REVIEW OF ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES RELATING TO CIVIL DEBTS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAD ANNOUNCED HE WOULD INSTITUTE.

OTHER QUESTIONS BY THE UNOFFICIALS CONCERN THE NON-OCCUPANCY OF GOVERNMENT NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS, THE STANDARDS OF OVERSEAS DRIVING LICENCES WHICH HAD BEEN EXCHANGED WITHOUT EXAMINATION FOR HONG KONG LICENCES, EXPANSION OF THE POLICE PERSONAL BEAT RADIO SCHEME TO THE NEW TERRITORIES, ADEQUACY OF NT TAXI SERVICES, DECISION ON A PERMANENT EXHIBITION CENTRE IN HONG KONG, AND THE WORK OF NEW VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRES.

THE SUMMARY OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1980 WHICH REMOVES THE PROHIBITION ON FORTUNE TELLING IN PLACES OTHER THAN REGISTERED CHINESE TEMPLES WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE COUNCIL.

DEBATE WILL RESUME ON THE INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 4) BILL 1980. THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1980 AND THE EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1980.

DEBATE WILL ALSO RESUME ON THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (VALIDATION) BILL 1980 INTRODUCED BY THE HON ROGER LOBO.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980

MORE NURSERY PLACES FOR DISABLED CHILDREN *****

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS CREATED AN EXTRA 24 PLACES IN FOUR NORMAL DAY NURSERIES FOR MILD GRADE DISABLED CHILDREN TO INTEGRATE WITH NORMAL CHILDREN OF THEIR AGE.

THESE NURSERIES, RUN BY VOLUNTEER AGENCIES IN SHAM SHU I PO, WONG TAI SIN, SHA TIN AND KWAI CHUNG, HAVE STARTED ADMITTING DISABLED CHILDREN AGED TWO TO SIX YEARS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY ANOTHER 18 PLACES WOULD BE PROVIDED BEFORE NEXT APRIL UNDER THE INTEGRATED CHILD CARE SCHEME.

HE SAID THIS WOULD BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCH PLACES TO 180 WHICH WOULD HAVE INVOLVED A TOTAL ANNUAL SUBVENTION OF OVER $640 000 TO MEET ADDITIONAL STAFF COSTS.

FROM NEXT YEAR ONWARDS, HE SAID, AT A FASTER INCREASE RATE OF 90 PLACES THE PRESENT ANNUAL INCREASE OF 60.

THE SCHEME WILL BE EXPANDED PER YEAR AS COMPARED WITH

PARENTS WISHING TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEIR DISABLED CHILDREN MAY ENQUIRE FROM THE DEPARTMENT’S CHILD CARE CENTRES ADVISORY INSPECTORATE AT THE LADY TRENCH TRAINING CENTRE AT 44 01 KWAN ROAD. WAN CHAI, OR TELEPHONE 5-754321.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SCHEME HAD PROVED IT MET A NEED TO D,SABLED CHILDREN TO ENJOY CHILD CARE WITH NORMAL CHILDREN LEADING TO SOCIAL INTEGRATION.

SUBVENTED NURSERIES JOINING THE SCHEME ARE GIVEN EXTRA SUBVENTION TO MEET ADDITIONAL STAFF COSTS, OR GRANTS OR SPECIAL FACILITIES AND STAFF TRAINING.

,,ua EACH PARTICIPATING NURSERY TAKES IN SIX DISABLED CHILDREN WHO ARE MILD GRADE MENTALLY RETARDED, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OR SLIGHTLY IMPAIRED IN SPEECH, HEARING OR SIGHT.

ADMISSIONS ARE BY WAY OF DIRECT APPLICATIONS OR REFERRALS FROM WELFARE AGENCIES AND FROM THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH, EDUCATION AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980

DOCTORS ON W.H.O. COURSE STUDY ADDICTION TREATMENT IN PRISONS

******

A GROUP OF 16 DOCTORS FROM EGYPT, INDIA, INDONESIA, PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA AND THAILAND TODAY BEGAN A THREE-DAY ATTACHMENT TO THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT TO STUDY ITS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES FOR CONVICTED DRUG ADDICTS.

THE GROUP OF DOCTORS ARE IN HONG KONG TAKING PART IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION INTER-REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE ON THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS.

DURING THE ATTACHMENT, THEY WILL VISIT THE DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES AT HEI LING CHAU AND TAI LAM AND THE ADDICTION TREATMENT SECTION OF THE TAI LAM CENTRE FOR WOMEN.

THEY WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE DEPARTMENT’S FACILITIES AND TREATMENT PROGRAMMES AND WILL STUDY RESEARCH ON DRUG ADDICTION, AFTERCARE AND COMPULSORY SUPERVISION, CASEWORK AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES.

EARLIER TODAY, THEY MET AND TALKED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR T.G. GARNER AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS.

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TAX EXEMPTION ON INTEREST EARNED *****

INTEREST PAYABLE BY LICENSED BANKS, BY CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITIES AND BY THE GOVERNMENT AT RATES OF UP TO 7-1/2 PER CENT PER ANNUM WILL BE EXEMPT FROM INTEREST TAX FROM TODAY (TUESDAY), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED.

HE SAID THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 1 PER CENT IN THE EXEMPTION LIMIT, AND FOLLOWS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE EXCHANGE BANKS’ ASSOCIATION ON SATURDAY THAT THE RATE OF INTEREST PAYABLE ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS WOULD BE INCREASED TO 7-1/2 PER CENT WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY.

A NOTICE SIGNED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY UNDER SECTION 28(1) CF THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE IS PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE TODAY.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980

VILLAGERS AND VISITORS URGED TO KEEP SHA TIN CLEAN

*****

NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEALTH INSPECTORS TODAY CALLED ON VILLAGERS AND SHOPKEEPERS OF TA I WAI IN SHA TIN AND ADVISED THEM TO KEEP THEIR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHA TIN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE ALSO URGED VISITORS HOLIDAYING IN SHA TIN NOT TO TURN THE RAILWAY STATION AND A SECTION OF TAI PO ROAD NEAR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY INTO A REFUSE DUMPING GROUND.

AS PART OF THE CURRENT ANTI-LITTER DRIVE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE PAYING VISITS TO MEMBERS CF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR HOUSEWIVES AND SHOP-OPERATORS. URG ING THEM TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND NOT TO THROW LITTER OUT OF THEIR PREMISES.

FIFTY-THREE PEOPLE WERE TODAY EITHER SERVED WITH NOTICES REQUIRING THEM TO REMOVE JUNK, OR BOOKED FOR LITTERING DURING THE OPERATION, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SHA TIN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE.

TO COINCIDE WITH THE DRIVE, CLEANSING STAFF ALSO CARRIED OUT AN EXTENSIVE CLEAN-UP AT LITTER BLACK SPOTS IN TAI WAI AREA.

THE EXERCISE WILL LAST THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

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PRIVATE CAR REGISTRATIONS IN OCTOBER *****

THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED PRIVATE CARS IN HONG KONG TOPPED 186 000 AT THE END OF LAST MONTH, AN INCREASE OF ALMOST 27 000 OR 16.9 PER CENT IN 12 MONTHS.

THIS COMPARES WITH A RISE OF ABOUT 19 400 IN THE 12 MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER, 1979.

THE NUMBER OF NEW CARS REGISTERED LAST MONTH WAS 3 772, AND THE NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS WHICH LAPSED WAS 909.

THIS REPRESENTS A NET INCREASE OF 2 863 REGISTRATIONS AND BRINGS THE OVERALL TOTAL TO 185 926.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980

ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE FOR TEACHER LIBRARIANS * * * *

EIGHTY TEACHERS WHO ATTENDED THE INTRODUCTORY IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE FOR TEACHER LIBRARIANS ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR WILL TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY'* RFCEIVF THEIR ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATES AND BEGIN STUDIES AGAIN ON AN ADVANCED COURSE.

THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AND THE ADVANCED COURSE WILL BE FELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG’S EXTRA MURAL TOWN CENTRE AT WING ON CENTRE IN CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.

MRS PRISCILLA TSO, SENIOR ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR OF EXTRA MURAL STUDIES WILL PRESENT THE CERTIFICATES AND OPEN THE NEW COURSE.

UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE ONE-YEAR ADVANCED COURSE WHICH WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAYS, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE AWARDED TEACHER LIBRARIAN CERTIFICATES.

A SEMINAR ON +THE FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY* WILL ALSO BE HELD TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY 160 SCHOOLS WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY SCHEME THIS YEAR.

MORE SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN NEXT YEAR, AND EVENTUALLY SOME 300 SCHOOLS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE SCHEME, HE SAID.

A SECOND INTRODUCTORY COURSE FOR NEWLY APPOINTED TEACHER LIBRARIANS HAD ALREADY STARTED LAST MONTH AT THE EXTRA MURAL TOWN CENTRE.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1980

TAI PO FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE TO HOLD DESIGN COMPETITION ******

THE NEWLY FORMED TAI PO DI STR ICT'FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A STICKER DESIGN COMPETITION FOR LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN.

THE COMPETITION WILL BE HELD NEXT MONTH WHEN ALL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT WILL BE INVITED TO ENTER.

BOOK TOKENS WILL BE AWARDED TO WINNERS AND THE BEST DESIGNS WILL BE PRINTED FOR DISTRIBUTION BY THE COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS FORMED ONLY LAST MONTH, IS ALSO ARRANGING A SERIES OF OTHER ACTIVITIES. THESE INCLUDE VISITS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CRIME PREVENTION DISPLAYS AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS, CRIME PREVENTION TALKS AT MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEETINGS, SCHOOL TALKS, A SOCCER TOURNAMENT, FILM SHOWS, A CHARITY WALK AND A LOCAL GOOD CITIZEN AWARD. ALL ARE INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO TAKE PART IN PREVENTING OR REPORTING CRIME.

TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE IS MEETING SOME OF THE COST OF THESE ACTIVITIES, WHILE MORE MONEY IS EXPECTED TO BE DONATED BY LOCAL PEOPLE.

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL RURAL COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, SCHOOLS, THE POLICE, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. THE CHAIRMAN IS TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICHOLAS NG.

THE NEW COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING THE REORGANISATION OF THE FORMER TAI PO DISTRICT A YEAR AGO.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1980

CONTENTS RAGE NO.

SIR MURRAY EXPLAINS HONG KONG'S SUCCESS ..................... 1

ACTION ON RECOMMENDATIONS BY DIVERSIFICATION COMMITTEE ...... 5

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVED GOVERNMENT STAFF CONSULTATION . 7

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL:

REVIEW OF BANK LICENSING POLICY ........................ 10

PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL READY FOR LARGER ROLE ............. 11

REASONS FOR NON-OCCUPATION OF GOVERNMENT QUARTERS ...... 12

CIVIL DEBT ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES MAY BE CHANGED ....... 1J

POWERS TO COUNTER ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EXTENDED

ONE YEAR ............................................... 14

JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE RECEIVES MORE DONATIONS .......... 14

RESTRICTIONS ON DIRECT ISSUE OF DRIVING LICENCES ....... 16

POLICE BEAT RADIO SCHEME TO COVER MORE NT AREAS ........ 17

PLEADING BY LETTER TO ID CARD OFFENCE .................. 17

SHORTER TIME REQUIRED TO REPLACE ID CARDS .............. 18

PROHIBITION ON FORTUNE-TELLERS UNNECESSARY ............. 18

MTR SAFETY ASSURED ..................................... 19

FURTHER STUDY ON PERMANENT EXHIBITION CENTRE ........... 19

PLANS FOR VEHICLE EXAMINATION FACILITIES ............... 20

MORE TAXIS WILL PLY IN THE NT .......................... 20

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FIGURES ............................ 20

SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION nPPROVED ....................... 21

FOUR BILLS PASSED ...........................,.......... 21

HK/US TEXTILE TALKS START NEXT WEEK ......................... 21

CLEAN CANOPIES OPERATION IN TSUEN WAN ....................... 22

BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FOR THE HANDICAPPED ................... 22

WATER CUT ................................................... 25

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1980

SIR MURRAY EXPLAINS HONG KONG’S SUCCESS * * * *

THE PHENOMENON OF THE OWNING AND MANAGEMENT OF SHIPS BY HONG KONG OWNERS EVOLVING SO RAPIDLY ON SUCH A LARGE SCALE HAS NOT BEEN A CASE OF SO-CALLED ’CHEAP EASTERN COMPETITION’, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TOLD THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF BRITISH SHIPPING AT THEIR DINNER IN LONDON THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING.

♦IT HAS BEEN THE PRODUCT OF A COMBINATION OF A FISCAL AND FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT, WITH GREAT MANAGERIAL SKILL AND DRIVE, PRODUCING RATHER HIGH RATES OF RENEWAL OF TONNAGE AND CONSEQUENTLY RATHER LOW RATES OF INSURANCE- AND ALSO AS IT HAS TURNED OUT, OFTEN WITH ECONOMIES OF SCALE DUE TO AN AVERAGE SIZE OF SHIP LARGER THAN THEIR EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.

SIR MURRAY EXPLAINED THAT ONE OF THE ELEMENTS IN HONG KONG’S RESILIENCE AND ADAPTABILITY WAS THE FREEDOM GIVEN TO MARKET FORCES.

♦THERE ARE NO EXCHANGE CONTROLS, NO SUBSIDIES, NO PROTECTION OF LOCAL INDUSTRY. HARD WORK, INVENTIVENESS, MANAGERIAL SKILLS, THE RISKS OF INVESTMENT, ARE ALL ALLOWED MAXIMUM REWARD, UNFETTERED BY RED TAPE OR A DEPRESSING FISCAL SYSTEM, AND SUSTAINED BY A HIGHLY DEVELOPED FINANCIAL SECTOR,+ HE SAID.

SIR MURRAY ALSO TOLD THE SHIPPERS THAT THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW LEADERSHIP IN CHINA AND ITS NEW ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL POLICIES HAD AROUSED INTENSE INTEREST ALL OVER THE WORLD AND STIMULATED NEW INTEREST IN EASTERN MARKETS.

♦HONG KONG,* HE SAID, +IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS GROWTH AREA, RIGHT IN THE CENTRE OF ITS SEABORNE AND AIRBORNE COMMUNICATIONS, A MAJOR MARKET AS WELL AS AN INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL CENTRE, AND WITH THE CLOSEST CONNECTIONS WITH ENORMOUS DEVELOPING CHINA.♦

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF SIR MURRAY’S SPEECH »

♦WHEN I RECEIVED YOUR CHAIRMAN’S VERY KIND INVITATION TO ADDRESS A DINNER OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF BRITISH SHIPPING ON NOVEMBER 5 I wAS SURPRISED SINCE I AM NO SHIPPING EXPERT AND WAS SUSPICIOUS OF THE DATE, BUT YOU, SIR, HINTED THAT YOUR OBJECT WAS TO GIVE THIS GATHERING OF THE COUNCIL A FAR EASTERN FOCUS, AND I DEDUCED THE SCENARIO TO BE THAT WHILE SIR OLIVER CHESTERTON WOULD SPEAK ABOUT SHIPS MAGNIFICENTLY AND HILARIOUSLY, AND WHILE YOU WOULD SPEAK ABOUT SHIPS WITH YOUR USUAL WIT AND WITH THE AUTHORITY OF YOUR OFFICE, I WAS NOT EXPECTED TO SPEAK ABOUT SHIPS AT ALL BUT RATHER ABOUT THE FAR EAST AND HONG KONG, SO I CAME WITH PLEASURE AND CANCELLED THE ORDER TO SEARCH THE CELLARS.

THE FAR EAST — THE COUNTRIES OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC EASIN --IS ONE OF THE GREAT ECONOMIC GROWTH AREAS OF 7; E WORLD, AND AT ITS CENTRE — IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHY, CO XUH I CATIONS, CO ERCE AND FINANCE -- IS HC.'IG KONG, THE LATEST, MOST MUTUALLY lE.'.EF IC I AL, AKD UNIQUELY SUCCESSFUL PHENOMENON IN THE LONG HISTORY OF SI,.2/ BRITISH RELATIONS.

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IT IS THE PRODUCT OF TWO THINGS, A MAGNIFICENT PEOPLE WITH THE WILL TO SURVIVE THROUGH WORK, AND A MAGNIFICENT HARBOUR IN WHICH THERE ARE ABOUT 2OO SHIPS AT ANCHOR AT ANY ONE DAY, AS CONRAD WROTE OF ENGLAND 'IT IS A PLACE WHERE MEN AND SEA INTERPENETRATE’, IT IS NOT SURPRISING THEREFORE THAT IT IS THE HOME OF OWNERS OF OVER 50 MILLION TONS DEADWEIGHT OF SHIPPING, AND THAT THEIR VOICES ARE INCREASINGLY HEARD IN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AFFAIRS. THEY ARE TYPICAL PRODUCTS OF THE MODERN FAR EAST OF WHICH HONG KONG IS THE FOCAL POINT.

SOME OF YOU KNOW THE FAR EAST, TO OTHERS IT MAY SEEM FAR OFF AND IMPLAUSIBLE, BUT ITS MAIN FEATURE NOW IS CHANGE, FOR THE FAR EAST HAS CHANGED AND CHANGED QUICKLY, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, IF LEAST ADVERTISED, DEVELOPMENTS HAS BEEN THE COMPARATIVE STABILITY IT HAS ACHIEVED — A STABILITY WHICH NO-ONE WOULD HAVE FORECAST 15 YEARS AGO, IT IS HARD TO REMEMBER THAT IT WAS SOUTH EAST ASIA FOR WHICH THE SO-CALLED DOMINO THEORY WAS EVOLVED, THE THEORY THAT IF ONE COUNTRY FELL TO COMMUNISM, ONE AFTER ANOTHER WOULD ALSO FALL RIGHT THROUGH THAILAND AND THE MALAYAN ARCHIPELAGO, BUT THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED, NOBODY FORESAW THE VIGOUR AND SUCCESS AND SELF-RELIANCE OF SUCH STATES AS MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, THE PHILIPPINES AND THAILAND.

OF COURSE VIETNAM HAS BEEN A DESTABILISING INFLUENCE, BOTH IN ITSELF, AND AS A SOVIET SATELLITE, AND A MEMBER OF COMECON, BUT EVEN IF THERE IS NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT TO VIETNAMESE PRESENT IN KAMPUCHEA, THERE ARE RESTRAINTS ON VIETNAM, HER OWN CRYING NEED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND ECONOMIC REHABILITATION, AND OF COURSE THE ENORMOUS AND SOBERING PRESENCE OF CHINA ON HER NORTHERN FRONTIER, THESE ARE POTENT SAFEGUARDS, I SEE NO SIGN OF THE DOMINOES STARTING TO FALL.

STABILITY WAS IN ANY CASE EMERGING AS A RESULT OF THE EFFORT OF INDIVIDUAL STATES THEMSELVES, BUT IN RECENT YEARS, OF ALL THE STABILISING FACTORS IN THE AREA, I WOULD UNHESITATINGLY NAME AS THE MOST IMPORTANT THE NEW SITUATION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. ITS NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, AND ALSO WITH THE COUNTRIES OF SOUTH EAST ASIA, LIFTED A CLOUD OF UNCERTAINTY WHICH HUNG OVER EAST ASIA FOR SO LONG, AND PERSONALITY AND POLICY CHANGES HAVE REINFORCED CHIKA’S CONSTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE THROUGHOUT THE AREA. IDEOLOGY HAS GIVEN WAY TO COMMONSENSE, TO AN APPROACH THAT IS PRAGMATIC AND TO US COMPREHENSIBLE. AS PRACTICAL PEOPLE WE ALL WARM TO A CHINESE LEADER WHO SAYS HE DOES NOT MIND WHETHER A CAT IS BLACK OR WHITE, SO LONG AS IT CATCHES MICE.

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WITH STABILITY HAS COME MODERNISATION, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT FAR EASTERN COUNTRIES ARE BECOMING LIKE THE WEST — THEY ARE NOT, THEY CLING TO THEIR OWN TRADITIONS. BUT MANY HAVE CARRIED OUT PROGRAMMES OF CONSISTENT AND DRAMATIC GROWTH OVER THE LAST 10 - 15 YEARS. THEY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING MODERN INDUSTRY AND IMPORTING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND IT IS WORKED WITH WILLING HANDS. INVESTMENT IS FLOWING IN AND FAR EASTERN COUNTRIES ARE NOT ONLY INCREASING THEIR SHARE OF EXISTING MARKETS, BUT ARE BECOMING THEMSELVES NEw MARKETS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. ASIANS WILL TELL YOU THAT THE DYNAMIC CENTRE OF THE WORLD’S INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE IS UNDERGOING AN HISTORIC SHIFT FROM WEST TO EAST. HOWEVER THAT MAY BE, SUCH AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATES OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS AS 11 PER CENT IN KOREA, 6 PER CENT IN THE PHILIPPINES, 9 PER CENT IN SINGAPORE, 8 PER CENT IN THAILAND, AND 9 P-ER CENT IN HONG KONG ARE MOUTH-WATERING IN COMPARISON TO THE 4 PER CENT OF OECD COUNTRIES. CERTAINLY THE FAR EAST AND SOUTH EAST ASIA IS AN AREA IN WHICH OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS. IT HAS BEEN DOING SO FOR SOMETIME, BUT IN RECENT YEARS * I TH GROWING INSISTENCE AND ITS SUMMONS IS BEGINNING TO BE HEARD.

I THINK THE MOST DECISIVE SINGLE FACTOR IN THIS REVIVAL OF INTEREST IN EASTERN MARKETS HAS AGAIN BEEN THE EMERGENCE IN CHINA CF A NEW LEADERSHIP. ITS NEW ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL POLICIES HAVE AROUSED INTENSE INTEREST ALL OVER THE WORLD, WHILE THE MODERNISATION CF CHINA MAY NOT DEVELOP ON THE GROUND AS FAST AS SOME EXPECTED, LIKE MANY OTHERS I SEE THESE NEW POLICIES AS THE BEGINNING OF ONE OF THE GREAT HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF OUR TIME. THIS PROSPECT HAS STIMULATED NEW INTEREST IN THE AREA AS A WHOLE BOTH IN THE MARKETS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES, AND ALSO INTEREST IN SUITABLE PLATFORMS, AS IT WERE, FROM WHICH TO TRADE WITH THEM AND WITH THE NEW CHINA THAT IS EMERGING AND WILL CONTINUE TO EMERGE OVER THE COMING DECADES.

AND THIS BRINGS ME BACK TO HONG KONG, BECAUSE THERE IT IS, ONLY 16 HOURS FLIGHT TIME AWAY, IN THE MIDDLE O'7 THIS GROWTH AREA, RIGHT IN THE CENTRE OF ITS SEABORNE AND AIRBORNE COMMUNICATIONS, A MAJOR MARKET AS WELL AS AN INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL CENTRE, AND *ITH THE CLOSEST CONNECTIONS WITH ENORMOUS DEVELOPING CHINA. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT RATHER BUREAUCRATIC PHRASE IS THAT MOST PEOPLE IN HONG KONG SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AS CHINA, HAVE RELATIONS THERE, AND VISIT THEM REGULARLY, BUT UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN TO HONG KONG YOU WILL NOT KNOW THE EXTRAORDINARY VIGOUR AND WILL TO GET ON THAT POSITIVELY RADIATES FROM ITS PEOPLE. IT IS EXHILARATING TO LIVE WITH SUCH PEOPLE WITH THEIR BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS AND HARBOUR. ONE FEELS THEY WILL NOT SINK UNDER PROBLEMS BUT SURMOUNT THEM, AND PROBLEMS THERE ARE, LARGELY RESULTING FROM OVER-POPULATION AND OVER-IMMIGRATION, BUT HONG KONG CONTINUALLY AND BUOYANTLY RISES TO MEET THEM. hQNG KONG AND ITS PEOPLE MAY BE LARGELY DEPENDENT ON EXTERNAL ECONOMIC POLITICAL FORCES, BUT THEY ARE UNDETERRED BY THEM BECAUSE THEY KNCa THEM aELL AND BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE HONG KONG HAS SO MUCH TO OFF r- .

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ONE OF THE ELEMENTS IN ITS RESILIENCE AND ADAPTABILITY IS THAT MARKET "ORCES ARE GIVEN FREEDOM TO WORK. THERE ARE NO EXCHANGE CONTROLS, NO SUBSIDIES, NO PROTECTION OF LOCAL INDUSTRY. HARD *ORK, INVENT 1 VENESS, MANAGERIAL SKILLS, THE RISKS OF INVESTMENT, ARE ALL ALLOWED MAXIMUM REwARD, LNcE’r'rERED BY RED TAPE OR A DEPRESSING FISCAL SYSTEM, aND SUSTAINED BY A HIGHLY DEVELOPED FINANCIAL SECTOR.

IT IS AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND THAT THE PHENOMENON OF THE C/.MNG A\j MANAGEMENT GF SHIPS BY HONG KONG OWNERS HAS EVOLVED SO RAPIDLY ON SUCH A LARGE SCALE. THIS HAS NOT BEEN A CASE OF SO-CALLED ’CnEAP EASTERN COMPETITION’. IT HAS BEEN THE PRODUCT OF A COMBINATION OF A FISCAL AND FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT, wIT-GREAT MANAGERIAL SKILL AND DRIVE, PRODUCING RATHER HIGH RATES OF RENE*A_ OF TONNAGE AND CONSEQUENTLY RATHER LO’a RATES OF INSURANCE- AND ALSO AS IT HAS TURNED OUT, OFTEN a I TH ECONOMIES OF SCALE DUE TO AN AVERAGE SIZE OF SHIP LARGER THAN THEIR EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS. IT IS NATURAL THAT HONG KONG OwNERS SHOULD STRONGl: OPPOSE UNCTAD’S CARGO-ShARING =RQPOSAlS. THEY <EGi?D T-EM AS PROTECTIONIST AND DISCRIMINATORY IN PRINCIPLE AND AS EXPENSIVE TO THE CONSUMER IN PRACTICE.

I MUST APOLOGISE FOR HAVING STARTED TO TALK ABOUT SHIPS INSTEAD CF THE FAR EAST WHICH IS MY SUBJECT.

THERE HAS BEEN A TENDENCY FOR EUROPE TO FORGET THE EAST COMMERCIALLY. THE REASONS ARE NOT CLEAR, perhaps it HAS BEEN ASSUMED TO BE A JAPANESE OR AMERICAN PRESERVE- PERHAPS THE RIVAL ATTRACTIONS Oc EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICAN MARKETS HAVE DISTRACTED ATTENTION, AND PERHAPS IT "AY SEEM TO SOME EUROPEANS TO BE A PART ?" *-E *OR_D aSSCC ATED w|Tr AN ERA *HICH ^OR THEM HAS ENDED. my theme is that, on the contrary, a new and much happier era of THE CAF EAST HAS ALREADY BEGUN. AN ERA OF VAST POSSIBILITY, E-A WITH WHICH ALL *HO CAN SHOULD COME TO TERMS AS QuICKlY AS POSS IBLE.

*E ARE APT TO BE PUT OFF BY KIPLING’S JINGLE:

EAST IS EAST AND wEST IS WEST, AN? NEVER THE TwAIN SHALL MEET, TILL TWO STRONG MEN STAND rACE TO FACE AT G D’S GREA"’’ JUDGEMENT SEAT.

T 3 EXCESSIVELY OLD HAT. BUSINESSMEN' OF EAST AND WEST MEET JUST AS EASILY AS THOSE OF EUROPE OR AMERICA, AND EVEN F ONCE THE FAS? AS IMBUED wITh THE MYSTER- QP INACCESSIBILITY ”hAT TOC HAS CONE AS A RESJ.t OF CHEAP AIR FARES -- BuT I lEAvE THAT TO YO-R CHAIPMAS.♦

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1980

ACTION ON RECOMMENDATIONS BY DIVERSIFICATION COMMITTEE

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED A NUMBER OF WIDE-RANGING RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF DIVERSIFICATION WHICH WILL HAVE IMPORTANT PROCEDURAL IMPLICATIONS, AND WHICH WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN HONG KONG’S ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

ONE OF THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STANDING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

THE BOARD, APPOINTED RECENTLY, WILL PLAN, MONITOR AND ADVISE ON VARIOUS PROGRAMMES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

♦THIS WILL BE PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE PROVISION OF INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT FACILITIES, TECHNICAL BACK-UP SERVICES AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH,+ EXPLAINED A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN.

THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PUBLISHED ITS REPORT IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR AND MADE A TOTAL OF 47 RECOMMENDATIONS COVERING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, FINANCIAL AND RELATED FACILITIES, LAND, HONG KONG’S ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA AND THE CONDUCT OF THE TERRITORY’S EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS.

THE REPORT WAS THE CULMINATION OF TWO YEARS’STUDY BY THE COMMITTEE WHICH WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN 1977. ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE WERE TO ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON ♦WHETHER THE PROCESS OF DIVERSIFICATION OF THE ECONOMY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, CAN BE FACILITATED BY THE MODIFICATION OF EXISTING POLICIES OR THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW POL IC IES.+

OVER THE LAST ID MONTHS THE GOVERNMENT HAS, IN CONSULTATION WITH INTERESTED OUTSIDE BODIES, BEEN CAREFULLY STUDYING THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE 336-PAGE REPORT, IF AND HOw THEY SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF DOING SO.

IN ADDITION TO THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE WOUND UP.

♦THIS HAS NOW BEEN DONE,* SAID THE SPOKESMAN, +THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY ADVISORV BOARD IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SPLIT INTO TWO BODIES - THE TRADE ADVISORY BOARD AND THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD.+

IT HAS ALSO BEEN AGREED THAT A NEW STATUTORY INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AUTHORITY SHOULD BE CREATED TO ORGANISE INDIVIDUAL AREAS OP MANPOWER TRAINING.

the advisor- committee also suggested ~wc course - of action in RELATION TO OIL EXPL0RATI‘\, B T- OF a IC- h- D BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

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ONE WAS THAT TO ENSURE HONG KONG BENEFITTED IN ANY EXPLOITATION OF OIL FIELDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA PLANS FOR THE PROVISION OF A SITE FOR A LOGISTICS SUPPORT EASE SHOULD EE ACTIVELY PURSUED.

+THESE STUDIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED QUITE SOON,* THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD RECONSIDER THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN OIL REFINERY IN HONG KONG. A STUDY IS NOw UNDER WAY.

ALSO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMITTEE’S RECOMMENDATIONS THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN POSITIVE STEPS TO IMPROVE THE LAYOUT OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND MODIFICATIONS TO LEASE CONDITIONS TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO ACCOMMODATE INDUSTRIES WITH SPECIALISED NEEDS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT EDUCATION AND TRAINING RIGHTLY ASSUMED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE COMMITTEE’S REPORT AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS PAID CLOSE HEED TO THE NUMEROUS RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE FORECAST OF DEMAND FOR QUALIFIED PEOPLE MADE BY THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL WILL EE REVIEWED REGULARLY TO ENSURE THE OUTPUT FROM TECHNICALLY-EASED COURSES IS ADEQUATE.

TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO CONDUCT STUDIES ON THE EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE OF RECENT GRADUATES. INDEED, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IS ALREADY DOING SO.

+ONE OF THE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS FIELD WHICH THE GOVERNMENT ENDORSED,* SAID THE SPOKESMAN, +WAS THAT THE TRAINING SCHEMES PROPOSED BY THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.*

THE COMMITTEE HAD NOTED IN ITS REPORT THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING SCHEMES.

AS WELL AS THE SCHEMES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND CLOTHING INDUSTRIES THE COUNCIL HAS PREPARED TRAINING SCHEMES FOR THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY (CONTRACTING SECTOR), THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY AND THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY (WEAVING SECTOR).

THE COUNCIL ALSO PROPOSED ANOTHER SCHEME TO PROVIDE NECESSARY POST-GRADUATE PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES.

YET ANOTHER COMPREHENSIVE, INDUSTRY-WIDE TRAINING SCHEME RECOMMENDED BY THE COUNCIL a ?ULD PROVIDE +SOLND BASIC TRAINING* TO THE SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER CF TRAINEES IN KEY ENGINEERING TRADES SUCH AS FITTERS, MACHINISTS, ’0..-MAKERS AND PLASTIC MOULD MAKERS.

THE COMMITTEE NOTED ’HAT +TRAINING IN al.. THE "IELDS MENTIONED IS ESSENT A ' - ANY EFFORT AIMED AT UP-GRADING PROCESSES

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+THIS DECISION WILL NO DOUBT BE WELCOMED BY INDUSTRIALISTS,* SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

ON TRADE PROMOTION THE COMMITTEE MADE THE POINT THAT ADVICE SHOULD BE SOUGHT ON nOw AN EXHIBITION CENTRE SHOULD BE CREATED, IF ITS VIABILITY VAS ESTABLISHED.

*THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE INTEREST SHOWN IN THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN EXHIBITION CENTRE IN. HONG KONG,* THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THE MATTER VERY CLOSELY. THE CONSULTANTS HAVE COMPLETED STAGE I, AND A REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SOON.*

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT IF STAGE I WAS APPROVED - IT DEALT WITH THE QUESTION OF DEMAND FOR AN EXHIBITION CENTRE - THE SECOND STAGE WOULD THEN GO AHEAD, EXAMINING DETAILS SUCH AS MANAGEMENT AND COSTINGS.

+THIS SECOND STAGE WOULD THEN' BE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR, TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE FINAL DECISION AS TO WHETHER HONG KONG WOULD HAVE AN EXHIBITION CENTRE,* HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE WERE JUST SOME OF TH^ RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE «HICh HAD BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND WHICH WOULD HAVE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS ON T-E FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OP HONG KONG.

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE’S RECOMMENDATIONS ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

ON SEPTEMBER 17, THE STANDING COMMISSION SUBMITTED A REPORT ON THE CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TO THE GOVERNOR. IN THE REPORT, THE COMMISSION MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE CONSULTATIVE ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN STAFF AND MANAGEMENT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. THE STAFF SIDE OF THE SENIOR Ci VIL SERVICE COUNCIL WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CONSULTED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUPPORT THEM.

TrtE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS IN The COMMISSION’S REPORT MAy BE SUMMARISED UNDE® TH- OL. 0* .. “LADINGS:

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DEPARTMENTAL CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY

THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT FORMAL DEPARTMENTAL CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS CONSISTING OF BOTH STAFF AND MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WITH 100 STAFF OR MORE. (AT PRESENT THERE ARE 23 SUCH COUNCILS IN BEING).

THE STAFF SIDE REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE ELECTED BY STAFF THEMSELVES. CANTONESE SHOULD BE USED IN MEETINGS WITH JUNIOR STAFF. AND MINUTES OF MEETINGS SHOULD BE CIRCULATED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE.

CENTRAL CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY

INSOFAR AS CONSULTATION AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL IS CONCERNED, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT A +JUNIOR CIVIL SERVICE CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL* SHOULD BE SET UP TO REPRESENT JUNIOR CIVIL SERVANTS, INCLUDING MODEL SCALE 1 STAFF, (wHO ARE AT PRESENT NOT REPRESENTED ON THE EXISTING SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL) SC THAT THEIR VOICE MAY BE HEARD AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL.

IT ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT A REVIEW OF THE 1968 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE THREE MAIN STAFF ASSOCIATIONS, UNDER WHICH THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL WAS SET UP, BE UNDERTAKEN JOINTLY BY BOTH PARTIES, TO SEE IF THE 12-YEAR-OLD AGREEMENT STILL MEETS PRESENT-DAY NEEDS.

POLICE CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY

THE COMMISSION RECOGNISED THAT POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT PERMITTED BY LAW TO JOIN TRADE UNIONS AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE LIAISON ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE POLICE CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS AND THE ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH BE STRENGTHENED, AND THAT THE POLICE COUNCILS SHOULD BE CONSULTED ON MATTERS CONSIDERED BY THE TWO MAIN CIVIL SERVICE COUNCILS.

RESOURCES FOR STAFF SIDE ACTIVITIES

THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, FOR EXAMPLE, MORE STAFF, OFFICES, BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THE STAFF SIDE OF THE EXISTING SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL AND OF THE PROPOSED JUNIOR CIVIL SERVICE CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL.

STAFF-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS

THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STAFF relations/management units in all major departments to promote STAFF-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS. .T ALSO SUGGESTED THE PROVISION OF SUPERVISORY AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING TO STA-F AS A CONTINUING GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT

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COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE

THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE SETTING UP OF A PROPER PROCEDURE IN ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO DEAL tl ITH STAFF COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES.

ROLE OF THE STANDING COMMISSION

THE COMMISSION CONSIDERED CAREFULLY WHETHER IT SHOULD TAKE UP THE ROLE OF +ARBITRATOR*, *ADJUD ICATOR* OR ♦MEDIATOR* IN DISPUTES BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND CIVIL SERVANTS, BUT ENDORSED THE MAJORITY VIEW PUT TO IT THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD NOT BE SO INVOLVED. AT THE SAME TIME THE COMMISSION AFFIRMED ITS INTENTION TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN CONSULTATION AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF STAFF-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

CONCLUSION

THE GENERAL VIEw OF THE COMMISSION ON CONSULTATION IS BEST SUMMED UP IN CHAPTER 8 OF THE REPORT, AN EXTRACT FROM WHICH READS:

+HONG KONG’S ACHIEVEMENTS AND SUCCESS IN THE PAST THREE DECADES HAVE BEEN DUE TO THE INDUSTRY AND PERSEVERANCE OF ITS WORK-FORCE, THE FLEXIBILITY AND ENTERPRISE OF MANAGEMENT BOTH IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, AND THE STABILITY OF THE INDUSTRIAL AND POLITICAL SCENE. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, WE BELIEVE THAT ANY CIVIL SERVICE CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY SHOULD BE VIEWED NOT AS AN END, BUT RATHER AS A MEANS TO BETTER STAFF RELATIONS, IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND A MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. IN OTHER WORDS, SUCH MACHINERY MUST BE GEARED TO THE PRACTICAL NEEDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF HONG KONG, AND NOT INTRODUCED OR EXPANDED SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS THOUGHT TO BE A FASHIONABLE THING TO DO. wE CONSIDER THAT JOINT CONSULTATION SHOULD BE THE IMMEDIATE GOAL.*

IMPLEMENTATION

THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN STAGES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. HE ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOW WORK CUT THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT IN CONSULTATION WITH HEADS OF DEPARTMENT AND STAFF ASSOCIATIONS.

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REVIEW OF BANK LICENSING POLICY

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A REVIEW OF THE CRITERIA AGAINST WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR BANKING LICENCES WERE CONSIDERED, AND OF BANK LICENSING POLICY GENERALLY, HAD BEEN UNDERTAKEN BUT IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO FINALISE THE REVIEW NOW, PENDING PROGRESS ON THREE OTHER ISSUES, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON OSWALD CHEUNG, SIR

PHILIP SAID THE THREE ISSUES WEKEs

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MONETARY STATISTICS ORDINANCE

INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES WILL, INITIALLY AT ANY RATE, PLACE A HEAVY BURDEN ON THE RESOURCES OF THE MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH AND SIR PHILIP SAID HE DID NOT WANT THE SUCCESS OF THIS EXERCISE PREJUDICED BY OTHER PREOCCUPATIONS.

INCORPORATION OF A NEW HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF BANKS

THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WILL BE SOUGHT LATER THIS MONTH AS TO WHETHER A BILL TO INCORPORATE SUCH AN ASSOCIATION, TO TAKE OVER THE FUNCTIONS OF THE EXCHANGE BANKS’ ASSOCIATION, SHOULD BE PUT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR ENACTMENT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

+ IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS PARTICULAR REFORM OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BEFORE WE COME TO ANY CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE SIZE OF THE BANKING INDUSTRY,* SIR PHILIP SAID.

REVISION OF THE BANKING AND THE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ORDINANCE

A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS ARE NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION EXERCISED OVER THE ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG OF BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES.

AT THE SAME TIME, SIR PHILIP SAID, THE SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS AND HE ARE CONSIDERING HOW BEST TO DEFINE THE TYPE OF BUSINESS WHICH BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES CAN UNDERTAKE AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MARKET AS A WHOLE AND FOR MONETARY POLICY OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF DEFINING THE BORDERLINE.

+THIS QUESTION OF DEFINITION IS CLEARLY A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION ON WHICH DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSI NG VIEWS ARE HELD, AND IT NEEDS TO BE SETTLED BEFORE REACHING ANY CONCLUSIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT TO GRANT FURTHER BANK LICENCES,* HE SAID.

SIR PHILIP HOPED THESE TASKS WOULD BE COMPLETED EY EARLY NEXT YEAR. +WE SHALL THEN PRCC'ED, IN A LOGICAL SEQUENCE, TO COMPLETE OUR REVIEW OF BANK LICENSING POLICY,* HE SAID.

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PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL READY FOR LARGER ROLE *****

HONG KONG NEEDS AN IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE AND A STRONGER INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM TO COPE WITH THE MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES OF THE EIGHTIES, THE HON S.L. CHEN TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL WAS IN A STRONG POSITION TO PLAY AN ENLARGED ROLE IN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT TO FACILITATE THE DIVERSIFICATION DRIVE IN HONG KONG PROVIDED IT RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT.

MR CHEN WAS SPEAKING AT THE TABLING OF THE 1979-80 REPORT OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL AND CENTRE ON WHICH HE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW WAS ONE OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR IT REPRESENTED A MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT CF THE PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE.

♦WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION CF THE PROPOSALS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION, THE CENTRE WILL BECOME THE ORGANISATIONAL FOCUS OF INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT FACILITIES AND BE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING AND CO-ORDINATING ACTIVITIES IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, THE FACILITATION OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND THE PROVISION OF A TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE.♦

DURING THE PAST YEAR, MR CHEN SAID, THE CENTRE WAS ENGAGED IN DETAILED PLANNING OF DIVERSIFICATION RELATED ACTIVITIES AND HAD SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR FUNDING SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS:

* TO ESTABLISH A METAL INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT UNIT TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGICAL BASE ON WHICH THE METALS AND RELATED LIGHT ENGINEERING INDUSTRY CAN FURTHER DEVELOP AND DIVERSIFY-

* TO EXPAND THE EXISTING TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE TO ENABLE THE CENTRE TO EXTEND THE SCOPE OF ITS SERVICE TO COVER MORE INDUSTRY SECTORS- AND

* TO SET UP A SMALL AND MEDIUM INDUSTRY EXTENSION SERVICE TO OFFER SPECIALISED ASSISTANCE IN A FEW CRITICAL AREAS WHERE HELP IS MOST NEEDED.

ON THE THIRD PROPOSAL, MR CHEN SAID THE AREAS CHOSEN *ERE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, ENERGY CONSERVATION AND *ASTE CONTROL AND RECYCLING.

♦THESE THREE SUBJECTS ARE INTER-RELATED AND ARE STRONGLY LINKED TO THE E■TABuISHMENT OF AN ADEQUATE INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT BASE 0‘ I ND tFY CAN GRO* AND DEVELOP,* H: SAC.

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MR CHEN ALSO REPORTED THAT THE CENTRE CONDUCTED 274 CONSULTANCY PROJECTS LAST YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 60 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 300 TRAINING PROGRAMMES WERE ORGANISED FOR 6 500 PARTICIPANTS, OF WHICH OVER 40 PER CENT WERE SPECIALISED TECHNOLOGY COURSES FOR SPECIFIC INDUSTRY SECTORS.

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REASONS FOR NON-OCCUPATI ON OF GOVERNMENT QUARTERS ******

THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY BEEN ACHIEVING AN ALLOCATION RATE FOR NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS OF 97.7 PER CENT, AND AN ACTUAL OCCUPANCY RATE OF 97.4 PER CENT, IN THE LATTER CASE EXCLUDING QUARTERS UNDER DECORATION OR ALLOCATED TO OFFICERS ABSENT ON SHORT ANNUAL LEAVES, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE HON MARTIN ROWLANDS TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

IN FURTHER REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LYDIA DUNN MR ROWLANDS SAID THE AVERAGE PERIOD OF NON-OCCUPANCY WAS ABOUT SIX WEEKS.

AS FOR THE REASONS FOR NON-OCCUPANCY, MR ROWLANDS SAID A MINOR ONE WAS THAT THERE wERE SOME OFFICERS WHO RETAINED QUARTERS WHILE ABSENT ON LEAVES LONGER THAN TWO MONTHS.

♦THIS IS ONLY A MINOR REASON AS IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES WE ARE ABLE TO FIND TEMPORARY TENANTS, PARTICULARLY FROM AMONG SINGLE OFFICERS.

♦ANOTHER MINOR CAUSE OF NON-OCCUPANCY IS THAT SOME QUARTERS ARE NOT WELL LOCATED IN RELATION TO SCHOOLS AND PLACE OF WORK.+ HE SAID.

THE MAIN REASON FOR NON-OCCUPANCY, HE SAID, WAS THAT IN AN EXPANDING SERVICE OF THE PRESENT SIZE, WHERE THE PROVISION OF QUARTERS IS A CONDITION OF SERVICE FOR MANY OFFICERS.

♦wE MUST KEEP ABREAST OF OR A LITTLE AHEAD OF DEMAND*.

IN EXPLANATION OF THE OCCUPANCY FIGURES, MR ROWLANDS SAID THERE WERE ALTOGETHER 2 287 NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS AS AT SEPTEMBER 25, 1980.

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+ 168 OF THESE WERE NEW FLATS RECENTLY COMPLETED AT MT BUTLER AND STILL IN THE PROCESS OF INITIAL ALLOCATION. A FURTHER 74 NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS WERE DUE SHORTLY FOR DEMOLITION OR DISPOSAL AND *ERE THEREFORE CLASSED AS TEMPORARY QUARTERS. THESE TWO GROUPS OF QUARTERS, TOTALLING 242, NEED TO BE EXCLUDED IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT MEANINGFUL OCCUPANCY FIGURES. OF THE BALANCE OF 2 045 NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS, THE NUMBER LEFT UNALLOCATED ON SEPTEMBER 25 wAS 48 (2.3 PER CENT),+ MR ROWLANDS SAID.

EXCLUDING QUARTERS BEING REDECORATED IN READINESS FOR THE NE* OCCUPANT, AND EXCLUDING ALSO QUARTERS WHERE THE TENANT WAS ABSENT ON SHORT ANNUAL LEAVE, ALL EXCEPT FIVE NOK-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS WHICH HAD BEEN ALLOCATED WERE ACTUALLY OCCUPIED.

THESE FIVE WERE QUARTERS WHICH HAD BEEN RETAINED BY OFFICERS ABSENT ON LEAVES LONGER THAN TWO MONTHS. TAKING THESE FIVE QUARTERS INTO ACCOUNT THE NUMBER OF NON-DEPARTMENTAL QUARTERS LEFT UNOCCUPIED ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1980 *AS 53 (2.6 PER CENT), HE SAID.

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF THE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES RELATING TO CIVIL DEETS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JOHN GRIFFITHS TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PETER C WONG TODAY.

IN THE REVIEW, THE VIEWS OF 16 ORGANISATIONS AND PERSONS IN HONG KONG WERE SOUGHT, IN ADDITION TO CANVASSING THE LAWS APPLIED IN OTHER COUNTRIES. FOLLOWING THAT REVIEW AND THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED, CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMENDMENT WERE FORMULATED.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS wERE SENT TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR SO THAT THE VIEWS OF THE JUDICIARY COULD BE OBTAINED.

MR GRIFFITHS SAID THE RECOMMENDATIONS AFFECTED EXISTING JUDICIAL POWERS AND PRACTICE, AND SO HE DID NOT PROPOSE TO ANNOUNCE THEM UNTIL HE HAD RECEIVED THE VIEwS OF THE JUDICIARY.

♦BECAUSE OF MR WONG’S PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THIS SUBJECT I WILL BE PLEASED TO SEND HIM DETAILS OF THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN AGREED.

♦I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS wILL BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE,♦ K SAID.

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POWERS TO COUNTER ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EXTENDED ONE YEAR * * * *

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY AGREED TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF TWO ORDINANCES, AIMED AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, BY A FURTHER YEAR TO DECEMBER 31, 1981.

THE PROVISIONS IN THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE GOVERN THE REMOVAL OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG AT ANY TIME AND DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

THOSE IN THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE ALLOW FOR THE FORFEITURE OF SHIPS INVOLVED IN CARRYING EXCESS PASSENGERS.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JOHN GRIFFITHS EXPLAINED TO THE COUNCIL THAT THE SEASONAL INFLUX OF BOAT REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM MIGHT CONTINUE NEXT YEAR AND THE EXTENT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA AND MACAU HAD BEEN A MATTER OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND A MATTER OF GRAVE CONCERN.

THERE IS THEREFORE NO INDICATION THAT THE POWERS PROVIDED WILL CEASE TO BE REQUIRED IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND CERTAINLY IT WOULD BE UNWISE NOT TO BE ARMED WITH THESE PROVISIONS DURING THE COMING YEAR, HE SAID.

MR GRIFFITHS ALSO TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT A NEW MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) BILL WOULD BE INTRODUCED INTO THE COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO GIVE PERMANENT PROVISIONS TO DEAL WITH, AMONG OTHER MATTERS, THE QUESTION OF EXCESS PASSENGERS.

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JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE RECEIVES MORE DONATIONS ******

THE GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE ANOTHER $30 MILLION TO THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SHA TIN.

THE DONATION BRINGS THE GOVERNMENT’S TOTAL COMMITMENT TOWARDS THE PROJECT TO $55 MILLION.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE HON LI FOOK-WO WHEN HE TABLED THE THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE BOARD FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1980 AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THE BOARD, MR LI SAID, WAS GREATLY ENCOURAGED BY THIS GENEROUS GESTURE WHICH +UNDERLINES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CENTRE TO OUR SPORTSMEN AND ATHLETES, AND INDEED TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE*.

TOGETHER WITH $82.5 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND A FURTHER $12.5 MILLION FROM THE QUEEN’S SILVER JUBILEE FUND, THE TOTAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR THE CAPITAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS NOW $150 MILLION.

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+A FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF NOTE WAS A DONATION PLEDGED BY MOBIL OIL HONG KONG LIMITED TOWARDS THE COST OF PURCHASING aEIGHT AND STRENGTH TRAINING EQUIPMENT.

♦THIS IS THE FIRST DONATION EMANATING FROM THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, AN EXAMPLE WHICH THE BOARD HOPES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MANY OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORPORATIONS*.

MR LI POINTED OUT THAT DURING THE YEAR, SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES AND IN THE STRENGTHENING OF ITS COACHING TEAM.

♦FOLLOWING THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR ARCHITECTS, CONTRACTS WERE LET FOR SITE FORMATION AND PILING FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION.

♦TENDERS FOR THE MAIN BUILDING, EXTERNAL wORKS AND A NUMBER OF ANCILLARY ITEMS HAVE SINCE BEEN RECEIVED AND ARE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

♦HONOURABLE MEMBERS WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT THE WHOLE GF THE SITE FORMATION TOGETHER *ITh PART OF THE DRAINAGE WORK FOR THE FIRST PHASE HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE PROGRAMME OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CENTRE IS SC FAR ON SCHEDULE,* HE SAID.

ON THE RECRUITMENT OF COACHES, MR LI SAID ONE IN TENNIS AND ANOTHER IN SWIMMING HAD BEEN APPOINTED, BRINGING THE NUMBER UNDER THE CHIEF COACH TO SEVEN.

FURTHER COACHES wILL BE RECRUITED IK LINE WITH THE PLANNED AND CONTROLLED EXPANSION OF THE CENTRE, HE SAID.

BUT HE STRESSED THAT MUCH REMAINED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE CENTRE WOULD BE ABLE TO FULFILL ITS ROLE AND OBJECTIVES IN THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IN SPORTS.

♦WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUE AND ThE LOCAL SPORTS COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE CENTRE WILL BECOME ONE OF THE MAJOR TRAINING AMENITIES OF HONG KONG IN A FEW YEARS’ TIME,* MR LI ADDED.

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RESTRICTIONS ON DIRECT ISSUE OF DRIVING LICENCES * * * *

THE ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS MAY BE AMENDED TO RESTRICT THE DIRECT ISSUE OF HONG KONG DRIVING LICENCES TO PRIVATE CAR AND MOTOR CYCLE DRIVERS ONLY.

♦ IT IS NOT CONSIDERED CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY REQUIREMENTS TO CONTINUE TO DIRECTLY ISSUE LICENCES FOR HEAVY GOODS OR PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES,+ THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON DEREK JONES TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON WONG LAM, MR JONES SAID THE ADVICE OF THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL WOULD BE SOUGHT IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON THIS PROPOSAL, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

+THE OPPORTUNITY WILL ALSO BE TAKEN TO INTRODUCE A SIMILAR REQUIREMENT IN RESPECT OF TEMPORARY DRIVING LICENCES,+ HE ADDED.

MR JONES POINTED OUT THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CONSULAR STAFF, HONG KONG DRIVING LICENCES WERE ONLY DIRECTLY ISSUED TO HOLDERS OF VALID LICENCES ISSUED IN THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN THE FIFTH SCHEDULE OF THE REGULATIONS.

BEFORE ANY COUNTRY MAY BE INCLUDED IN THIS SCHEDULE, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT HAS TO BE SATISFIED THAT DRIVER TESTING STANDARDS IN THAT COUNTRY ARE COMPARABLE WITH THOSE IN HONG KONG. AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEDULE REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR.

DURING THE SIX MONTHS APRIL TO SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ISSUED 7 260 DRIVING LICENCES IN EXCHANGE FOR OVERSEAS DRIVING LICENCES.

IN THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS, 5 835 DRIVING LICENCES WERE SIMILARLY ISSUED. THE MAJORITY OF THESE LICENCES WERE ISSUED TO PEOPLE STAYING IN HONG KONG FOR A SHORT PERIOD, MR JONES SAID.

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POLICE BEAT RADIO SCHEME TO COVER MORE NT AREAS

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EXPANSION OF THE POLICE BEAT RADIO SCHEME TO THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL TAKE PLACE AS FAST AS RESOURCES PERMIT, CONCENTRATING INITIALLY ON SHA TIN, TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG, THE FRONTIER DIVISION AND TAI PO, THE SECRETAR* FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES SAID TODAY.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHARLES YEUNG, MR DAVIES SAID THE BEAT RADIO SYSTEM ALREADY OPERATED IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG.

THE EARLIER INTENTION TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM TO INDIVIDUAL URBAN CENTRES GAVE RISE TO OPERATIONAL, TECHNICAL AND STAFFING DIFFICULTIES, AND IT wAS DECIDED TO DEFER ACTION ON THIS BASIS PENDING FURTHER CONSIDERATION' OF AN INTEGRATED UHF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR THE NE* TERRITORIES AND, ULTIMATELY, THE TERRITORY AS A WHOLE.

THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE MOST DESIRABLE LONG TERM SOLUTION, NECESSITATES A DETAILED FEASIBILITY STUDY. THE FIRST STEPS IN THIS PROCESS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN UTILISING THE SERVICES OF CONSULTANTS.

SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY, EVALUATION OF ITS RESULTS, AND THE DRAWING UP OF DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, EXPANSION OF THE BEAT RADIO SCHEME WILL TAKE PLACE AS FAST AS RESOURCES PERMIT, HE EXPLAINED.

HE ADDED THAT IN THE INTERIM, LIMITED BEAT RADIO SCHEMES, UTILISING EXISTING EQUIPMENT, HAD BEEN INTRODUCED WHEREVER POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF THE NEw TERRITORIES *ITH THE MOST URGENT OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

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PLEADING BY LETTER TO ID CARD OFFENCE

THOSE WHO FAIL TO CARRY AND PRODUCE PROOF OF IDENTITY * ILL 'XrD^£^TGblLTY T0 TH£ 0FF£NCE BY LETTER, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF A M_.T I ON CY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON.

-ru- . yT?0DiJC IN“ Tri- RESOLUTION UNDER THE MAGISTRATES ORDINANCE.

JH£ H0N G-p- na^ARETh SAID PLEAS OF GUILT* BY KCT ONL* SAVE MAGISTRATES AND THE PROSECUTION TIME AND ; THEy also S6VE defendants *ho do not WISH TO DISPUTE

the CHARGE, . h- INCONVENIENCE OF having TO ATTEND AND PLEAD •d-1 LT* IN PER SON

„ 5AI* OFFENCES FOR *HIC- This 1HOUL1 BE ALLOWED SHOULD

ULcARLY INCLUDE the RECENTLY NTRODuCED ONE OF FAILURE TO CARR* AND PRODUCE °ROOF 0r IDENTITY UNDER THE IMMIGRATION 'ORDINANCE, AND thE j|M|LAR ONE UNDER ’hE REGISTRATION OF ^CS£NS°7^LAT F°R rA ILUR: ' TAUU- PRINCE AN ID CARD IN C I - ItL ARx a S ,

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SHORT£R TIME REQUIRED TO REPLACE ID CARDS * * * *

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES SAID TODAY THAT TWO STEPS HAD BEEN TAKEN TO EXPEDITE THE REPLACEMENT OF LOST IDENTITY CARDS: THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS DEPLOYED FOR THIS WORK HAS SEEN INCREASED, AND SOME SIMPLIFICATION OF PROCEDURES HAS BEEN INTRODUCED.

HE WAS SPEAKING IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

MR DAVIES ADDED HOwEVER THAT BEARING IN MIND THE EXISTING WORKLOAD IN REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICES IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF CARDS, AS WELL AS THE ISSUE OF REPLACEMENTS, IT TAKES ABOUT SIX wEEKS FROM APPLICATION BEFORE A REPLACEMENT IS ISSUED.

♦THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION IS CONSIDERING WHAT FURTHER STEPS CAN BE TAKEN TO REDUCE THIS PERIOD.

♦IN THE MEANTIME THE DOCUMENT GIVEN BY AN ROP OFFICE TO A PERSON wHO HAS -OST HIS CARD IS ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS WHICH HE MAY PRODUCE TO PROVE HIS IDENTITY OR TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT,♦ HE SAID.

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ocM^Je"£-r3^’ARY °^E^tS (AMENDMENT)(NO. 2) BILL 1980, wHICH REMOVES ThE PROHIBITION ON FORTUNE TELLING EXCEPT IN REGISTERED tem?les, *AS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

TODAY.

MOVING ITS SECOND READING IN THE COUNCIL, THE SECRETARY Sor?! v H0N °ENIS ERAY SA,D THE GENERAL PUBLIC

SCARCELY iEEMtD TO rE IN NEED OF PROTECTION AGAINST THE rTT,y*TI5^3:’ fo*TUNE TELLERS WHO DO NOT OTHERWISE BREAK THE LAw BY, rOR INSTANCE, CRIMINAL FRAUD OR BLACKMAIL.

N0TED TriAT 0VER THE LAST 22 YEARS THERE HAD BEEN TWO PROSECUTIONS FOR FORTUNE TELLING UNDER THIS SECTION Oc THE ORDINANCE — NEITHER OF WHICH wAS SUCCESSFUL.

Ti,,,. + *E MtV BELIEVE WITH FRANCIS BACON THAT ’MEN MUST PURSUE THINta *-iCH ARE JUST IN PRESENT, AND LEAVE THE F(jTURP TO Th--JVIV -ENCE’ BUT THOSE WHC WISH TO SEEK SOLACE PROM th-v' C-ALLOWED TO DC SC AlTHOUT FEELING TH-Y -c. pa - \lilNu 'h’M I\ALj,* MR BP.r SAID.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1983

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MTR SAFETY ASSURED

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TO DATE NO ACCIDENTS OR OCCURRENCES HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THE MR THAT HAVE WARRANTED THE APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR OF AN INSPECTOR, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON DEREK JONES TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HARRY FANG.

HE ADDED THAT THE MTR CORPORATION WAS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE CHIEF SECRETARY OF EVERY ACCIDENT OR OCCURRENCE IN ITS PUBLIC AREAS, AND ALL REPORTS WERE CLOSELY SCRUTINISED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

THE MTR wAS DESIGNED AND IS OPERATED WITH ’SAFETY FIRST’ AS A PRINCIPAL CONSIDERATION. *IT IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED TO INCORPORATE THE MOST ADVANCED RAILWAY SAFETY FEATURES AVAILABLE,* MR JONES SAID.

PRIOR TO ITS COMMISSIONING, HE ADDED, THE RAILWAY WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND SAFE IN ALL RESPECTS BY INSPECTORS FROM THE UK RAILWAY INSPECTORATE.

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FURTHER STUDY ON PERMANENT EXHIBITION CENTRE ******

twat JnLc°cT^-E!?T^AS BEEN CONSIDERING THE CONSULTANTS’ REPORT cImtL1.0 a full study aim£d at the building of an 71H0NtSENTRE IN H0NG K0NG’ THE SECRETARY for economic oEkVICEu, THl HON DAVID JEAFFRESON TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

_ +WE SHOULD BE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF WHETHER OR NOT TO GO FORWARD TO STAGE II THIS SI TnTQ^E$UAZE ANS*ERS TO THE FURTHER QUESTIONS WE HAVE

£EE,N OBLIGED TO PUT TO THE CONSULTANTS,* HE ADDED, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON WONG PO-YAN.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1980

PLANS FOR VEHICLE EXAMINATION FACILITIES

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THE KOwLOON EAY VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRE HAS CARRIED OUT 7 425 EXAMINATIONS SINCE SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, ALL OF THEM ON GOODS VEHICLES.

THIS FIGURE WAS GIVEN BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON DEREK JONES, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON wONG PO-YAN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

♦THE ADDITIONAL CENTRES PLANNED FOR HONG KONG ISLAND AND TSUEN WAN ARE BOTH IN CATEGORY B OF THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME.

♦IT IS PROPOSED TO UPGRADE THEM TO CATEGORY A AT THE NEXT REVIEW AND, IF THEY ARE THEN AWARDED SUFFICIENT PRIORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN NEXT YEAR, THEY SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL IN THREE TO FOUR YEARS’ TIME.+ MR JONES ADDED.

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MORE TAXIS WILL PLY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES *****

THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON DEREK JONES, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHARLES YEUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, DISCLOSED THAT A HUNDRED MORE NEW TERRITORIES TAXI LICENCES WOULD BE ISSUED LATER THIS YEAR.

A DETAILED ASSESSMENT WILL THEN BE MADE TO DETERMINE WHETHER FURTHER LICENCES SHOULD BE ISSUED, HE SAID.

MR JONES SAID THE NUMBER OF NT TAXIS HAD REMAINED CONSTANT, AT 738, SINCE THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1977.

THE DECISION TO ISSUE MORE LICENCES WAS MADE BECAUSE THE POPULATION IN THE AREAS THEY SERVE IS INCREASING RAPIDLY, HE SAID.

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FIGURES * * * *

THERE WERE 25 250 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES STILL IN CAMPS IN

HONG KONG AWAITING RESETTLEMENT AS AT 9 AM ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 4), THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LYDIA DUNN, MR DAVIES SAID THAT OF THIS NUMBER, 5 796 ARRIVED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS year.

♦THESE FIGURES EXCLUDE 4 154 PERSONS wHO WERE PREVIOUSLY SETTLED IN CHINA AND ARE BEING DETAINED PENDING REPATRIATION THERE,- HE ADDED.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1980

SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION APPROVED

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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY APPROVED A FINAL SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION OF 3126 MILLION FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1979-80.

IN MOVING FOR THE APPROVAL, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE SAID $33 MILLION OF THE AMOUNT WAS REQUIRED TO AUGMENT PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS SUBHEADS ON ACCOUNT OF THE 1979 SALARIES REVISION, $30 MILLION TO REPAY A LOAN MADE TO GENERAL REVENUE IN 1975, »27 MILLION FOR A TRANSFER OF EXPENDITURE FOR REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO BORDER FENCES TO COMBAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, AND $13 MILLION WAS REQUIRED TO MPET THE INCREASED COSTS OF AND REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAL DRUGS FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

+THIS SCHEDULE,+ SIR PHILIP SAID, +BRINGS THE TOTAL SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION FOR 1979-80 TO $2 638 MILL ION.+

♦ BUT, BECAUSE OF SAVINGS IN OTHER SUBHEADS, ACTUAL GROSS EXPENDITURE AT $13 872 MILLION FOR THE FULL FINANCIAL YEAR 1979-80 WAS, IN THE EVENT, ONLY SI 418 MILLION MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE,+ HE ADDED.

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BILLS PASSED * * * *

FOUR BILLS WERE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY. THEY WERE THE INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 4) BILL 1983, THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1980, THE EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1983, AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (VALIDATION) BILL 1930.

DEBATE ON THE SECOND READING OF THE SUMMARY OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1980 WAS ADJOURNED.

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HK/US TEXTILE TALKS START NEXT WEEK * * * *

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED TODAY THAT TALKS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE UNITED STATES WOULD TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG ON NOVEMBER 13 - 15 IN CONNECTION WITH THE HK/US TEXTILE RESTRAINT AGREEMENT.

EXPLAINING THAT THE TALKS ARE BEING HELD AT THE REQUEST OF THE UNITED STATES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID: *AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT, THE TWO SIDES WILL CONSULT, AT THE REQUEST OP EITHER SIDE, ON ANY QUESTIONS ARISING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT.*

THE U.S. DELEGATION WILL BE LED BY AMBASSADOR REITER WEBE, THE CHIEF U.S. TEXTILE NEGOTIATOR, AND THE HONG KONG DELEGATION BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, MR PETER TSAO.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1930

CLEAN CANOPIES OPERATION IN TSUEN WAN

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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY LAUNCHED A DISTRICT-WIDE CLEAN CANOPIES AND SHADES OPERATION AND A FREE DOMESTIC ’JUNK’ COLLECTION SERVICE *T TSUEN wAN. THE EXERCISE TOOK PLACE AT Yl PAI SQUARE AND SAM PEI SQUARE AREAS.

IT W'AS AIMED AT AROUSING AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND ENCOURAGING PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN THE CURRENT ANTI-LITTER DRIVE SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT. '

MORE THAN 103 CLEANSING STAFF OF THE TSUEN WAN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE AND 10 REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES WERE DEPLOYED TO ASSIST THF PUBLIC IN REMOVING REFUSE FROM MULTI-STOREY DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. L

BEFORE THE OPERATION, HEALTH INSPECTORS HAD CALLED ON Tri-RESIDENTS AND SHOPKEEPERS IN THE PAST FEw DAYS, ADVISING THc^"oF THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THEIR CANOPIES AND SHADES FREE FROM REFUSE.

SPEAKING ON THE RESPONSE OF THE PUBLIC, THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING AS MOST OF THE CANOPIES AND SHADES IN TH- AREA WERE TODAY GIVEN A FACELIFT w I TH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CLEANSING STAFF.

A BROADCAST VAN *AS ALSO AT THE SCENE EXHORTING THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THE FREE JUNK COLLECTION SERVICE.

AS A RESULT OF THE CLEAN-UP, ABOUT 530 KILOGRAMS OF REFUSE WERE COLLECTED TODAY.

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BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FOR THE HANDICAPPED HELD IN TSUEN WAN

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MORE THAN 500 HANDICAPPED PEOPLE

FROM SEVEN CENTRES

nvn- -j'j hhhu iLA-rtu rturut MKO* SEVEN CENTRES IN

TODAY WATCHED A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PARTICIPATED BY ri*NDICAD=ED PEOPLE FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.

i Hl iOJRNAvtN mA^ ONc OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS IN THR TSUEN S=ORTS FESTIVAL wHJCH BEGAN LAST SATURDAY. ° D

v 1OU= TEAMS -ROW KOaLOON AND HONG KONG TOCK PART IN THE • A I tz n w •

' SPOKESMAN FOR

1 s L l N w NOT A T

THE HANDICAPPED.

THE -ESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE SAIL PRESENT -AVE ITS #N : ASKETBAL.. TEAM -Q

r k HOPED, he SAID, That IN -iAfAt the :°0RT themselves -■KD'Ca--ED PEOPLE N ACT'ON.

HEY alLl BECOME INTERESTED FTE& *4TC-'NG OTHEP

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 198°

THE EVENT WAS HELD IN THE NEW KWAI CHUNG INDOOR GAMES HALL, WHICH IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO ENABLE THE HANDICAPPED TO PLAY VARIOUS SPORTS.

TODAY’S PROGRAMME ALSO INCLUDED A WHEELCHAIR TABLE TENNIS DEMONSTRATION MATCH, A WHEELCHAIR SLALOM AND A CHINESE DANCE PERFORMANCE BY THE DEAF. OFFICIATING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WERE KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FRED TING, AND THE PRINCIPAL RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR DICKEN YUNG.

TODAY’S EVENT WAS THE NINTH IN THIS YEAR’S TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL WHICH HAS A TOTAL OF 54 ITEMS OVER THE NEXT THREE wEEKS.

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INTERRUPTION OF WATER SUPPLY *****

WATER SUPPLY TO CENTRAL DISTRICT AND TO AN AREA OF KWAI CHUNG WILL BE TURNED OFF FROM FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 7) NIGHT TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING FOR LEAKAGE TESTS.

THE WATER CUT WILL BEGIN AT 11 PM IN CENTRAL DISTRICT. THE PREMISES TO BE AFFECTED ARE BOUNDED BY POTTINGER STREET, LYNDHURST TERRACE, GAGE STREET, ABERDEEN STREET, WELLINGTON STREET, AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRAL.

IN KWAI CHUNG, SUPPLY WILL BE TURNED OFF AT MIDNIGHT. THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY TAI WO HAU ROAD, WO TONG TSUI STREET, HING FONG ROAD AND KWAI HING ROAD. SUPPLY TO KWAI HING ESTATE AND KWAI HING LICENSED AREA WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

THURSDAY, N0VB4BER 6, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

SNT SAYS WALKS FOR MILLIONS SnT WORLD RECORDS ................. 1

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS TOLD THEY HAVE CHALLENGING JOB ............... 2

WORK ON THEN MUN SPORTSGROUND TO BEGIN EARLIER ................ 3

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY....................... 4

CONTRACT FDR SEWAGE TREATMENT PROJECT ......................... 7

NT SCOUT DEVELOPMENT FUND COMMISSION INAUGURATED .............. 8

1^0 000 HAD JOINED SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE ..................... 8

CLASSES ON TEACHING WRITING IN CHINESE ........................ 9

NAIL TO LAOS RESUMED .......................................... 9

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1980

SNT SAYS WALKS FOR MILLIONS SET WORLD RECORDS * * * *

THE WALKS FOR MILLIONS ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY CHEST HAVE SET WORLD RECORDS IN TWO WAYS: FIRSTLY BY ACHIEVING THE GREATEST AMOUNT RAISED BY A SINGLE WALK AND SECONDLY THE MOST PARTICIPANTS IN ONE CHARITY EVENT.

SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS TODAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF WALKS TO BE HELD IN THE COMMUNITY CHEST’S CAMPAIGN FOR 1980/81.

+THEY ARE POPULAR IN HONG KONG BECAUSE HEALTHY CITIZENS CAN RAISE FUNDS EITHER AS WALKERS OR AS SPONSORS - OR BOTH - FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE AND HEALTHY.

+THE WALKS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CHEST AND CONSTITUTE A GREAT PART OF THE ANNUAL FUND-RAISING INCOME.+

LAST YEAR, $5.5 MILLION WAS RAISED AND OVER 123 □□□ WALKERS PARTICIPATED.

THIS YEAR, THE HONG KONG WALK WOULD TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7. THERE WOULD BE A NEW ROUTE BECAUSE OF ROAD WORKS OVER STUBBS ROAD, THOUGH THE STARTING AND FINISHING POINTS WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED.

+THIS NEW ROUTE COVERING THE COUNTRY PARK AT TAI TAM IS A BIT SHORTER, BUT WALKERS WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AS IT IS MORE BEAUTIFUL AND ENJOYABLE,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

+IN THE NEW TERRITORIES wE AIM TO HOLD A WALK IN EVERY NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT. THE YUEN LONG/TUEN MUN, PAT SIN, ISLANDS, SAI KUNG, TSUEN WAN AND FANLING WALKS WILL BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SHA TIN AND TAI PO AND ALTOGETHER THERE WILL BE EIGHT WALKS.

♦THE NEW TERRITORIES WALKS HAVE AROUSED TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM AND I CONGRATULATE AND THANK LOCAL SUPPORTERS AND ORGANISERS MOST SINCERELY FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

♦JUDGING FROM THE RESPONSE ALREADY RECEIVED, I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS YEAR’S WALKS WILL BREAK LAST YEAR’S RECORD OF $2 MILL ION,+ HE SAID.

TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS, A SPECIAL +WALK FOR THE DISABLED+ WOULD BE HELD ON JANUARY 25.

THE AIM OF THIS SPECIAL WALK WAS TO ENCOURAGE INTEGRATION OF THE DISABLED INTO THE COMMUNITY.

THE AMOUNT RAISED FROM THIS WALK WOULD BE SPECIALLY EARMARKED FOR REHABILITATION PROJECTS RUN BY MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE CHEST.

THE LAST WALK OF THE 1330/81 CAMPAIGN WOULD BE THE KOWLOON WALK WHICH WOULD BE HELD ON MARCH 1. THE ROUTE WILL BE THE SAME AS FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1980

ONE New FEATURE OF THE WALKS THIS YEAR WAS THAT DISTANCES WALKED WOULD EE MEASURED IN KILOMETRES.

ANOTHER INNOVATION THIS YEAR WILL BE THAT WALKERS WILL BE AWARDED A +GOLDEN CERTIFICATE* FOR COMPLETING ID WALKS.

MR AKERS-JONES SAID THE SUCCESS OF THE WALKS OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS WAS THE RESULT OF ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FROM PARTICIPANTS, SPONSORS AND HELPERS AND HE EXPRESSED HIS SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THEM.

SPECIAL THANKS WERE ALSO DUE TO THE TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS AND THE PRESS. THEIR HELP IN PROMOTING AND PUBLICISING THE WALKS HAVE BEEN VITAL IN BRINGING ABOUT SUCH WIDESPREAD SUPPORT, HE SAID.

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PHYSIOTHERAPISTS TOLD THEY HAVE CHALLENGING JOB * * * *

NINETEEN PHYSIOTHERAPY GRADUATES WERE TOLD TODAY THEY HAVE CHOSEN A CHALLENGING PROFESSION ON WHOSE SKILLS THE SPEEDY RECOVERY OF A PATIENT DEPENDS.

ADDRESSING THE GRADUATES, WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED A THREE-YEAR TRAINING COURSE AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR S.F. LAM URGED THEM TO PERSEVERE AT ALL TIMES IN SPITE OF FRUSTRATIONS THEY MAY EXPERIENCE IN TREATING PATIENTS, AS +THEIR DEGREE OF RECOVERY DEPENDS DIRECTLY ON THE CARE AND ATTENTION LEVIED ON THEM.*

DR LAM SAID HE WAS SURE THAT THE GRADUATES WOULD DO THEIR BEST BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHOSEN A PROFESSION THAT CONTRIBUTES 1 POSITIVELY TO THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY LIVE.

THEIR JOB CALLS FOR GREAT PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING, PARTICULARLY IN THE THERAPY OF THE CEREBRAL PALSIED CHILD. +THESE UNFORTUNATE CHILDREN DEMAND THE HIGHEST IN VOCATIONAL DEDICATION AND WILL TAX YOUR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND HUMAN PATIENCE TO THE UTMOST,* HE SAID.

THE BATCH OF PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENTS GRADUATING TODAY IS THE SECOND OF A COURSE ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THE COURSE STARTED IN SEPTEMBER, 1973. THE ACADEMIC PART WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY THE POLYTECHNIC WHILE THE DEPARTMENT DEALT WITH THE CLINICAL ASPECTS.

DR LAM POINTED OUT THAT COOPERATION IN SUCH A WAY NOT C'LY ENSURED A STEADY STREAM OF A LARGER NUMBER OF PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TRAINED TO THE HIGHEST ACADEMIC S’ANDA-DO, BUT '-SO ENABLED STUDENTS TO GAIN MORE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE.

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WORK ON TUEN MUN SPORTSGROUND TO BEGIN EARLIER * * *

WORK ON A TUEN MUN SPORTSGROUND WILL BEGIN EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED THANKS TO A DONATION OF $2 MILLION FROM SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM SAID TODAY.

MR LAM ANNOUNCED THIS WHEN PRESENTING PRIZES TO WINNERS OF SPORTS COMPETITIONS ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN BRANCH OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS’ SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.

THE SPORTSGROUND WOULD BE SITUATED NEAR TAI HING ESTATE. CONSTRUCTION WAS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND MAJOR FACILITIES WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1981.

FACILITIES WOULD INCLUDE A GRASS SOCCER PITCH, A 400-METRE RUNNING TRACK, SITES FCR TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS, A TEMPORARY SPECTATOR STAND FOR 3 COO PEOPLE, CHANGING ROOMS, OFFICES, STAFF QUARTERS AND CAR PARKING SPACES.

MR LAM SAID HE BELIEVED ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE ASSOCIATION COULD BE HELD ON THE SPORTSGROUND IN 1982.

THE POPULATION CF TUEN MUN WOULD REACH 162 003 IN TWO YEARS AND THE NUMBERS OF SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATIONS WERE ON THE INCREASE.

♦CONSTRUCTING A STANDARD SPORTSGROUND FOR VARIOUS SPORTS ACTIVITIES IS AN URGENT TASK,+ MR LAM SAID.

LEADERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS’ SPORTS ASSOCIATION HAD REPEATEDLY MADE REQUESTS TO GOVERNMENT.

IN VIEW OF THIS, THE LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD HAD PRESSED DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED FOR CONSTRUCTION CF THE SPORTSGROUND AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, HE SAID.

ANOTHER PROJECT WHICH WOULD PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN PROMOTING LOCAL SPORTS ACTIVITIES WOULD BE THE YAN 01 TONG COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE.

THE FULLY EQUIPPED CENTRE WOULD BE READY BY 1982.

WORK ON OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING TENNIS COURTS AND BASKETBALL COURTS WERE ALSO COMPLETED RECENTLY, HE SAID.

MR LAM SAID THESE FACILITIES WOULD SERVE NO PURPOSE AT ALL UNLESS THEY WERE FULLY UTILISED.

HE HOPED THE ASSOCIATION WOULD CONTINUE TO SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROMOTING SPORTS ACTIVITIES TO CULTIVATE INTEREST AMONG LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1983

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY *****

SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON REMEMBRANCE DAY THIS SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 9) FOR MEMORIAL SERVICES AT THE CHINESE WAR MEMORIAL IN THE ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANIC GARDENS, THE CENOTAPH, AND ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL:

SUSPENSION OF PARKING

FROM MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY UNTIL 11.30 AM ON SUNDAY, PARKING WILL BE SUSPENDED IN UPPER ALBERT ROAD, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, AND THE KENNEDY ROAD CAR PARK.

THE 4TH AND 5TH FLOORS OF GARDEN ROAD (HILTON) MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK WILL ALSO BE CLOSED FROM 8 AM TO 2 PM ON SUNDAY.

TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF ROADS

CHINESE WAR MEMORIAL SERVICE

BETWEEN 9.10 AM AND 9.55 AM THE SECTION OF UPPER ALBERT ROAD BETWEEN GARDEN ROAD AND ALBANY ROAD/GLENEALY WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC.

THE CENOTAPH

ALL VEHICLES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING JACKSON ROAD BETWEEN 10.05 AM AND 11 AM AND CLUB STREET WILL EE CLOSED TO VEHICLES EXCEPT GOVERNMENT FLAG CARS.

TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS

CHINESE aAR MEMORIAL SERVICE

BETWEEN 9.10 AM AND 9.55 AM:

ALL EASTBOUND TRAFFIC GN CAINE ROAD, EXCEPT BUSES, GOODS VEHICLES OVER TaC TONS, AND FLAG AND LABEL CARS, a ILL BE DIVERTED TO OLD BAILEY STREET TO PROCEED EASTWARD VIA HOLLYWOOD ROAD, WYNDHAM STREET/LOWER ALBERT ROAD.

EASTBOUND GOODS VEHICLES OVER TWO TONS AND BUSES PERMUTES T; PROCEED -LONG CAINE RO-l EAST OF LD BAI..EY ,TREET WILL BE DIVERTED TO ARBUTHNOT ROA’ TO PROCEED EASTEOuND VIA WYNDHAM. STREET an. L w R ALBERT ROAD.

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THURSDAY, E? 6, 19S0

EASTBOUND VEHICLES ENTERING UPPER ALBERT ROAD FROM ARBUTHNOT ROAD AND THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL ACCESS ROAD WILL EE DIVERTED FROM UPPER ALBERT ROAD TO ALBANY ROAD/GLENEALY.

TRAFFIC ENTERING UPPER ALBERT ROAD FROM ALBANY ROAD/GLENEALY WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM TURNING RIGHT, AND aILL EE DIVERTED WEST ALONG UPPER ALBERT ROAD AND NORTH INTO ARBUTHNOT ROAD TO PROCEED VIA WYNDHAM STREET AND LOWER ALBERT ROAD.

ALL wESTBCUND TRAFFIC ON KENNEDY ROAD *ILL EE DIVERTED TO EITHER ROBINSON ROAD VIA COTTON TREE DRIVE OR QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRAL VIA GARDEN ROAD. NC ACCESS TO UPPER ALBERT ROAD FROM COTTON TREE DRIVE OR GARDEN ROAD WILL BE ALLOWED.

HE CENOTAPH SERVICE

BETWEEN 10.35 AM AND 11 AM, EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON CHATER ROAD FOR CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL a ILL BE DIVERTED VIA LAMEETh *ALK TO THE JUNCTION OF MURRAY ROAD AND CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.

PARKING FACILITIES

CHINESE WAR MEMORIAL SERVICE

PARKING FACILITIES WILL BE AVAILABLE :

INSIDE GOVERNMENT HOUSE FOR GUEST CARS WITH WHITE G.H. LABELS-

IN Uo:>ER ALBERT ROAD AND LOWER ALBERT ROAD AND KENNEDY ROAD CAR PARK FOR GUEST CARS WITH ELLE LABELS- AND

IK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES CAR PARK FOR NON-LABELLED CARS.

THE CENOTAPH

FLAG CARS wILL PARK IK CLUB STREET.

CARS a I Th bl-UE LABELS MAY PARK IN THE GARDEN ROAD 'HILTON) MULTI-STORE* CAR PARK ON THE ATh AND 5Tr floors.

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ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL

ONLY FLAG CARS WILL EE PERMITTED TO PARK IN THE GROUNDS OF ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL.

CARS BEARING BLUE LABELS WILL BE PERMITTED TO PARK ON THE A-TH AND 5TH FLOOR OF GARDEN ROAD (HILTON) MULT I-STOREY CAR PARK OR IN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES CAR PARK TOGETHER WITH VEHICLES OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

FROM 9.10 AM TO 9.55 AMs

CVB ROUTE NOS. 3, 12, 23, 23E, 43 AND CROSS HARBOUR ROUTE NO. 133 BUSES TO THE MID-LEVELS wILL BE DIVERTED AT COTTON TREE DRIVE TO QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRAL, D’AGUILAR STREET, WELLINGTON STREET, LYNDHURST TERRACE, HOLLYWOOD ROAD AND ARBUTHNOT ROAD TO CAINE ROAD. ALL CMB ROUTE NO. 13 BUS STOPS WILL BE OBSERVED BY THESE SERVICES.

ROUTE NO. 23B BUSES FROM THE MID-LEVELS WILL BE DIVERTED VIA ARBUTHNOT ROAD, WYNDHAM STREET TO ICE HOUSE STREET.

CROSS HARBOUR ROUTE NO. 103 BUSES FROM THE MID-LEVELS WILL BE DIVERTED PROM BONHAM ROAD VIA SEYMOUR ROAD, ROBINSON ROAD, GARDEN ROAD TO LOwER ALBERT ROAD.

CROSS HARBOUR EXPRESS ROUTE NO. 200 ON JOURNEYS TO CENTRAL * ILL EE DIVtRTED AT CHATER ROAD VIA MURRAY ROAD TO CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.

FROM 9.10 AM TO 9.55 AM ROUTE NO. 9 MAXICAES ON LEAVING KENNEDY ROAD wILL EE DIVERTED VIA GARDEN ROAD, QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRAL AND PEDDEP STREET.

TRAFFIC SIGNS wlL<_ BE SET AT THESE PLACEo TO GUIDE MOTOR I STS.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1980

CONTRACT POR SEwAGE TREATMENT PROJECT * * *

aORK ON THE EXTENSION OF THE SEwAGE TREATMENT WORKS AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE wILL BEGIN NEXT aEEK.

A 563 MILLION CONTRACT fqr THE wORX, FORMING PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE SEwAGE TREATMENT SCHEME FOR TAI PC, HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TC CHUI HING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY limited.

MR K.Y. TSANG, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PwD’S DRAINAGE DIVISION, wHO SIGNED THE CONTRACT, SAID THAT TOGETHER a I TH Th-wORKS ALREADY COMPLETED UNDER STAGE ONE, THIS EXTENSION wOULD PROVIDE FULL SEwAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES TO SERVE THE FIRST TwO STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND PART OF TH^ DEVELOPMENT OF THE NE'w TOwN.

HE EXPLAINED THAT SEWAGE PURIFICATION wOULD BE BY «AY OF PRELIMINARY TREATMENT FOR REMOVAL OF GRIT AND COARSE SOLID ^ARTICLES IN THE SEwAGE.

THE NEXT PROCESS WOULD BE PRIMARY SEDIMENTATION FOR THE REMOVAL OF SUSPENDED SOLIDS, AND BIOLOGICAL REDUCTION OF ORGANIC MATTERS UTILISING THE DIFFUSED AIR ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS.

♦ THE FINAL TREATED EFFLUENT A ILL BE discharged into tolo HARBOUR AND WILL NOT HAVE ANY DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON RECEDING WATERS,* HE SAID.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT, WHICr wlLu TAKE COMPLETE, * ILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTI ON OF CHAMBERS, GRIT CHANNELS, PRIMARY AND -INAL ANCILLARY ROAD AND DRAINAGE wORKS.

ABOUT 30 MONTbo TO PUMPING STATIONS, SCREEN settling tanks, and

THE SCHEME IS FINANCED JOINTLY BY ThE GOVERNMENT AT--HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION.

THE wORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION wILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE DRAINAGE wORKS DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE ?WD TAI PO AND FANLING NEw TOWN DEVELOPMENT OF-ICE AND THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES COR-'RAT|C\

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1983

NT SCOUT DEVELOPMENT FUND * * *

YOUTH ACTIVITIES CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY AND SCOUTING BENEFITS THE

COMMISSION INAUGURATED * *

THE WELL-BEING OF THE

- young, SECRETARY FOR THE NE* TtRRITORIcS, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.

MR AKERS-JONES WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SCOUT DEVELOPMENT FUND COMMISSION.

HE SAID UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL SCOUT COUNCIL, MR WONG YUEN-CHEUNG, A WORKING PARTY HAD DRAWN UP A FIVE-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SCOUTING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO MEET GROWTH IN POPULATION AND THE DEMAND FOR LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

A DEVELOPMENT FUND COMMITTEE HAD BEEN FORMED TO RAISE $530 333 TO SUPPORT THESE PLANS.

MR AKERS-JONES THANKED THOSE WHO «OULD HELP ACHIEVE THE PLANS WHICH *ERE AIMED AT INCREASING MEMBERSHIP,* IMPROVING ADM IN ISTRAT I VE EFFICIENCY AND EXPANDING SERVICES.

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE S 330 SCOUTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE WORKING PARTY PLANS TO INCREASE MEMBERSHIP TO 14 333 IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

TO COPE WITH THESE INCREASES, THERE ARE PROPOSALS TO SET LP DISTRICT CENTRES IN TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN OR YUEN LONG, AND TAI PC OR SHA TIN, IN ADDITION TO HEADQUARTERS AT SHEUNG SHU I.

AFTER THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY, MR AKERS-JONES ATTENDED A CHARITY GALA PREMIERE ORGANISED BY THE COMMISSION AT THE OCEAN THEATRE.

143 030 HAD JOINED SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE

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THERE HAS BEEN A 15 PER CENT INCREASE IN ENROLMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT-SUBSIDISED SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD ANNOUNCED TODAY.

HE SAID THAT BY THE END OF OCTOBER, OVER 140 330 =UPILS HAD JOINED, AND ENROLMENT WAS LIKELY TO EXCEED 233 030 BY THE END OF THE FINANCI AL YEAR.

♦THESE FIGURES SHO* THAT AN INCREASING NUMBER OP SCnOOL PRINCIPALS -z z'zZ M NG A*ARE OF THE BENEFITj THIS MEDICAL CrttE HAS FC- THE; ._S,♦ HE SA ID.

ENROL-'ENT ’’rROUGH SCHOOLS IS VOLUNTARY, AND F. : A YEAR ThE °USIL VAY VISIT THE DOCTOR CHOSEN £ H'S SC-OOt CFTEN AS HE -IShES, RECEIVING MEDICINE r-£? ' chap £.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1980

AT THE SAME TIME, THE NUMBER OF PUPILS CALLING AT THE BOARD’S CFPICE -7 _-.i GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, TO ENROL INDIVIDUALLY IS A_SO INCREASING.

THIS CAN ONLY YEAN THERE IS STILL A DISTRESSINGLY HIGH NUMBER OF SCHOOLS aHICh IGNORE THE BOARD’S ENCOURAGEMENT TO JOIN, THE SPOKESMAN SA'D.

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CLASSES CN TEACHING WRITING IN CHINESE * * *

A ONE-DAY COURSE ON THE TEACHING OF WRITING IN CHINESE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE HELD NEXT MONTH FOR CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHERS.

THE COURSE WILL INCLUDE TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS ON METHODS OF TEACHING WRITING ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC THEMES, PRACTICAL USAGE SUCH AS WRITING LETTERS OR MINUTES OF MEETINGS, AND OTHER EXERCISES.

PARTICIPANTS WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH SCHOOL INSPECTORS AND OTHER TEACHERS OF CHINESE LANGUAGE.

THERE IS NO CHARGE AND THOSE WHO FULFIL THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE.

FOUR SEPARATE CLASSES OF THE SAME COURSE WILL BE HELD OK DECEMBER 22, 23, 29, AND 30. EACH WILL BE COMPLETED IN ONE DAY WITH SESSIONS IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

CLASSES WILL BE HELD AT THE KOWLOON UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT’S CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE AT 1 MA TAU KOK ROAD, MA TAU KOK ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 2ND FLOOR.

PRINCIPALS * ISHING TO RECOMMEND TEACHERS FOR THE COURSE ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS BY DECEMBER 8 TO THE SENIOR INSPECTOR, CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS.

MAIL TO LAOS RESUMED > * *

THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT ALL MAIL SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF LAO HAVE NOW BEEN RESUMED.

SERVICES HAD BEEN SUSPENDED SINCE AUGuST 26, 1°83 DUE 7. LACK OF -UITABLE OUTLETS FOR MA I_.

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

HK NARCOTICS REPORT 1979 PUBLISHED ........................... 1

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR SEPTEMBER ............................ 2

EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS ............ 3

SECTION OF ROUTE TWISK CLOSED FOR MTR WORKS .................. 4

AMENDMENTS TO SHA TIN ZONING PLAN ............................ 5

WATER SUPPLIES DIRECTOR REVIEWS CONSUMER ENQUIRY SERVICE . 5

GRADUATE FIREMEN TOLD THEY HAVE DEMANDING JOB ................ 6

SWD DIRECTOR SEES ACTIVITIES IN BOYS' HOME ................... 7

KEEP SAI KUNG CLEAN PAINTING COMPETITION ON SUNDAY ........... 8

TUITION 'HOTLINE' SET UP FOR STUDENTS ........................ 9

CANOE MARATHON RACE TO BE HELD AT SAI KUNG ................... 9

DATES FOR MAJOR SCHOOL SPORTS EVENTS ........................ 10

KWUN TONG TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS .............................. 11

NIGHT CLOSURE OF CAUSEWAY BAY SLIP ROAD ..................... 11

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1980

HK NARCOTICS REPORT 1979 PUBLISHED

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HIGH ILLICIT DRUG PRICES AND LARGE NUMBERS OF ADDICTS SEEKING TREATMENT IN 1979 MARKED ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN HONG KONG’S ON-GOING FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTIC ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING.

THIS WAS INDICATED IN THE HONG KONG NARCOTICS REPORT 1979 PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS.

SINCE MID-1979, LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESSURES, TOGETHER WITH THE OPIUM CROP FAILURE IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE, HAD CAUSED A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF ILLICIT NARCOTIC SUPPLY IN HONG KONG.

THE EFFECTS OF THIS SCARCITY, THE REPORT SAID, WERE REFLECTED IN AUGUST IN THE RISE OF ILLICIT DRUG PRICES BY MORE THAN 400 PER CENT, WHILE THE PURITY OF NO. 3 HEROIN DROPPED TO A LOW OF 15 PER CENT.

ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE AND THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE FORMED A JOINT INTELLIGENCE UNIT AT KAI TAK AIRPORT IN JULY TO PREVENT DRUG IMPORT AND TRAFFICKING.

THE REPORT ALSO REVEALED THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF ADDICTS WERE INDUCED TO SEEK TREATMENT AS A RESULT OF THE CONTINUOUS SHORTAGE OF ILLICIT DRUGS AND THE PERSISTENT HIGH PRICES AT STREET LEVEL.

BY THE END OF THE YEAR, 9 294 PATIENTS WERE REGISTERED FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S METHADONE TREATMENT WITH 7 270 ATTENDING DAILY, GIVING AN ATTENDANCE RATE OF 78 PER CENT, AS COMPARED WITH 7 700, 5 400 AND 70 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY DURING THE SAME PERIOD IN 1978.

ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN 1979 WAS THE SHARP DROP IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CONVICTED OF MINOR DRUG OFFENCES IN THE COURTS FROM A HIGH OF 17 700 IN 1973 TO 3 600.

THE NUMBER OF ADDICTS IN PRISONS PROPER HAD ALSO DECLINED DRAMATICALLY SINCE 1976, AND 23 PER CENT OF THE 33 000 DRUG ABUSERS RECORDED IN THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ADDICTS HAD NOT BEEN REPORTED AGAIN FROM ANY SOURCE FOR OVER THREE YEARS.

SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES, CHAIRMAN OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS SAID IN THE FOREWORD TO THE REPORT t +WHILST ALL SUCH NEWS MUST BE A SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND PRIDE, WE HAVE NO ILLUSIONS THAT OUR EFFORTS CAN BE RELAXED IN ANY WAY.

♦SO LONG AS THE ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE REMAINS SO ENORMOUSLY PROFITABLE, IT WILL REMAIN ATTRACTIVE TO THE CRIMINALS WHO EXPLOIT IT, AND SO LONG AS WE HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ADDICTS IN OUR MIDST, THEY WILL'REMAIN, UNHAPPILY, A RESERVOIR OF POSSIBLE INFECTION TO OUR YOUNG.

+S0 MY MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND TO ALL WHO ARE PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY INVOLVED IN THE STRUGGLE IS -- SO FAR WE HAVE DONE EXCEEDINGLY WELL, BUT MUCH MORE EFFORT IS REQUIRED.+

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THE 147-PAGE REPORT ALSO GIVES A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE CHANGING CHARACTERISTICS OF HONG KONG’S NARCOTICS SCENE AS WELL AS ALL IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS OF THE VARIOUS MAJOR ACTION PROGRAMMES BEING CARRIED OUT.

THE REPORT’S ENGLISH AND CHINESE EDITIONS ARE PUBLISHED SEPARATELY. THE CHINESE VERSION IS BEING PREPARED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ACAN SAID THE REPORT IS AN INFORMATIVE AND HIGHLY READABLE DOCUMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE SERIOUS LONG-STANDING SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF NARCOTICS ADDICTION IN HONG KONG.

IT IS PARTICULARLY RECOMMENDED TO TEACHERS, STUDENTS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER PROFESSIONS WHOSE WORK MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE NARCOTICS ISSUE, HE ADDED.

THE ENGLISH EDITION OF THE REPORT WILL BE ON SALE AT $15.A COPY FROM THE END OF NEXT WEEK AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR SEPTEMBER *****

THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR SEPTEMBER 1980 PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY SHOW AN ACCUMULATED SURPLUS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER) OF $1 703 MINION, COMPARED WITH A DEFICIT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR OF »384 MILLION.

THIS SURPLUS WAS THE RESULT OF A HIGHER THAN EXPECTED REVENUE YIELD WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET INCREASED EXPENDITURE.

TOTAL GROSS EXPENDITURE OVER THE SIX MONTH PERIOD WAS $7 644 MILLION COMPARED WITH $5 667 MILLION OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR THE INCREASE OF SI 977 MILLION WAS HIGHER THAN ENVISAGED IN THE BUDGET. THE EXCESS wAS ON RECURRENT ACCOUNT, AND wAS DUE TO SALARY REVISIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE AND STAFF OF SUBVERTED ORGANIZATIONS AND THE COST OF MEASURES TAKEN TO COMBAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

TOTAL REVENUE OVER THE SIX MONTH PERIOD WAS 39 347 MILLION, COMPARED WITH 35 283 MILLION OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. THE INCREASE OF $4 064 MILLION WAS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN ENVISAGED IN THE BUDGET DUE TO HIGHER THAN EXPECTED YIELDS FROM LAND SALES AND, ADDITIONALLY, THE HIGH TURNOVER ON THE STOCK EXCHANGES WHICH RESULTED IN MORE STAMP DUTY REVENUE.

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EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED CRDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER AS FOLLOWS:

ORDERS-ON-HAND IN TERMS OF MONTHS

AUGUST 1980 SEPTEMBER 1980

INDUSTRY GROUP

WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR 4.7 4.9

TEXTILES, EXCEPT WEARING APPAREL 2.5 2.3

PLASTIC PRODUCTS 4.0 4.0

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 3.9 4.0

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MACHINERY, APPARATUS, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES 5.3 5.2

OTHERS 3.7 3.7

ALL MANUFACTURING 4.3 4.3

THE STATISTICS ARE BASED ON AN UPDATED AND ENLARGED PANEL CF THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SELECTED BY REFERENCE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT SIZE IN SEPTEMBER 1979.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT AS THE PANEL WAS NOT A SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED SAMPLE, RESULTS OBTAINED WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE ONLY OF THE COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THE PANEL.

IT WAS HO°ED HOWEVER THAT THEY WOULD GENERALLY INDICATE THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE.

THE SURVEY, WHICH IS CONDUCTED MONTHLY, ALSO ASKS QUESTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL AND COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION AND SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS BESIDES THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 1980 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, AT $1 A COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE TO THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON "El. NO. 5-274203.

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SECTION OF ROUTE TWISK CLOSED FOR MTR WORKS

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A PART OF ROUTE TWISK IN TSUEN WAN WILL SOON BE CLOSED TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, ACCORDING TO A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.

THE AFFECTED SECTION IS JUST NORTH OF MEI WAN STREET AND

IS ABOUT 190 METRES IN LENGTH.

UNDER THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS, ROUTE TWISK WILL BE REALIGNED TO JOIN CHEUNG PEI SHAN INTERCHANGE AND WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AROUND APRIL, 1981. UNTIL THEN, VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO MEI WAN STREET AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD FROM ROUTE TWISK WILL BE MAINTAINED, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

HE ADDED THAT ON COMPLETION OF THE REALIGNMENT, VEHICULAR ACCESS TO CASTLE PEAK ROAD WILL THEN BE VIA TEXACO ROAD AS EXTENDED AND SHING MUN ROAD.

MEANWHILE, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO CASTLE PEAK ROAD WILL BE PROVIDED BY A FOOTPATH TO PAK TIN PA AND A FOOTPATH OR A FOOTBRIDGE FROM PAK TIN PA TO MEI WAN STREET.

ACCORDING TO THE SPOKESMAN, STAFF OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE CONTACTING PERSONS AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE.

IN ADDITION, ENQUIRIES OR COMMENTS ON THE ALTERNATIVE PROVISION OF VEHICULAR OR PEDESTRIAN ROUTE CAN BE MADE AT THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AT FOU WAH CENTRE, 2ND FLOOR, 210 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN.

A PLAN SHOWING THE AFFECTED AREA MAY EE INSPECTED DURING OFFICE HOURS AT THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AT THE FOU WAH CENTRE, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING ENTRANCE, CENTRAL- AND THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, 405 NATHAN ROAD.

THE NOTICE GAZETTED TODAY STIPULATED THAT CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

CLAIMS MUST REACH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF CLOSURE OF THE STREET WHICH IS ALLEGED TO HAVE CAUSED PECUNIARY LOSS OR DAMAGE.

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- 5 -AMENDMENTS TO SHA TIN ZONING PLAN *****

THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD TODAY ANNOUNCED A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT SHA TIN OUTLINE ZONING PLAN. NOTICE OF THE AMENDMENTS IS PUBLISHED IN TODAY’S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID THE MAIN CHANGES CONCERNED THE REZONING OF CERTAIN AREAS TO +VILLAGE TYPE DEVELOPMENT* USE.

PART OF THE LAND NEAR HO TUNG LAU MARKED FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY USES HAD ALSO BEEN REZONED TO OTHER SPECIFIED USES.

IN THIS CASE, IT WAS PROPOSED TO USE THE REZONED AREA FOR A KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY DEPOT WITH COMMERCIAL/RESI DENT I AL DEVELOPMENT.

PROPOSALS wERE ALSO MADE TO REVISE THE SCHEDULE OF NOTES TO THE PLAN, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

THE AMENDED PLAN MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE TOWN PLANNING ■OFFICE, 17TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD= THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) ENQUIRY SUE-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, wEST WING ENTRANCE; AND THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, SHA TIN GOVERNMENT OFFICES, TUNG LO WAN HILL.

THE DRAFT AMENDMENT PLAN IS AVAILABLE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT’S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 19TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, AT S8.5O FOR AN UNCOLCURED COPY AND S60 FCR A COLOURED COPY.

ANY PERSON AFFECTED BY THE AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN SHOULD SUBMIT HIS OBJECTION IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARY, TOWN PLANNING BOARD, C/0 THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD.

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WATER SUPPLIES DIRECTOR REVIEWS CONSUMER

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ENQUIRY SERVICE

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL EXTEND ITS CONSUMER ENQUIRY SERVICE BY SETTING UP AN ADDITIONAL CONSUMER ENQUIRY CENTRE IN KOWLOON NEXT JUNE.

THE DIRECTOR MR WILLIAM TUCKER, ANNOUNCED THIS TODAY WHEN HE INSPECTED THE DEPARTMENT’S CONSUMER ENQUIRY CENTRE AT LEIGHTON CENTRE.

+THE NEW ENQUIRY CENTRE WILL BE LOCATED AT THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT MAINLAND DEPOT IN ARGYLE STREET,* MR TUCKER SAID.

+THE TIMING FOR THE JUNE OPENING TIES IN WITH THE COMPLETION CF THE PHASED COMPUTERISATION OF ALL WATER ACCOUNTS.

/+THESE ITEMS ..

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1980

♦THESE ITEMS FORM PART OF A TWO-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO FURTHER IMPROVE SERVICES TO ITS 950 000 REGISTERED CONSUMERS,+ HE SAID.

THE NEW ENQUIRY CENTRE WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH COMPUTER VISUAL DISPLAY UNITS AND FACILITIES TO GIVE QUICK REPLIES TO WATER ACCOUNT ENQUIRIES.

THE NEW CENTRE WILL SUPPLEMENT THE SERVICE NOW OFFERED BY THE ONE AT LEIGHTON CENTRE ALREADY EQUIPPED WITH COMPUTER FACILITIES.

THIS CENTRE WITH THE TELEPHONE HOTLINE 5-7900222, HANDLED 153 932 CASES DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD ENDED LAST MONTH.

THERE WERE ENQUIRIES ON HIGH CONSUMPTION, CHANGE OF CONSUMERSHIP AND MAILING ADDRESS, REQUESTS FOR DUPLICATE WATER ACCOUNT, DISCONNECTION OF WATER SUPPLY AND WATER DEPOSIT.

MR TUCKER SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTINUOUSLY MONITORING THE SERVICES OFFERED BY THIS CENTRE WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDING SUCH ADDITIONAL SERVICES AS ARE NECESSARY.

A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON FURTHER EXTENDING THE SERVICE TO STRATEGIC LOCATIONS ALL OVER HONG KONG IS BEING CARRIED OUT.

THE DIRECTOR SPENT THE WHOLE AFTERNOON TODAY AT THE CONSUMER ENQUIRY CENTRE AND THE ACCOUNTS DIVISION AT LEIGHTON CENTRE.

HE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO CONSUMERS ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS.

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE NEWLY-APPOINTED BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT MR TOM MCDONOUGH.

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GRADUATE FIREMEN TOLD THEY HAVE DEMANDING JOB * * * *

THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN CHAPPLE TODAY TOLD A GROUP OF GRADUATES OF THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL THAT THEY WILL SOON LEARN THAT HONG KONG IS THE MOST DEMANDING ENVIRONMENT IN THE WORLD.

THE GENERAL TOOK THE SALUTE AND ADDRESSED THE PASSING-OUT PARADE OF 19 PROBATIONARY STATION OFFICERS, 71 FIREMEN AND 47 AMBULANCEMEN IN THE SCHOOL’S PARADE GROUND IN PAT HEUNG, NEW TERRITORIES.

HE SAID THE STANDARDS OF SMARTNESS AND DISCIPLINE DEMONSTRATED BY THE GRADUATES WERE THE TWO ESSENTIAL QUALITIES FOR THE CAREERS THEY HAD CHOSEN.

♦THE OTHERS ARE COURAGE AND DESIRE TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY — HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1980

♦WE ALL HEAR ONLY TOO FREQUENTLY OF FIRES IN SQUATTER AREAS, IN HIGH-RISE FACTORIES AND APARTMENT BLOCKS, AND OF ROOF-TOP SUICIDE ATTEMPTS.

♦HOWEVER MUCH YOU TRAIN YOU WILL ALWAYS FACE THE UNEXPECTED SITUATION WHEN THE SPEEDY INITIATIVE OF THE MAN ON THE SPOT CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE.

♦NEVER BE AFRAID TO USE YOUR INITIATIVE,♦ HE SAID.

HONG KONG IS JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF ITS FIRE SERVICES AND AMBULANCEMEN, HE SAID, YOU WILL SOON LEARN THAT IT MUST BE THE MOST DEMANDING ENVIRONMENT IN THE WORLD.

♦THE TRUE VALUE OF GOOD COMRADESHIP AND TEAMWORK — THIS YOU WILL FIND THE MOST SATISFYING THING OF ALL, AND SOMETHING NORMALLY FOUND ONLY IN SUCH SERVICES AS YOURS.

♦INDEED, OUR SERVICES SHARE VERY MUCH THE SAME ASPIRATIONS, SO I KNOW WELL HOW YOU MUST FEEL AS YOU GRADUATE TODAY,♦ HE ADDED.

MAJOR-GENERAL CHAPPLE ALSO PRESENTED PRIZES TO PROBATIONARY STATION OFFICER CHOI SIU-PING, FIREMAN TANG YAU-NIN AND AMBULANCEMAN LAU KWOK-LEUNG FOR BEING THE BEST RECRUITS.

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SOCIAL WELFARE DIRECTOR SEES ACTIVITIES IN BOYS’ HOME ******

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, TODAY VISITED THE BEGONIA ROAD BOYS’ HOME TO SEE HOW THE BOYS GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES.

THE HOME, RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING TO BOYS PUT ON PROBATION AND REMAND, AND TO THOSE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE SHAM SHU I PO DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR CARLOS LEUNG, THE DIRECTOR SAW BOYS ATTENDING SCHOOL CLASSES AND UNDERGOING PREVOCATIONAL TRAINING.

HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE DAILY PROGRAMME WHICH INCLUDES CHINESE, ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS LESSONS, AND HANDICRAFT TRAINING IN CARPENTRY, MOTOR MECHANICS AND TAILORING.

LIFE EDUCATION SEMINARS ARE ORGANISED TO AROUSE DISCUSSION AMONG THE BOYS AND AWARENESS OF PERSONAL OR SOCIAL PROBLEMS, AS PART OF THEIR REHABILITATION.

HOBBY GROUPS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO ORGANISED IN PAINTING, G ITAR PLAYING, SILK-SCREEN PRINTING, SOCCER AND BASKETBALL GAMES, PICNICS, AND SOCIAL VISITS.

MR ALLEYNE ALSO INSPECTED THE FACILITIES, LOOKING AT THE DORMITORIES, RECREATION ROOMS, PLAYGROUNDS, KITCHEN, SICKBAYS, AND CLINIC.

THE BOYS’ HOME IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FIVE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND SERVES AS A COMBINED PROBATION AND REMAND HOME AS WELL AS A PLACE OF REFUGE FOR 160 BOY0 AGED BETWE .N SEVEN AND 18.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1930

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KEEP SAI KUNG CLEAN PAINTING COMPETITION ON SUNDAY ******

AN OUTDOOR PAINTING COMPETITION FOR CHILDREN WILL BE HELD IN SAI KUNG ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 9) AS PART OF THE SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU CLEAN DISTRICT CAMPAIGN. IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MAN YEE PLAYGROUND.

PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED TO WINNERS AT A KEEP YOUR DISTRICT CLEAN DAY TO BE HELD LATER THIS MONTH AT MAN YEE BASKETBALL COURT.

APPLICATIONS TO ENTER CAN BE MADE AT THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT SUB-OFFICE AT MAN NIN STREET, SAI KUNG, WHERE DETAILS OF THE COMPETITION WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE. MORE THAN 60 CHILDREN HAVE ALREADY ENTERED.

BESIDES A PAINTING COMPETITION, CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE DRAWING AND ESSAY COMPETITIONS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

OTHER ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE A SERIES OF INTENSIVE CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS THIS MONTH COVERING 20 VILLAGES.

A MAJOR OPERATION WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 13) AT PAK SHA WAN, WHEN COMMUNITY LEADERS, LOCAL PUPILS AND MARINE AND NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL JOIN HANDS IN A MASSIVE DRIVE TO CLEAR THE AREA OF RUBBISH.

EVENTS ARE BEING ORGANISED BY THE SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU DISTRICT COMMITTEE, WHOSE CHAIRMAN IS A LOCAL LEADER, MR CHAN KWAI-SANG. MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL RURAL COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, SCHOOLS, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MARINE AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS AND THE LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICE.

THE GOVERNMENT IS MEETING SOME OF THE COST OF THESE ACTIVITIES, WHILE MORE MONEY IS EXPECTED TO BE DONATED BY LOCAL PEOPLE.

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TUITION +HOTLINE+ SET UP FOR STUDENTS * * * *

A COMMUNITY BODY SPONSORED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED A SCHEME UNDER WHICH STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED QUICK TUITION THROUGH TELEPHONE HOTLINES.

THE INNOVATIVE SCHEME OPERATES IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND COINCIDES WITH THE CURRENT ACADEMIC SESSION.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SCHEME WOULD FINISH BY JANUARY,-TO BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND PHASE IN MID-FEBRUARY UNTIL JUNE.

UNDER THE SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT STUDENT SERVICE COMMITTEE, HE SAID, TWO HOTLINES ARE OPERATED IN THE WAH FU COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTRE.

A GROUP OF SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS MANNING THE HOTLINES PROVIDE IMMEDIATE TELEPHONE TUITION TO CALLERS FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY BETWEEN 7.30 PM AND 9.30 PM, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHEME WAS TO HELP STUDENTS SOLVE THEIR DIFFICULTIES IN SCHOOLWORK SO THAT THEY COULD MAINTAIN THEIR INTEREST.

DURING AN EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD EARLIER THIS YEAR, HE SAID, THE SCHEME ATTRACTED OVER 500 STUDENTS.

ANYONE STUDYING IN PRIMARY THREE UP TO FORM 3 IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT MAY APPLY THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL OR AT THE WAH FU COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTRE.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SCHEME CAN BE MADE AT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT’S SOUTHERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE AT 52-64 ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD, TEL. NO. 5-534111.

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CANOE MARATHON RACE TO BE HELD AT SAI KUNG ON SUNDAY ******

MORE THAN 130 CANOES HAVE ENTERED THE SECOND MARATHON RACE ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 9) AT INNER PORT SHELTER, SAI KUNG.

THE EVENT HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY SAI KUNG COMMUNITY CENTRE AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. IT WAS FIRST HELD TWO YEARS AGO.

STARTING AT 10 AM, THE RACE WILL TAKE PLACE OVER A 23-KILOMETRE COURSE FROM INNER PORT SHELTER TO SILVER STRAND, SHELTER ISLAND, KAU SAI WAN, THE WESTERN DAM OF HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR AND BACK TO SAI KUNG.

NINE CLUBS WILL BE REPRESENTED IN THE RACE. THE CLUB WITH MOST MEMBERS COMPLETING THE ENTIRE COURSE WIThin THPEE-AND-A-HALF HOURS WILL BE AWARDED A S3ECIA^ PRIZE - - CANOE.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1980

ANOTHER SIX SHORT DISTANCE EVENTS WILL BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON.

THE CLUB GAINING THE HIGHEST TOTAL POINTS FROM ALL EVENTS WILL RECEIVE THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES CUP, WHICH W DAVID AKERS-JONES WILL PRESENT AT 3 PM.

TWO HONG KONG CANOEING REPRESENTATIVES IN THE 1976 MONTREAL OLYMPIC GAMES, NG CHUN-MAN AND NG HIN-WAN, WILL GIVE A DEMONSTRATION OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO. BE OBSERVED WHEN PARTICIPATING IN THE SPORT. THIS WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE PRIZE PRESENTATIONS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF TO COVER THE CANOE RAC??. A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 1 PM .0 TAKE THE PRESS TO SAI KUNG. MR DONALD STRANGE CF THE NEW TERR IT ►. IES ADMINISTRATION PRESS UNIT WILL BE PRESENT TO HELP ME: IA REPRESENTATIVES.

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DATES FOR MAJOR SCHOOL SPORTS EVENTS * * * *

THE DATES FOR THREE MAJOR ANNUAL SPORTS EVENTS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN FIXED FOR NEXT YEAR AND APPLICATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION ARE NOW INVITED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.

THE THREE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS - GYMNASTICS, CANOEING AND TRAMPOLINING - ARE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

THE DATES FOR THE THREE EVENTS ARE: GYMNASTICS - FEBRUARY 28 AND MARCH 5 AND 7- CANOEING - APRIL 7, 8 AND 11- AND TRAMPOLINING -APRIL 23 AND 24.

SCHOOLS INTERESTED IN ENTERING THESE COMPETITIONS ARE REQUESTED TO RETURN THEIR ENTRY FORMS BEFORE NOVEMBER 28 TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (PHYSICAL EDUCATION), EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 7TH FLOOR, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KQWlOON.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 19EO

KWUN TONG TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS * * * * *

T-'*PORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL 3E IMPLEMENTED IN KWUN TONG FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 10) FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS FOR WORK ON A SEWER ALONG HOI BUN ROAD.

THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE:

* THE EXISTING TEMPORARY ONE-WAY ROUTING OF SHUN YIP STREET WILL BE CANCELLED-

* HOI BUN ROAD BETWEEN SHUN YIP STREET AND LAI YIP STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY TO ONE-WAY SOUTHEAST BOUND-

* THE SOUTHER' SECTION OF LAI YIP STREET BETWEEN WAI

YIP STREET AND HOI BUN ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC COMING FROM ITS NORTHERN SECTION AND FROM WAI YIP STREET, EXCEPT THOSE REQUIRING ACCESS TO PREMISES THERE- AND

* VEHICLES REQUIRING ACCESS TO PREMISES IN THE SECTION OF HOI BUN ROAD BETWEEN SHUN YIP STREET AND LAI YIP STREET SHOULD PROCEED VIA WAI YIP STREET AND SHUN YIP STREET.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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NIGHT CLOSURE OF CAUSEWAY BAY SLIP ROAD

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THE SLIP ROAD LEADING FROM HING FAT STREET TO VICTORIA PARK IN CAUSEWAY BAY WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 1.30 AM AND 6 AM ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 9) FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE WORKS.

DURING THE TEVPORARY CLOSURE, VEHICLES ON HING FAT STREET CAN ENTER VICTORIA PAR. ROAD VIA GORDON ROAD, ELECTRIC ROAD, FOOK YUM °OAD, WANG ON' ROAD, OIL STREET, KING’S ROAD AND TSI NG FUNG STREE’.

TRAFFIC ~IGNC WILL BE SET 'JP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL 5-233191

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

GOVERNMENT CLINICS TREATED 12M CASES LaST YEAR............... 1

S549M IN PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS AWARDED IN SEPTEMBER....... 2

MUI WO HAS NEW SITTING-OUT AREA ............................. 2

FINAL CONTRACT FOR TUEN MUN ROAD STAGE II ................... 3

FIRE PREVENTION PUBLICITY DRIVE ............................. J

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ON TING KOK ROAD ....................... 4

FIRING PRACTICE REMINDER .................................... 4

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1930

GOVERNMENT CLINICS TREATED 12M CASES LAST YEAR ******

PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT GENERAL OUT-PATIENT SERVICES AND SPECIALIST SERVICES CONTINUES TO INCREASE WITH OVER 12 MILLION ATTENDANCES AT THE CLINICS LAST YEAR.

ACCORDING TO THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE NUMBER OF GENERAL OUT-PATIENT ATTENDANCES WAS 4.46 MILLION, A SLIGHT INCREASE COMPARED WITH 4.27 MILLION IN 1978, WHILE SPECIALIST ATTENDANCES TOTALLED 8.19 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 4.5 PER CENT.

AS DEMAND FOR SUCH SERVICES INCREASED STEADILY OVER THE PAST DECADE, EXTRA CLINIC SESSIONS IN THE EVENINGS AND ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC WHENEVER REQUIRED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT AT THE END OF 1979, A TOTAL OF 20 606 HOSPITAL BEDS WERE AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG, OF WHICH 9 445 WERE IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS, 8 630 IN GOVERNMENT-ASSISTED HOSPITALS AND 2 531 IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS.

COMMENTING ON HOSPITAL SERVICES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT’S REGIONALISATION OF SERVICES HAS ACHIEVED A BETTER UTILIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT-ASSISTED MEDICAL FACILITIES, PROVIDING PATIENTS WITH TREATMENT MOST APPROPRIATE TO THEIR CLINICAL CONDITIONS.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE UTILIZATION OF HOSPITAL BEDS, HE SAID, WAS EVIDENT IN THE BED OCCUPANCY RATES OF DISTRICT HOSPITALS WHICH HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF OVER 80 PER CENT.

+HOWEVER, THE DEMAND FOR SERVICES AT THE REGIONAL HOSPITALS LIKE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL, QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, KWONG WAH HOSPITAL AND PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL REMAINS HIGH,+ HE ADDED.

DEMAND ON CASUALTY SERVICES ALSO INCREASED CONSIDERABLY DURING THE YEAR, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

ACCORDING TO RECORDS, CASUALTY ATTENDANCES AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS TOTALLED 578 877, AN INCREASE OF 5.6 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WHILE THE NUMBER OF IN-PATIENTS TREATED WAS 330 026, AN INCREASE OF 10 PER CENT.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1980

S349M IN PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS AWARDED IN SEPTEMBER

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AWARDED A TOTAL OF 36 CONTRACTS WORTH MORE THAN $349 MILLION IN SEPTEMBER.

ONE OF THE MAJOR CONTRACTS LET WAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELEVATED ROAD FROM TAI KOK TSUI TO SHAM SHU I PO AND ITS GROUND LEVEL ROADS.

VALUED AT $78 MILLION, THE CONTRACT WAS FOR A FLYOVER RUNNING ALONG TUNG CHAU STREET FROM YEN CHOW STREET TO TAI KOK TSUI ROAD WHERE IT WILL LINK UP WITH ANOTHER FLYOVER NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE WORK FORMS PART OF THE SECOND STAGE OF A HIGH-CAPACITY ELEVATED ROAD SYSTEM LINKING YAU MA TEI WITH LAI CHI KOK.

OF THE 36 CONTRACTS AWARED, 26 WERE ON THE RECOMMENDATION CF THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD AND THE OTHERS ON THE RECOMMENDATION CF THE PWD TENDER BOARD.

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MUI WO HAS NEW SITTING-OUT AREA * * *

A SITTING-OUT AREA WAS OPENED TODAY AT MUI WO ON A 330-SQUARE-METRE SITE WHICH WAS FORMERLY BARREN LAND OFTEN USED FOR DUMPING LITTER.

A PROMINENT RESIDENT OF MUI WO, MR YEUNG WING-YAU, SAW THAT THE AREA, NEAR THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN, COULD BE BEAUTIFIED TO PROVIDE VILLAGERS WITH SOMEWHERE TO REST AFTER WORK, AND WHERE VISITORS COULD TAKE A BREAK ON THEIR WAY TO PICNIC SPOTS SUCH AS THE BEACH AND THE NEARBY WATERFALL.

A SUGGESTION WAS MADE TO ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.

THE GROUND HAS SINCE BEEN LEVELLED AND PAVED, TREES AND FLOWERS PLANTED, AND SIX BENCHES INSTALLED.

THE PROJECT COST $30 000 OF WHICH MR YEUNG DONATED $10 000.

THE BALANCE WAS PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE. THE SITTING-OUT AREA, WHICH IS NEAR THE CHUNG MEI FOOTBALL PITCH, WILL BE MANAGED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

OFF ICIATING-AT TODAY’S CEREMONY WERE MR YEUNG- THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER ISLANDS, MR MICHAEL ROWSE- AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JAMES WILSON.

MR ROWSE SAID THE SITTING-OUT AREA PROJECT WAS AN EXAMPLE

OF HOW GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL RESIDENTS COULD WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR NEW TERRITORIES PEOPLE. HE SAID MR YEUNG’S CONTRIBUTION WAS DEEPLY APPRECIATED.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1980

NOTE TO EDITORS:

FINAL CONTRACT FOR TUEN MUN ROAD STAGE II

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ciWa,Ac^±MLLL^‘D0LLAR CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE fKinvFMPFo 1 M 0F TUEN MUN R0AD STA6E 11 WILL BE SIGNED ON MONDAY <nUVtrlx5tK 10j .

SHAH jgOWKfc* THE OP a road SETWEE,

THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 2.30 PM IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE ROOM, 21ST FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OCCASI ON.

PWD OFFICERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW AND CHINESE AFTER THE SIGNING CEREMONY.

IN ENGLISH

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

FIRE PREVENTION PUBLICITY DRIVE * * * *

THE GOVERNMENT WILL LAUNCH A PUBLICITY DRIVE NEXT WEEK TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRE PREVENTION.

DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT 3 PM ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 11) IN THE GIS THEATRE, 5TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRAL.

IT WILL BE CHAIRED BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT’S FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU, MR LAM LOK-BUN. ALSO AT THE CONFERENCE WILL BE THE SENIOR COUNTRY PARKS OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR K.C. IU, AND THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING OFFICER OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, MR HERMAN HO.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SE'D A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

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TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ON TING KOK ROAD ******

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ON TING KOK ROAD IN TAI PO WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM 10 AM ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 11) FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS FOR DRAINAGE WORKS.

DURING THIS PERIOD, THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF THE ROAD BETWEEN TAI YUEN ESTATE AND YUE KOK WILL BE CLOSED AND THE EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE REROUTED FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.

AT THE SAME TIME, TRAFFIC WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT FROM PINEHILL VILLAGE ROAD AND TAI YUEN ESTATE ACCESS ROAD INTO TING KOK ROAD.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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FIRING PRACTICE REMINDER * * * *

FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE HA TSUEN-CASTLE PEAK RANGE NEXT WEEK FROM MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY BETWEEN 8 AM AND 5 PM DAILY AND ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BETWEEN 8 AM AND 5.30 PM.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED NOT TO ENTER THE AREA WHEN RED FLAGS ARE FLYING DURING TIMES OF PRACTICE.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE N<

PLANS FOR EXPANSION OF TRAINING SCHEMES ...................... 1

CASEWORKERS HAVE FULL LOAD OF PROBLEMS ....................... 2

FIVE NEW SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES PLANNED FOR THE NT......... 3

MEDICAL FACILITIES IMPROVED ON ISLANDS ....................... 4

MRS aKERS-JONES OPENS FIRST NT ChRITaS BkZAAR................. 5

YUEN LONG CHILDREN LEARN ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES AT FUNFAIR ....... 5

REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE AT STANLEY ........................... 6

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN HUNG HOM

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, I960

PLANS FOR EXPANSION OF TRAINING SCHEMES * * * *

THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL HAS EXTENDED ITS ACTIVITIES INTO THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR WITH THE SETTING UP OF SIX COMMERCE PAINING BOARDS AND THE COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY TRAINING.

THIS WAS STATED BY DR FRANCIS TIEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, IN ANNOUNCING THE PUBLICATION OF THE COUNCIL’S SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT TODAY.

THE SIX COMMERCE TRAINING BOARDS ARE THOSE ON HOTEL, CATERING AND TOURISM- BANKING- INSURANCE- JOURNALISM- ACCOUNTANCY AND ALLIED FIELDS- AND WHOLESALE/RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES.

DR TIEN SAID THAT WHEN THE FINDINGS OF THE 1980 JOINT ECONOMY-WIDE SURVEY ON MAJOR COMMERCIAL AREAS BECAME AVAILABLE, THE COUNCIL WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON MEASURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF MANPOWER TRAINING GEARED TO THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG’S ECONOMY AS A WHOLE.

THE TRAINING COUNCIL HAS ALSO LOOKED INTO THE NEED FOR SETTING UP NEW TRAINING BOARDS AND COMMITTEES TO CATER FOR THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF INDUSTRIES NOT CURRENTLY COVERED BY THE COUNCIL.

IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS SET UP TO CARRY OUT THIS TASK. IT HAS NOW COMPLETED ITS WORK AND SUBMITTED A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.

DR TIEN ADDED THAT THE INDUSTRY-WIDE TRAINING SCHEMES MENTIONED IN THE COUNCIL’S SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT HAD NOW BEEN ENDORSED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

AS INDICATED BY THE 1979 REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION, THE ELECTRONICS, PLASTICS AND METAL WORKING INDUSTRIES WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT TO HONG KONG’S ECONOMY. BESIDES, THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY REMAINS TO BE ONE OF HONG KONG’S MAJOR INDUSTRIES.

THE SCHEMES THEREFORE INCLUDE OPERATIVE AND CRAFT TRAINING FOR THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY- OPERATIVE AND CRAFT TRAINING FOR THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY- BASIC CRAFT TRAINING IN KEY ENGINEERING TRADESAND OPERATIVE TRAINING FOR THE WEAVING SECTOR OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY. A SCHEME FOR POST-GRADUATE PRACTICAL TRAINING HAS ALSO BEEN PROPOSED BY THE TRAINING COUNCIL.

DR TIEN SAID, +THE TRAINING COUNCIL HAS ALREADY PROCEEDED WITH DETAILED PLANNING OF THE CENTRES FOR THESE SCHEMES.*

HE ADDED THAT THE SCHEMES, WHEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED, WOULD GREATLY ALLEVIATE THE SHORTAGE OF SKILLED MANPOWER AND WOULD ASSIST THE INDUSTRIES TO UPGRADE AND DIVERSIFY THEIR PRODUCTS AND TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO SHIFTS IN MARKET DEMANDS.

/DR ANDREW ...

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1980

DR ANDREW CHUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD, SAID THAT FOR BASIC TRAINING AND UPGRADING TRAINING, THE ELECTRONICS SCHEME WAS AIMED AT PROVIDING INITIALLY TRAINING FACILITIES FOR 2 500 ANNUALLY.

ABOUT THE PLASTICS SCHEME, MR DENNIS TING, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD, SAID THAT AT ITS INITIAL STAGE IT WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPLY 600 PLASTICS MACHINE OPERATORS AND 30 PLASTICS MACHINE SETTERS ANNUALLY.

DR HENRY YU, CHAIRMAN OF THE MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD, SAID THAT THE BOARD’S SCHEME EXPECTED, AS AN INITIAL STEP, TO PROVIDE A YEAR’S BASIC TRAINING IN KEY ENGINEERING TRADES TO ABOUT 500 PERSONS A YEAR.

MR FEI LEE, CHAIRMAN OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD, SAID THAT THEIR TRAINING SCHEME FOR THE WEAVING SECTOR WOULD TURN OUT AT THE START 880 TRAINEES EACH YEAR.

THE SIXTH COUNCIL REPORT, PUBLISHED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE, OUTLINES THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE TRAINING COUNCIL, ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND VARIOUS TRAINING BOARDS AND COMMITTEES DURING THE PERIOD APRIL 1979 TO MARCH THIS YEAR. IT IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $15 A COPY.

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CASEWORKERS HAVE FULL LOAD OF PROBLEMS * * * *

CASEWORKERS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT’S 17 FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES ARE HAVING THEIR HANDS FULL OF PROBLEMS.

FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, THEY RECEIVED NEW CASES FOR HELP FROM THE PUBLIC INVOLVING 15 000 FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS.

THESE PROBLEMS LARGELY CONCERNED THE BEHAVIOUR AND EMOTION OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS, PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP, MARITAL DISCORD, FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, OLD AGE, AND DISABILITY.

OTHERS WERE STRAINED IN-LAW RELATIONSHIPS, UNEMPLOYMENT, ILL HEALTH, UNWED PARENTS, CHILDREN IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION, AND ACCOMMODATION.

IN THE NINE-MONTH PERIOD, THE FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES CARRIED OUT A RECORD NUMBER OF OVER 170 000 STAFF ACTIVITIES, COMPARED WITH ABOUT 102 000 FOR THE WHOLE OF 1978-79.

THESE ACTIVITIES MAINLY TOOK THE FORM OF HOME VISITS AND INTERVIEWS TO PROVIDE COUNSELLING OR MAKE SOCIAL ENQUIRIES, REFERRALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL CARE, REHOUSING, MEDICAL SERVICE AND EMPLOYMENT, AS WELL AS CASH ASSISTANCE.

IN SEPTEMBER ALONE, STAFF ACTIVITIES TOTALLED NEARLY 20 000 OF WHICH HOME VISITS AND INTERVIEWS FORMED THE LARGEST BULK.

AT PRESENT, THE FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE NETWORK THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY IS PROVIDING SERVICES TO AN ACTIVE CASELOAD OF 17 500.

/A SPOKESMAN ..

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1980

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THROUGH HOME VISITS AND INTERVIEWS, CASEWORKERS WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CLIENTS IN ASSESSING PROBLEMS AND FINDING SOLUTIONS.

APART FROM THE CONVENTIONAL ONE-TO-ONE APPROACH, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, DISCUSSIONS AND TALKS ARE ORGANISED FROM TIME TO TIME FOR GROUPS OF CLIENTS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS.

HE SAID MOST CLIENTS DIRECTLY APPROACHED THE FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES FOR HELP, WHILE CASEWORKERS. THROUGH MEDIA REPORTS, ALSO REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NEED HELP- AND SOME CASES WERE REFERRALS.

FAMILY SERVICES ARE IN ESSENCE REMEDIAL WORK, HE SAID, AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS IN RECENT YEARS ACTIVELY DEVELOPED PREVENTIVE SOCIAL WORK.

THIS INCLUDES FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION TO FOSTER STRONG FAMILY TIES, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK TO GUIDE STUDENTS WITH PROBLEMS, AND OUTREACH I NG SOCIAL WORK AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, HE SAID.

PEOPLE REQUIRING HELP TO SOLVE PERSONAL OR DOMESTIC PROBLEMS MAY DIRECTLY APPROACH THE NEAREST FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE IN THEIR DISTRICT, HE SAID.

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FIVE NEW SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES PLANNED FOR THE NT

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FIVE MORE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES WILL BE BUILT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO COPE WITH THE EVER-INCREASING POPULATION AND MUCH NEEDED OUTDOOR SPORTING FACILITIES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES WOULD BE LOCATED IN SHA TIN, TAI PO, YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN AND KWAI CHUNG.

THE FIRST PROJECT IN THE PIPELINE TO BE COMPLETED WILL BE THE SHA TIN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX NEAR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN LEK YUEN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

BUILT ON A 2.6-HECTARE SITE BETWEEN SHA TIN BYPASS AND SHING MUN RIVER, THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF SIX SWIMMING POOLS -- ONE OLYMPIC SIZE POOL FOR COMPETITION, ONE DIVING POOL, ONE TRAINING POOL, TWO TEACHING POOLS AND ONE PADDLING POOL.

THE COMPLEX ALSO INCLUDES A T O-STOREY MAIN BUILDING WITH CHANGING ROOMS OI. THE LOWER LEVEL AND A SWIM ER’S DECK AND A CANTEEN ON THE UPPER LEVEL.

ON TOP OF THE MAIN BUILDING WILL BE A GRANDSTAND .HICH WILL BE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO FACE A NORTHEAST DIRECTION TO AVOID ANY REFLECTION OF SUNLIGHT FRO. T E ATER.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1980

TO HELP THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED TO USE THE POOLS, A RAMP WILL BE BUILT AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE COMPLEX.

SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE IN THE CHANGING ROOMS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

♦WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR AND IT IS HOPED THAT THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WILL BE OPENED NEXT SUMMER,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

COSTING MORE THAN $25 MILLION, THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A SINGLE-STOREY BUILDING HOUSING SIX SQUASH COURTS AND A CAR PARK FOR ABOUT 40 CARS. IT IS FINANCED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND WILL BE MANAGED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SECOND STAGE OF THE PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE A STANDARD SIZE HEATED POOL AND A CHILDREN’S POOL.

IN THE MEANTIME, PEOPLE IN SHA TIN, TAI PO AND NORTH NEW TERRITORIES ARE URGED TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE FANLING SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS A HEATED POOL IN THIS COMPLEX WHICH WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY NEXT YEAR.

+ IT WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1 AND MARCH 31 FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES.

+THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE SWIMMING POOL IS CLOSED TEMPORARILY SINCE IT OPENED IN OCTOBER, 1978,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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MEDICAL FACILITIES IMPROVED ON ISLANDS K K * *

CONSULTING HOURS FOR GENERAL OUT-PATIENTS AT PENG CHAU CLINIC HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FOLLOWING THE POSTING RECENTLY OF THE FOURTH MEDICAL OFFICER TO THE ISLAND.

THE CLINIC, WHICH ALSO SERVES CHEUNG CHAU, WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM ON SATURDAYS.

PREVIOUSLY IT ONLY OPENED IN THE MORNINGS FOR FOUR HOURS.

A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF MEDICAL FACILITIES IN ISLANDS DISTRICT WAS DISCUSSED AT A DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 22.

LOCAL LEADERS HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN ON THIS MATTER, AS A RESULT OF WHICH AN OFFICER OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS INVITED TO EXCHANGE VIEWS.

+THE POSTING OF AN ADDITIONAL MEDICAL OFFICER TO THE PENG CHAU CLINIC AND THE RESULTING EXTENSION OF C0-.3ULTING HOURS wtRE A DIRECT RESULT C' THIS DISCUSSION,+ T E S'O.AES ' SAID.

HE SAID SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO MEDICAL SERVICES ON LAMMA ISLAND WERE ALSO BEING PLANNED FOR 1981.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1980

MRS AKERS-JONES OPENS FIRST NT CARITAS BAZAAR

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THE FIRST CARITAS FUND RAISING BAZAAR EVER HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS TODAY OPENED BY MRS JANE AKERS-JONES, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE BAZAAR TOOK PLACE AT SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND, TSUEN WAN, AND WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 20 000 PEOPLE.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, MRS AKERS-JONES SAID THE OCCASION RECOGNISED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VALUABLE PART OF HONG KONG INTO A COMMUNITY WHICH WAS NOT NOW CONTENT ONLY TO RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM A SOCIETY SUCH AS CARITAS BUT PROUD TO BE ABLE TO OFFER ITS SUPPORT BY CONTRIBUTING TIME AND MONEY TO HELP THE LESS FORTUNATE.

SHE SAID: +CARITAS PROVIDES MANY FORMS OF SERVICE -- FOR YOUTH, FOR THE HANDICAPPED, FOR THE SICK AND AGED, AND FOR BEWILDERED PEOPLE WHO FIND LIFE SO DIFFICULT THAT SYMPATHETIC HELP AND GUIDANCE IS OFTEN VERY NECESSARY.+

TODAY’S BAZAAR WAS THE THIRD ORGANISED BY CARITAS THIS YEAR. THEY ARE PART OF THE 20TH CARITAS FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN WHICH ALSO INCLUDES RAFFLES AND PRIVATE DONATIONS.

MONEY RAISED WILL GO TO A GENERAL FUND TO MEET THE EXPENSES OF VARIOUS SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE 44 CARITAS CENTRES.

MORE THAN 20 LOCAL SCHOOLS AND CARITAS SOCIAL CENTRES TOOK PART IN THE BAZAAR, OPERATING 56 STALLS.

YUEN LONG CHILDREN LEARN ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES AT FUNFAIR

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MORE THAN 4 000 YUEN LONG CHILDREN ATTENDED AN ANTI-DRUG FUNFAIR AT TAI YUK ROAD FOOTBALL PLAYGROUND THIS AFTERNOON.

A TOTAL OF 20 STALLS WERE DECORATED WITH ANTI-DRUG POSTERS AND DRAWINGS AND GAMES WERE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO CONVEY ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES.

THERE WERE ALSO PUPPET SHOWS AND FOLK SONG PERFORMANCES.

SEVERAL CARTOON FIGURES WHICH ARE POPULAR CHARACTERS OF A CHILDREN’S TELEVISION PROGRAMME WERE PRESENT TO DISTRIBUTE ANTI-DRUG LEAFLETS TO VISITORS.

THE FUNFAIR WAS ORGANISED BY THE 140 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES CF YUEN LONG IN SU-PORT OF THE DISTRICT’S MONTH-LONG ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FUNG KWOK—KEUNG, AND THE DIVISIONAL POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, MR DAVID GALLOWAY.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1980

REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE AT STANLEY

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THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT TODAY HELD A REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE IN THE MAIN HALL OF THE PRISON OFFICERS’ CLUB IN STANLEY.

THE SERVICE WAS ATTENDED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR T.G. GARNER, STAFF AND FRIENDS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THE CONGREGATION, LED BY THE CAPE COLLINSON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION BAND, LATER MARCHED TO STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY AND JOINED A BREATH-LAYING CEREMONY IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE KILLED DURING THE TWO WARS AND THOSE WHO DIED IN SERVICE.

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TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN HUNG HOM ******

NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN HUNG HOM FROM 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 12) TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.

UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS, THE SECTION OF HOK YUEN STREET BETWEEN GILLIES AVENUE AND CHATHAM ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE WAY WESTBOUND, AND THE SECTION EETWEEN GILLIES AVENUE AND MA TAU WAI ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE WAY EASTEOUND.

GILLIES AVENUE BETWEEN PAK KUNG STREET AND HOK YUEN STREET WILL EE RE-ROUTED ONE WAY SOUTHBOUND.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL 5-233191

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

HONG KONG DEPENDS ON EFFICIENT SHIPPING SERVICES .......... 1

SIR JACK OPENS TDC OFFICE IN TSUEN WAN .................... 2

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR FINAL SECTION OF TUEN MUN ROAD STAGE II .................................................. 5

CHECK ON PROGRESS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS ................ 4

TWENTY MAXICAB ROUTES MADE PERMANENT....................... 5

ENTRIES INVITED FOR 1?TH SCHOOLS* DANCE FESTIVAL .......... 5

SHA TAU KOK SITTING-OUT AREA BEING REFURBISHED ............ 6

CLOSURE OF ACCESS ROAD NEAR HUTCHISON HOUSE ............... 7

WATER CUT IN PEAK AREA

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1980

HONG KONG DEPENDS ON EFFICIENT SHIPPING SERVICES * * * * *

Tl< ACTING DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR PETER TSAO, 'TODAY UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF SHIPPING SERVICES TO HONG KONG IN AN ADDRESS TO REPRESENTATIVES OF 14 COUNTRIES AT THE UN ESCAP STUDY TOUR OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF NATIONAL SHIPPERS’ ORGANISATIONS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC.

THE ADDRESS WAS MADE AT THE OFFICES OF THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.

CONGRATULATING THE HONG KONG SHIPPERS’

COUNCIL ON HONG

KONG BEING CHOSEN AS THE VENUE FOR THE STUDY TOUR, MR TSAO SAID: +HONG KONG LIVES BY TRADE BUT IT HAS NO

IT HAS TO IMPORT ALL IT NEEDS TO SURVIVE, AND HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON ITS ABILITY TO EXPORT.

NATURAL RESOURCES. ITS ECONOMY IS

+THE EXISTENCE OF EFFICIENT, REGULAR AND ECONOMICAL SHIPPING SERVICES TO AND FROM OUR MAJOR MARKETS IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL TO THE CONTINUED VIABILITY AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG.

+AS HONG KONG CONTINUES ITS EFFORTS TO DIVERSIFY ITS PRODUCTS AND MARKETS, THE RANGE OF AIR AND SURFACE FREIGHT SERVICES AVAILABLE TO HONG KONG MUST DEVELOP IN LINE WITH DEMAND CREATED BY THESE EFFORTS.

+ IN THIS CONNECTION, THE GOVERNMENT IS CONVINCED THAT HONG KONG SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL WILL DO WHAT IT CAN TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A REGULAR, EFFICIENT AND REASONABLY STABLE SHIPPING SERVICE COVERING ALL DESTINATION PORTS WITH KNOWN TARIFF OF CHARGES,* MR TSAO SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT IN 1979 HONG KONG’S TOTAL TRADE WAS VALUED AT US$34 000 MILLION.

+THIS REPRESENTS ALMOST 31 MILLION TONS OF CARGO, CARRIED BY NEARLY 10 000 OCEAN-GOING VESSELS AND OVER 2 000 AIRCRAFT. HONG KONG IS 21ST ON THE WORLD TRADE LEAGUE, AND ITS CURRENT FREIGHT BILL IS IN THE REGION OF US$800 MILLION PER ANNUM,* HE SAID.

MR TSAO POINTED OUT THAT THE RECENT RE-EMERGENCE OF HONG KONG AS AN ENTREPOT WAS ANOTHER FACTOR DEPENDENT UPON AN EFFECTIVE SHIPPING SERVICE. IN 1979 RE-EXPORTS FROM HONG KONG INCREASED IN VALUE BY 52 PER CENT OVER THE FIGURE FOR 1978. THIS COMPARED VERY WELL WITH THE STATE OF THE RE-EXPORT TRADE 10 YEARS AGO.

♦THIS TREND HAS CONTINUED IN 1980. DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, RE-EXPORTS WERE VALUED AT US$4 200 MILLION, A 47 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR,* HE SAID.

/THE GOVERNMENT .....

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1980

THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTERVENE IN AREAS OF INTEREST COVERED BY THE HONG KONG SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL. + IT IS THE GOVERNMENT’S VIEW THAT A BETTER WAY TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG CAN CONTINUE TO EXPORT ITS PRODUCTS AT COMPETITIVE SHIPPING RATES WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL, WHICH HAS BUILT UP CONSIDERABLE EXPERTISE AND HAS A FINE REPUTATION AMONGST SHIPPERS’ COUNCILS IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, IS STRENGTHENED AND IS GIVEN SUCH ASSISTANCE AS THE GOVERNMENT CAN PROVIDE.

+l AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THIS VIEW HAS, OVER THE YEARS, PROVEN TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD AND THE LOCAL SHIPPERS’ INTERESTS HAVE BEEN MORE THAN ADEQUATELY PROMOTED AND PROTECTED BY THE WORK OF THE HONG KONG SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL,* HE SAID.

DURING THE THREE-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG, THE UN ESCAP STUDY TOUR WILL BE EXCHANGING VIEWS WITH THE HONG KONG SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL IS ACTIVE IN PROMOTING REGIONAL CO-OPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SHIPPERS’ ORGANISATIONS, AND MAINTAINS CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE UN ESCAP IN BANGKOK AND WITH OTHER NATIONAL SHIPPERS’ ORGANISATIONS IN THE REGION.

+IT IS ONLY THROUGH CO-OPERATION THAT EXPERIENCES GAINED BY INDIVIDUAL SHIPPERS’ ORGANISATIONS CAN BE SHARED AND A MORE EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION OF THE SHIPPERS’ INTEREST ACHIEVED,* NR TSAO SAID.

DELEGATES WILL ALSO BE HOLDING DISCUSSIONS WITH SHIPOWNERS IN HONG KONG AND WILL BE OBSERVING HONG KONG’S PORT FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.

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SIR JACK OPENS TDC OFFICE IN TSUEN WAN *****

THE VOLUME OF PRODUCTION AND TRADE EMANATING FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES HAS GROWN TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT IT BECAME NECESSARY FOR THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO PROVIDE A MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS OF SERVICING THE INCREASING AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE THERE.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER AT THE OPENING OF THE COUNCIL’S 22ND AS WELL AS ITS FIRST HONG KONG BRANCH OFFICE IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN THIS MORNING.

SIR JACK SAID THE LOCATION OF THE OFFICE ENDORSED HIS OWN VIEW OF THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AS A CENTRE OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.

+TUEN MUN, TAI PO AND YUEN LONG ARE ALSO FAST DEVELOPING BUSINESS AREAS.

+THIS OPENING IS THEREFORE MORE THAN SYMBOLICi THERE ARE INDEED EXTREMELY PRACTICAL REASONS FOR ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT TDC PRESENCE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,* HE SAID.

/HE N01ED •.. •.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1980

f.„1,ll^^.~0TED THAT AN 0FFICE there was a vital part of the COUNCIL’S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO EXTEND AND IMPROVE ITS SERVICE TO THE HONG KONG BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

...„ ,™IS IS CLEARLY MANIFEST, SIR JACK SAID, BY THE RAPIDLY INCREASING VOLUME OF OVERSEAS AND LOCAL TRADE ENQUIRIES NOW BEING CHANNELLED TO AND FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES AREA.

1O *THE EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE HANDLING OF TRADE ENQUIRIES IS THE CORNERSTONE AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNCIL,* HE ADDED.

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CONTRACT SIGNED FOR FINAL SECTION OF TUEN MUN ROAD STAGE TWO

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A $78 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FINAL SECTION OF THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY OF THE 3543 MILLION TUEN MUN ROAD WAS LET BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

MR K.C. YEUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SIGNED THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE PWD» WHILE MR REODOLFO M. CUENCA SIGNED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES.

THE CONTRACT, WHICH TAKES ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD BETWEEN SHAM TSENG AND TUEN MUN.

MR YEUNG EXPLAINED THAT THE WORK WOULD COMPRISE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY OF ABOUT 9.3 KILOMETRES, TWO BRIDGES AT TSING LUNG TAU AND SO KWUN TAN, EXTENSIVE EARTHWORKS AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS.

THE ROADWAY TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THIS CONTRACT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS BY SIU LAM INTERCHANGE WHERE THE CARRIAGEWAY WAS BUILT TO ITS FULL WIDTH UNDER THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT, HE SAID.

MEANWHILE, WORK IS ALSO STARTING ON AN ELEVATED ROAD LINKING CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND TUEN MUN ROAD AT CHAI wAN KOK. A $28.7 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK WAS AWARDED LATE LAST MONTH.

THE NEW ELEVATED STRUCTURE, IN THE FORM OF A TEN-SPAN PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE, WILL PROVIDE A TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY.

THERE WILL ALSO BE OTHER ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS FOR THE WIDENING AND MODIFICATION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD.

ON COMPLETION, THIS CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE FREE-FLOW CONNECTIONS FOR TRAFFIC BETWEEN TUEN MUN ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO THE EAST OF CnAI WAN KCK. BY THEN, THE EXISTING TRAFi- IC LIGHT SIGNAL CONTROL AT CHAI *AN KOK -ILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED.

/MR YEUNG ...

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1980

MR YEUNG ADDED THAT BY THE END OF 1982, THE 15.3-KILOMETRE TUEN MUN ROAD WOULD BE IN FULL OPERATION WITH A DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY, PROVIDING A HIGH CAPACITY ROUTE BETWEEN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN AND TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, FOR THE PWD HIGHWAYS OFFICE.

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CHECK ON PROGRESS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS

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MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE’S PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE TOOK A FIRST HAND LOOK THIS MORNING AT SOME OF THE MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS BEING BUILT THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.

EACH YEAR THE SUB-COMMITTEE HOLDS TWO MEETINGS TO REVIEW PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME, AND TO CONSIDER NEW ITEMS FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAMME.

THE TOUR TODAY, LED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WAS ARRANGED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. ALSO IN THE PARTY WERE SEVERAL UMELCO MEMBERS.

THE VISITORS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR DAVID MCDONALD AND OTHER DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE PWD.

THE PARTY BEGAN WITH A VISIT TO THE AIRPORT TUNNEL ROAD, SAN SHAN INTERCHANGE AND EAST KOWLOON WAY WHICH FORM PART OF A MAJOR ROAD PROJECT KNOWN AS ROUTE 3, LINKING KWUN TONG AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF KOWLOON PENINSULA.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS IMPORTANT ROAD LINK WOULD BE PARTIALLY OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT YEAR AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM BROUGHT INTO OPERATION IN 1982.

THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO THE CHAI WAN COMPOSTING PLANT WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR ABOUT ONE AND A HALF YEARS. THE PLANT IS TREATING ABOUT 280 TONNES OF REFUSE EACH DAY.

ANOTHER PROJECT VISITED WAS THE WONG CHUK HANG INTERCHANGE, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL PROJECT. ON COMPLETION, THE INTERCHANGE WILL LINK THE SOUTHERN APPROACHES OF THE TUNNEL TO WONG CHUK HANG ROAD.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER !□, 1980

TWENTY MAX I CAB ROUTES MADE PERMANENT

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ON THE ADVICE OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS OFFERED FRANCHISES TO EIGHT PUBLIC LIGHT BUS MAXICAB OPERATORS WHO HAVE BEEN RUNNING 20 TRIAL ROUTES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR.

FRANCHISE DOCUMENTS WHICH MAKE THE ROUTES PERMANENT WERE SIGNED TODAY AT THE DEPARTMENT’S HEADQUARTERS.

CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER, MR R.T. MEAKIN EXPLAINED THAT SINCE PLB MAXICAB SERVICES WERE INTRODUCED IN MAY 1972, THREE OPERATORS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RUN 11 ROUTES ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

+NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, FRANCHISES ARE ALSO OFFERED TO OPERATORS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. THIS IS A CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION IN THE PLB MAXICAB PROGRAMME,+ HE SAID.

THERE ARE NOW 51 MAXICAB ROUTES IN DAILY OPERATION AND AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, 22 OPERATORS WERE RUNNING 317 MAX I CABS. IN THAT MONTH MAX I CABS CARRIED A COMBINED TOTAL OF 119 300 PASSENGERS A DAY ON AVERAGE.

+IT IS EVIDENT THAT MAXICAB SERVICES ARE NOW PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN COMPLEMENTING FRANCHISED BUSES AND TRAMS TO NEET THE EVER-GROWING PUBLIC TRANSPORT DEMAND,+ MR MEAKIN SAID.

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ENTRIES INVITED FOR 17TH SCHOOLS’ DANCE FESTIVAL

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SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE 17TH SCHOOLS’ DANCE FESTIVAL TO BE HELD FROM FEBRUARY 17 TO MARCH 4 NEXT YEAR.

THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE SECTION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.

THE FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

ITEMS WILL INCLUDE WESTERN FOLK OR NATIONAL DANCE, ORIENTAL DANCE AND CREATIVE DANCE.

ENTRIES ARE CLASSIFIED INTO A LOWER PRIMARY SECTION FOR THOSE IN PRIMARY 1 TO 3- AN UPPER SECTION FOR THOSE IN HIGHER CLASSES- A SECONDARY SECTION- AND A SECTION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.

THE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE ON HONG KONG ISLAND AT CLEMENTI MIDDLE SCHOOL IN FORTRESS HILL ROAD, NORTH POINT.

/IN KCWLOCN ..

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IN KOWLOON, IT WILL BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG SZE YAP COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION WONG TAI SHAN MEMORIAL COLLEGE IN NAM CHEONG STREET- AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THE VENUE IS TSUEN WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, 70 HOI PA STREET.

EACH SCHOOL WILL HAVE TO PAY A FEE OF $25 FOR TAKING PART IN ONE OR MORE EVENTS.

PRIZES WILL BE IN THE FORM OF HONOURS AWARDS, HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARDS, AND COMMENDED AWARD CERTIFICATES, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED TO SCHOOLS ACCORDING TO MARKS GAINED IN THE PERFORMANCES.

AN AWARD CERTIFICATE WILL BE GIVEN TO ANY PIECE OF CHOREOGRAPHY REACHING A HIGH STANDARD IN EACH DANCE ITEM FOR EACH SECTION- AND A CERTIFICATE WILL BE AWARDED TO EACH PERFORMING STUDENT OF A SCHOOL WHICH ACHIEVES A COMMENDED STANDARD.

EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN A SOUVENIR PENNANT.

ENTRY FORMS AND FEES MUST BE FORWARDED TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (PHYSICAL EDUCATION) (ATTENTION: MISS MABLE MAK), PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 6TH FLOOR, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON BY DECEMBER 15.

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SHA TAU KOK SITTING-OUT AREA BEING REFURBISHED ******

A SITTING-OUT AREA AT SHA TAU KOK, WHICH HAD DETERIORATED THROUGH MISUSE, IS BEING REFURBISHED.

THE AREA WAS CONSTRUCTED 15 YEARS AGO TO SERVE THE BORDER TOWN’S 2 000 INHABITANTS, BUT FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS HAD BEEN USED AS A RUBBISH DUMP.

NOW, $38 000 IS BEING SPENT ON MAKING IT ATTRACTIVE ONCE AGAIN AS A RESULT OF AN APPROACH TO NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE BY THE SHA TAU KOK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

THE WORK INVOLVES RESURFACING THE PAVEMENT, PROVIDING TREES AND PLANTS AS WELL AS BENCHES.

POSTS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE ENTRANCE TO PREVENT ACCESS BY HANDCARTS.

THE WORK, WHICH STARTED LAST MONTH, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1980

CLOSURE

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OF ACCESS ROAD NEAR HUTCHISON HOUSE ******

THt WESTBOUND GROUND LEVEL LANE OF HARCOURT ROAD IN FRONT 2T HUTCH!SON H0USE LEADING TO CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 9.30 PM ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 12) TO 7 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE WORKS.

VEHICULAR ACCESS TO CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL WESTBOUND FROM v0AD WILL HAVE T0 E£ V1A ARSENAL STREET AND HARCOURT ROAD FLYOVER.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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INTERRUPTION OF WATER SUPPLY TO PEAK AREA

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WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER (X PREMISES IN THE PEAK AREA WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 10 AM ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 13) TO 6 PM THE SAME DAY FOR WORK ON THE PEAK TANK.

THE PREMISES TO BE AFFECTED ARE ON POLLOCK’S PATH, PLUNKETT’S ROAD, FINDLAY ROAD, PLANTATION ROAD, AND MT KELLETT ROAD.

ALSO TO BE AFFECTED ARE NOS. 60-66, 100-124 PEAK ROAD.

NOS. 1-14 MT AUSTIN ROAD, NO. 35 LUGARD ROAD, AND NOS. 4, 19

AND 22-44 SEVERN ROAD. ’

INTERRUPTED T° MATILDA AND *AR MeMCR,AL HOSPITAL WILL NOT EE

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

HONG KONG "JUSTIFIABLY PROUD" OF PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME SAYS THE ACTING GOVERNOR ......................... 1

FIRE PREVENTION IS THE CONCERN OF EVERYONE ................. 2

HONG KONG ENTERS NEW ERA OF MANPOWER TRAINING .............. 4

INFORMATION FULL CALENDAR .................................. 6

TAX EXEMPTION ON INTEREST EARNED ........................... 7

FREE CHINESE MUSIC CONCERT FOR NORTH DISTRICT RESIDENTS . 7

ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN PRESS CONFERENCE ........................ 8

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN KOWLOON ............................ 8

TRAFFIC DIVERSION AT WONG CHUK HANG ........................ 9

LEGCO MEETING .............................................. 9

AIR MAIL TO IRAN RESUMED ................................... 9

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1980

HONG KONG +JUSTIFIABLY PROUD+ OF PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME — ACTING GOVERNOR *****

HONG KONG AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY COULD BE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF THE TERRITORY’S PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER, SAID TODAY AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF WO CHE ESTATE, IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN.

SHORTLY BEFORE UNVEILING A PLAQUE IN THE WO CHE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX COMMEMORATING THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW ESTATE, SIR JACK TOLD AN AUDIENCE MADE UP OF HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OTHER GUESTS:

♦OVER THE PAST 26 YEARS, WE HAVE SUCCEEDED, OFTEN AGAINST TREMENDOUS ODDS, IN PROVIDING HOMES FOR FOUR OUT OF EVERY 10 PEOPLE.

♦WHEN THE GOVERNMENT BEGAN PROVIDING PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE EARLY 195O’S, IT WAS, IN KEEPING WITH THE EMERGENCY CONDITIONS OF THOSE TIMES, VERY BASIC AND WITHOUT FRILLS.

♦SINCE THEN, WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO KEEP PACE WITH THE RISING ASPIRATIONS OF OUR PEOPLE AND PROGRESSED THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF EVER-IMPROVING DESIGNS.

♦WE ARE NOW BUILDING FULLY SELF-CONTAINED ESTATES WHICH, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD BLESSED WITH A GREATER ABUNDANCE OF LAND, WOULD BE REGARDED AS SIZEABLE TOWNS.

♦ALTHOUGH OUR NEW TOWNS TEND TO SPREAD UPWARD RATHER THAN OUTWARD, THEY LACK NOTHING IN COMPARISON WITH THEIR OVERSEAS COUNTERPARTS IN TERMS OF FACILITIES AND CONVENIENCE.+

TURNING TO THE FUTURE, SIR JACK WARNED THAT THE WORRYINGLY HIGH LEVELS OF IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA IN THE PAST TWO YEARS MEANT THAT IT WOULD TAKE MANY YEARS OF UNCEASING EFFORT AND A SUSTAINED HIGH LEVEL OF HOUSING PRODUCTION TO FULFIL THE GOVERNMENT’S AIM OF PROVIDING DECENT, SELF-CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION FOR ALL.

♦ IN THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, IT IS VITAL THAT THE RECENT MEASURES TAKEN TO STEM THE FLOODS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WILL PROVE SUCCESSFUL,♦ HE SAID.

♦ SUCCESS IS ESSENTIAL IF HONG KONG IS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROV^ ITS STANDARDS OF LIVING.

♦ IT IS TOO SOON TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF THE NEW MEASURES. THE STATISTICS SHOW A DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS OF ’WOULD-BE’ ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, BUT THAT WAS TO BE EXPECTED.

♦ IT WILL TAKE WEEKS, PERHAPS MONTHS, BEFORE TRUE TRENDS BEGIN TO SHOW THROUGH. BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR: WE MUST REMAIN ON OUR GUARD FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO COME.

♦ AS A COMMUNITY, WE MUST REMAIN RESOLUTE — AS RESOLUTE AS WE ARE TODAY — THAT WE SHALL SUCCEED.

/♦AND THIS

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1980

♦AND THIS WILL NOT BE EASY. IT WILL BE IRKSOME AND FRUSTRATING TO HAVE TO CARRY LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION WITH US AT ALL TIMES — AND THAT WILL BE A REQUIREMENT FOR A LONG, LONG

BUT SIR JACK SAID IT WAS IN THE INTERESTS OF EVERYONE THAT THE INCONVENIENCES OF CARRYING IDENTIFICATION BE ACCEPTED TO ENSURE THE EFFICIENT CARRYING OUT OF THESE MEASURES.

EARLIER, IN AN INTRODUCTORY SPEECH, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAO, DESCRIBED SHA TIN AS A +MOST APPROPRIATE EXAMPLE* CF THE RAPID PACE OF DEVELOPMENT NOW UNDER WAY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

MR LIAO THEN TOLD HOW SHA TIN HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED. SINCE THE 1950’S, FROM A SMALL COUNTRY MARKET INTO A NEW TOWN WIA

POPULATION OF MORE THAN 100 000 PEOPLE, NEARLY HALF OF WHOM LIVED IN PUBLIC HOUSING.

+BY THE MID-1980’S, THERE WILL BE SOME 10 ESTATES, BOTH RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP, ACCOMMODATING ABOUT 270 000 PEOPLE.* HE SAID. ’

+BY THE END OF THE DECADE, THE POPULATION OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN WILL GROW TO THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION.*

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FIRE PREVENTION IS THE CONCERN OF EVERYONE

KOK*

THE PUBLIC WERE TODAY URGED TO LOOK OUT FOR POTENTIAL FIRE RISKS, PARTICULARLY IN THE COMING DRY SEASON, TO REDUCE COSTLY LOSSES OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THE APPEAL CAME FROM THE DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU, MR LAM LOK-BUN, AT THE START OF THIS YEAR’S FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN.

THE CAMPAIGN AIMS TO MINIMIZE FIRES BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN FIRE PREVENTION.

MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT FIRE RISKS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WITH US SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CIVILISATION. THE CONSEQUENCES ARE LOSS OF LIFE, INJURIES, LOSS OF CULTURAL ARTEFACTS, LOST PROFITS AND NON-RECOVERABLE EXPENSES.

BESIDES, EVERY FIRE, BE IT SMALL OR SERIOUS, HAS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES WHICH EXTEND FAR BEYOND ITS VISIBLE DAMAGE, HE SAID.

MR LAM CITED THE LATEST STATISTICS TO ILLUSTRATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG AND THE DAMAGING EFFECT IT BROUGHT ABOUT.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1980

DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 1930, THERE WERE 10 271 FIRES, RESULTING IN 704 INJURIES AND 36 DEATHS. MONETARY LOSSES AMOUNTED TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

♦THEY WERE VERY COSTLY, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF DOLLARS, BUT IN TERMS OF THE IRRETRIEVABLE LOSS OF LIVES AND BODILY INJURIES,+ HE SAID.

MR LAM NOTED THAT HONG KONG HAD ITS UNIQUE FIRE RISKS OWING TO ITS CROWDED ENVIRONMENT AND THE GENERAL APATHETIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS FIRE PREVENTION.

♦FIRE ACCIDENTS ARE EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS AND THEY CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY THROUGH NEGLIGENCE AND CARELESSNESS.

♦FIRE PREVENTION IS FOR EVERYONE,♦ MR LAM STRESSED.

MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT NO BUILDING IN ANY CITY COULD BE ABSOLUTELY FIRE SAFE AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREVENT ALL FIRES. +WHAT CAN AND SHOULD BE DONE IS TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO REDUCE ITS OCCURRENCE.

♦BY SO DOING, EVEN IF A FIRE TAKES PLACE, THE MEASURES MAY LESSEN THE DANGER IN SOME CASES AND PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING A DISASTER,+ HE ADDED.

THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF FIRE IN ORDER OF FREQUENCY ARE: CARELESS HANDLING OR DISPOSAL OF CIGARETTE ENDS OR HOT ASHES" ELECTRICAL FAULTS- OVERTURNING OF KEROSENE STOVES OR OIL LAMPS-OVERHEATING OF ENGINES, MOTOR AND MACHINERY- CARELESS HANDLING CR DISPOSAL OF JOSS STICKS AND CANDLES- CHILDREN PLAYING WITH MATCHES, AND DEFECTIVE LP GAS APPARATUS.

MR LAM SAID THAT MUCH OF THIS YEAR’S PUBLICITY WOULD BE AIMED AT INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF WAYS TO PREVENT FIRES AND THE DIRE EFFECTS OF FIRES.

THERE WOULD BE FIRE PREVENTION POSTERS, STICKERS AND LEAFLETS AS WELL AS PUBLICITY FILMS ON TELEVISION.

THE CAMPAIGN WOULD BE FURTHER SUPPLEMENTED BY COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS FIRE PREVENTION QUIZ COMPETITIONS AMONG SCHOOLS- FIRE PREVENTION FILM SHOWS- VISITS TO FIRE STATIONS-EXHIBITIONS, AND A FACTORY FIRE SAFETY CAMPAIGN.

SENIOR COUNTRY PARKS,OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR K.C. IU, SPOKE OF COUNTRYSIDE FIRES.

MR IU POINTED OUT THAT THE ANNUAL AVERAGE NUMBER OF HILL FIRES OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS HAD BEEN ABOUT 500 AND LAST YEAR WAS WORSE WITH A TOTAL O'7 935 FIRES REPORTED.

BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY OUTBREAK OF HILL FIRES LAST NOVEMBER, SEVERAL COUNTRY PARKS HAD TO BE CLOSED, RESULTING IN THE LOSS CF RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNIT IES TO ALL, HE SAID.

♦THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY, TOGETHER WITH THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE CIVi_ AID SERVICES, HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY IMPROVING AND STRENGTHENING THEIR CAPABILITIES TO DEAL WITH FIRES IN T*E COUNTRYSIDE.

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♦HOWEVER,* MR IU SAID, +THE FINAL SOLUTION MUST DEPEND ON THE CO-OPERATION AND GOOD SENSE OF THE PICNICKER ON THE SPOT.+

HE GAVE THE FOLLOWING ADVICE1

* LIGHT BARBECUE FIRES ONLY IN DESIGNATED BARBECUE PITS-

* PROPERLY PUT OUT BARBECUE FIRES BEFORE LEAVING-

* DO NOT DISCARD BURNING CIGARETTE ENDS- AND

* TAKE EXTRA CARE DURING CHUNG YEUNG AND CHING MING.

MR IU WARNEDi ♦ALTHOUGH WE MANAGED TO ’ESCAPE’ THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL LAST MONTH WITHOUT GREAT LOSSES, THE REAL TEST OF THE 1980 FIRE SEASON IS STILL TO COME.+

WITH THE ONSET OF THE COOL DRY WEATHER, HE APPEALED TO PEOPLE WHO WILL BE GOING TO THE COUNTRYSIDE FOR CAMPING, PICNICKING, HIKING AND BARBECUING TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH FIRE.

THERE HAS BEEN A RISING NUMBER OF SUCH VISITORS FROM HALF A MILLION IN 1970/71 TO OVER SEVEN MILLION IN 1979/80.

MEMBERSHIP OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EDUCATION, HOME AFFAIRS, LABOUR, INFORMATION SERVICES, AND AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.

A PART OF THE COMMITTEE’S ON-GOING PROGRAMME HAS BEEN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A FIRE WATCH SCHEME WHEREBY SQUATTERS AND VILLAGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SET UP PATROL TEAMS TO HELP FIGHT THE FIRE MENACE.

A TOTAL OF 77 TEAMS HAS BEEN FORMED TO DATE.

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HONG KONG ENTERS NEW ERA OF MANPOWER TRAINING

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HONG KONG IS ABOUT TO ENTER A NEW ERA IN MANPOWER TRAINING WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATUTORY BODY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR (INDUSTRIAL TRAINING), MR HORACE KNIGHT, SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTHWEST, MR KNIGHT POINTED OUT THAT THE STATUTORY BODY WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL TO ADMINISTER MANPOWER TRAINING.

IN ADDITION, THE COUNCIL HAD ALSO RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNMENT THE INTRODUCTION OF INDUSTRY-WIDE OFF-THE-JOB TRAINING SCHEMES FOR THE ELECTRONICS, PLASTICS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS TRAINING SCHEMES FOR PROVIDING BASIC TRAINING IN KEY ENGINEERING TRADES AND POST-GRADUATE PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE AIMED AT MEETING THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG’S RAPIDLY CHANGING AND DYNAMIC ECONOMY.

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IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE OPENING SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST MONTH, THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAD ACCEPTED BOTH RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT THE SCHEMES SHOULD BE FUNDED FROM GENERAL REVENUE.

♦WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN WILL BE THAT THE NEW STATUTORY BODY WILL NOT ONLY UNDERTAKE THE PRESENT FUNCTIONS OF THE TRAINING COUNCIL BUT ALSO THE MANAGING OF TRAINING SCHEMES.

♦IN OTHER WORDS, THE NEW BODY, WITH ITS OWN COMPLEX OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, WILL NOT ONLY PERFORM INVESTIGATORY FUNCTIONS LEADING TO THE MAKING OF RECOMMENDATIONS BUT ALSO IMPLEMENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS,+ SAID MR KNIGHT.

EARLIER, MR KNIGHT TRACED THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANISED MANPOWER TRAINING IN HONG KONG IN THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO AND HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

A VERY GREAT DEAL HAD BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY ON MANPOWER TRAINING, HE STRESSED.

AMONG THE ACHIEVEMENTS LISTED BY MR KNIGHT WERE:

* THE GOVERNMENT BUILT FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN ADDITION TO MORRISON HILL BETWEEN 1973 AND 1978. A SIXTH, SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1984, WILL BE BUILT IN TUEN MUN TO SERVE THAT PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

* THE POLYTECHNIC HAS UNDERGONE AN EXPANSION IN THE LAST FEW YEARS UNPARALLELED IN SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

* THE GOVERNMENT GRANTED LAND AT NIL PREMIUM FOR, AND LOANS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND TO COVER THE INITIAL COST OF, BUILDING TRAINING CENTRES TO THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY.

* THE GOVERNMENT ENACTED IN 1976, ON THE ADVICE OF THE TRAINING COUNCIL, THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE, WHICH HAS BEEN THE CORNERSTONE FOR ORGANISED APPRENTICE TRAINING IN HONG KONG.

MR KNIGHT POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT’S ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE WAS TO BRING ABOUT A MANPOWER PLANNING AND TRAINING MACHINERY WHICH WOULD BE IN THE POSITION TO ASSIST IN TWO WAYS: ENSURING THAT HONG KONG WOULD HAVE THE TRAINED MANPOWER IT NEEDED TO RETAIN ITS COMPETITIVE EDGE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET, AND ENSURING THAT ITS INDUSTRIES WOULD REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND PROFITABLE AS THEY VENTURED INEVITABLY EVER DEEPER INTO THE REALM CF SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTS.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1980

INFORMATION FULL CALENDAR

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WHAT CAUSES AN OVERHEAD WIRE TO WHISTLE IN THE WIND? WHAT IS AN EQUATORIAL TORQUETUM? WHY DO PEOPLE GET SUNBURNT? WHY IS THE AIR TEMPERATURE RISING IN HONG KONG BUT NOT IN MACAU?

THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS — AND A LOT OF OTHER FASCINATING INFORMATION — CAN BE FOUND IN THE 1981 EDITION CF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY CALENDAR WHICH IS NOW ON SALE.

PRICED AT $20, THE BILINGUAL CALENDAR CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL- THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON-AND LEADING BOOKSHOPS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR.

MAKING METEOROLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC DATA EASY TO UNDERSTAND IS A MAJOR FUNCTION OF THE CALENDAR WHICH IS ALSO PRODUCED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF VOLUNTARY OBSERVERS AND SIGNAL STATION OPERATORS.

THE KING-SIZE CALENDAR CONTAINS A SEPARATE PAGE FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR AND COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS ARE USED TO EXPLAIN PARTICULAR TOPICS OF INTEREST.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CALENDAR HAVE BEEN MADE BY SCIENTIFIC STAFF AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND IT HAS BEEN EDITED AND DESIGNED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES.

AS WELL AS THE USUAL DATE INFORMATION THE CALENDAR CONTAINS A TIDE TIME-TABLE, MOONRISE AND MOONSET TIMES, SUNRISE AND SUNSET TIMES, AND THE MONTHLY NORMS FOR AIR TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND CLOUD CONDITIONS. IT ALSO GIVES THE LUNAR DATES OF THE CHINESE CALENDAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE SAID THAT PAST EDITIONS OF THE CALENDAR HAD EVOKED WIDESPREAD INTEREST AND IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE A STRONG DEMAND FOR THE 1981 EDITION.

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TAX EXEMPTION ON INTEREST EARNED * * * *

INTEREST PAYABLE BY LICENSED BANKS, BY CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITIES AND BY THE GOVERNMENT AT RATES OF UP TO 8-1/2 PER CENT PER ANNUM WILL BE EXEMPT FROM INTEREST TAX FROM TODAY A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED. *

HE SAID THAT THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF ONE PER CENT IN THE EXEMPTION LIMIT, AND FOLLOWS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE EXCHANGE BANKS' ASSOCIATION ON SATURDAY THAT THE RATES OF INTEREST PAYABLE ^SAVINGS^ACCOUNTS WOULD BE INCREASED TO 8-1/2 PER CENT WITH

A NOTICE SIGNED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY UNDER SECTION 28(1) OF THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE IS PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE TODAY.

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FREE CHINESE MUSIC CONCERT FOR NORTH DISTRICT RESIDENTS

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THE RECENTLY FORMED NORTH DISTRICT ARTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION IS ORGANISING ITS FIRST CHINESE MUSIC CONCERT FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.

INSTRUCTORS FROM THE MUSIC OFFICE WILL PERFORM AT THE CONCERT TO BE HELD AT FUNG KAI SECONDARY SCHOOL, SHEUNG SHU I, ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 15) AFTERNOON.

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ASSOCIATION’S OFFICE AT 24 SAN FUNG AVENUE, SHEUNG SNUI. ADMISSION IS FREE.

MUSIC, DRAMA, DANCE, CULTURAL AND GARDEN ARTS SUB-COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN FORMED BY THE ASSOCIATION SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN AUGUST.

THE CONCERT IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC SUB-COMMITTEE WHICH HAS ALSO FORMED A CHILDREN’S CHOIR, A CHINESE MUSIC ORCHESTRA AND A CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PLAYING TRAINING CLASS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SUB-COMMITTEE SAID THE CONCERT HAD BEEN ORGANISED TO INCREASE LOCAL PEOPLE’S MUSIC APPRECIATION AND TO BRING A RICHER CULTURAL LIFE TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAS 200 MEMBERS AND 100 AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS, WOULD ARRANGE MORE FREE CONCERTS BY ORCHESTRA FROM THE URBAN AREA AND ENCOURAGE ITS MEMBERS TO GIVE PERFORMANCES, HE SAID.

IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION, NORTH DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD HAS PROVIDED $100 000 TO FINANCE ITS PROJECTS. THE ASSOCIATION WILL RAISE ANOTHER $80 000 FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN PRESS CONFERENCE *****

AN INTENSIVE ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED IN YAU MA TEI DISTRICT ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 15).

DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AND THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT 12 NOON THIS THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 13) IN THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL, 16TH FLOOR, NATHAN ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI.

THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR LAI SZE-NUEN- CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, MR KARL STUMPF- ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR LEUNG CHIN-MAN AND CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (YAU MA TEI), MR KEITH KWOK, WILL ATTEND THE PRESS CONFERENCE TOGETHER WITH MEMBERS OF THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE PRESS CONFERENCE COVERED.

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TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN KOWLOON * * * *

NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN TAI KOK TSUI AND ON A YAU MA TEI SECTION OF NATHAN ROAD FROM 10 AM ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 13) FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF ROAD WORKS.

UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS, TAI KOK TSUI ROAD BETWEEN POK MAN STREET AND CHUNG WUI STREET WILL BE RE-OPENED TO TRAFFIC. CHUNG WUI STREET WILL BE REVERTED TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AND POK MAN STREET BETWEEN KOK CHEUNG STREET AND THE LINK ROAD WITH FOO KWAI STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY EASTBOUND. KOK CHEUNG STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND.

IN YAU MA TEI, THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF NATHAN ROAD BETWEEN PUBLIC SQUARE STREET AND WING SING LANE WILL BE RE-OPENED TO TRAFFIC BUT WILL REMAIN FOR THE TIME BEING AS A 'BUS ONLY’ LANE FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM DAILY.

THE FOLLOWING BUSES WILL RESUME THEIR PREVIOUS ROUTES:

* KOWLOON MOTOR BUS NOS. 3, 7, 7A, 70, 70A, 207

AND 208 WILL PROCEED ALONG NATHAN ROAD NORTHBOUND

AND TURN RIGHT INTO WATERLOO ROAD EASTBOUND-

* KOWLOON MOTOR BUS NOS. 1, 1A, 2, 20, 6, 6A, 6C, 9. 13, 71, 203, 206, 210, 216 A D 246, AND CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL BUS NOS. 102, 104, 105 AND 112 WILL USE NATHAN ROAD NORTHBOUND, WATERLOO ROAD AND SHANGHAI STREET.

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TRAFFIC DIVERSION AT WONG CHUK HANG

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THE SIGNAL-CONTROLLED JUNCTION Or NAM FUNG ROAD, WONG CHUK HANG ROAD, ISLAND ROAD AND OCEAN PARK ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 10 AM ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 13) FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS.

THE CLOSURE IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A VEHICULAR UNDER-PASS ASSOCIATED wITH THE SOUTHERN APPROACH ROADS TO ABERDEEN TUNNEL.

DURING THIS PERIOD, TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED VIA A ONE-WAY CIRCUIT BEFORE REJOINING WONG CHUK HANG ROAD AT A NEW ROAD JUNCTION. ALL EXISTING TRAFFIC FLOW REQUIREMENTS WILL EE MAINTAINED.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL EE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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THE NEXT MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 13) WILL NOW BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 19, PENDING THE RETURN OF THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, FROM THE UK.

AT THE MEETING, OFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL REPLY TO POINTS RAISED BY THEIR UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES DURING THE RESUMED DEBATE ON A MOTION OF THANKS FOR THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS TO THE OPENING OF THE CURRENT SESSION.

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AIR MAIL TO IRAN RESUMED u * ~ ~ u

THE POST OFFICE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT AIR LETTER AND PARCEL SERVICES TO IRAN, WHICH WERE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED ON OCTOBER 2, 1930, ARE NOW RESUMED.

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SALT WATER CUT

SALT - TER SUPPLY TO CENTR.’U -ND WESTERN DISTRICTS C;: HONG KONG ISLA’.: ILL BE I ’ TE-' . :7EB ''r EIGHT HOL'S OVE IGHT C. THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 13).

SUPPLY ..ILL BE TURNED OFF ’T 11 ?' AND LL RESUME 7 ON FRID'Y.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL 5-233191

••EDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

WORKING PARTY SET UP TO STUDY LOCAL PHARMACY PRACTICE ............ 1

SEVERANCE PAY LAW CONSTANTLY REVIEWED............................. 5

RECORD NUMBER OF NEW COMPANIES INCORPORATED ...................... 4

PAYMENT OF PROFITS TAX ........................................... 5

ROAD SAFETY FUNFAIR TO BE HELD IN TUEN MUN........................ $

CAUSEWAY BAY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1980

WORKING PARTY SET UP TO STUDY LOCAL PHARMACY PRACTICE ******

THE GOVERNMENT HAS SET UP A WORKING PARTY TO REVIEW THE PRESENT LEGISLATION RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY AND THE NEED FOR TRAINING FACILITIES.

MR ALEX S.C. WU WILL CHAIR THE WORKING PARTY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE IN ITS MEMBERSHIP REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INTERESTED PROFESSIONS AND OF THE WIDER PUBLIC INTEREST.

♦ONE OF THE TASKS OF THE WORKING PARTY,+ A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID, +IS TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE EXISTING LAW SHOULD BE AMENDED TO REQUIRE ALL PRESCRIPTIONS TO BE HANDLED BY A REGISTERED PHARMACIST.+

IN HONG KONG AT PRESENT REGISTERED PHARMACISTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EMPLOYED ONLY IN PREMISES REGISTERED AS AUTHORISED SELLERS OF POISONS, AND PREMISES LICENSED TO MANUFACTURE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED: +THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE, HOWEVER, DOES NOT APPLY TO A MEDICINE SUPPLIED BY A REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER OR DENTIST FOR PURPOSES OF MEDICAL OR DENTAL TREATMENT.

♦ THIS MEANS THAT PRIVATE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ARE ALLOWED TO DO THEIR OWN DISPENSING. AND THERE IS NO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF QUALIFIED PHARMACISTS IN A DOCTOR’S DISPENSARY.+

THERE ARE AT PRESENT A TOTAL OF 335 PHARMACISTS PRACTISING LOCALLY, AND WHILE THERE ARE NO FACILITIES FOR THE TRAINING OF PHARMACISTS, AVAILABLE INFORMATION SUGGESTS THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT JOE OPPORTUNITIES TO WARRANT THE INTRODUCTION OF A SPECIAL TRAINING COURSE UNDER THE EXISTING LEGISLATION.

♦ SO, BEFORE LAUNCHING ANY TRAINING SCHEME,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID, +IT IS NECESSARY TO REVIEW THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE PHARMACY AND DISPENSING FIELD TO ESTABLISH WHETHER IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST THE LAW NEEDS TO BE AMENDED.+

♦ IT IS ALSO NECESSARY FIRST TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PHARMACISTS AND SUPPORTING STAFF - SUCH AS DISPENSERS AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS - TO TRY TO ASCERTAIN WHAT TYPE AND LEVEL OF TRAINING SHOULD BE PROVIDED,+ HE SAID.

ACCORDINGLY, THE WORKING PARTY HAS WIDE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND WILL CONSIDER:

(A) WHETHER THE LAW REQUIRING THE EMPLOYMENT OF PHARMACISTS REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE SHOULD BE MODIFIED IN ANY WAY-

(B) THE NEED FOR PHARMACISTS BOTH IN THE PUBLIC AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTORS UNDER THE EXISTING LEGISLATION AND UNDER ANY POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS, IF ANY, RECOMMENDED UNDER (A) ABOVE.

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(C) THE WORK AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PHARMACISTS IN BOTH SECTORS UNDER THE EXISTING LEGISLATION AND UNDER ANY POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS, IF ANY, RECOMMENDED UNDER (A) ABOVE-

CD) THE NEED FOR AND THE LEVELS OF SUPPORTING STAFF IN BOTH SECTORS UNDER THE EXISTING LEGISLATION AND UNDER ANY POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS, IF ANY, RECOMMENDED UNDER (A) ABOVE-

(E) WHETHER THE LAW RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 8 OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE SHOULD BE MODIFIED TO PERMIT THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD TO ACCEPT NON-COMMONWEALTH QUALIFICATIONS FOR DIRECT REG ISTRATION-

(F) WHETHER TRAINING COURSES TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY STAFF ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE EXISTING LEGISLATION AND UNDER ANY POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS, IF ANY, RECOMMENDED UNDER (A) AND (E) ABOVE, AND IF SO WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE SET UP IN HONG KONG, AND AT WHAT LEVELS AND BY WHICH INSTITUTIONS.

APART FROM THE CHAIRMAN, THE WORKING PARTY WILL COMPRISE:

MR ANDREW SO MR ANDREW LI MRS MAXINE KWOK MR MARVIN CHEUNG A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HK MEDICAL ASSOCIATION A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (HK BRANCH)

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF HONG KONG

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF PHARMACY

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERV ICES

THE CHIEF PHARMACIST

THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE WILL BE REPRESENTED AS AND WHEN MATTERS AFFECTING THE CIVIL SERVICE ARE DISCUSSED. THE WORKING PARTY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO CO-OPT ADDITIONAL MEMBERS AS AND WHEN REQUIRED.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1980

SEVERANCE PAY LAW CONSTANTLY REVIEWED

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT’S CHIEF LABOUR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF LABOUR RELATIONS, MR DONALD CHAN, SAID TODAY THAT THE SEVERANCE PAY LEGISLATION WHICH WAS ENACTED IN 1974 WAS BEING KEPT UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW IN THE SAME WAY AS OTHER PROVISIONS UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.

ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF THE PEAK HONG KONG, HE REFERRED TO CRITICISMS OF THE LAW ON SEVERANCE PAY AND TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY A FEW POINTS AND EXPLAIN THE INTENTION OF THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

SEVERANCE PAYMENT, HE EMPHASISED, WAS MEANT TO BE COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT THROUGH NO FAULT OF THE EMPLOYEE’S OWN AND NOT IN ANY SENSE A REWARD FOR LONG SERVICE OR GOOD WORK. IT AROSE ONLY WHERE DISMISSAL WAS DUE TO REDUNDANCY

AN EMPLOYEE WAS DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN DISMISSED BY REASON OF REDUNDANCY IF THE DISMISSAL WAS DUE TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CAUSES -- AN EMPLOYER’S BUSINESS WAS CLOSED- THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN DEMAND FOR HIS KIND OF WORK- AND HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT WAS MOVED FROM ONE SIDE OF THE HARBOUR TO THE OTHER.

IN DETERMINING THE RATES AND METHOD OF SEVERANCE PAY, MR CHAN CONTINUED, CAREFUL CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO THE NEED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE RELIEF TO REDUNDANT WORKERS ON THE ONE HAND, AND ON THE OTHER THE NEED TO SEE THAT THE NEW LIABILITY SHOULD NOT OVERSTRAIN THE SMALLER EMPLOYER.

WHILE THE NEED TO LEGISLATE SEVERANCE PAY WAS RECOGNISED, IT WAS ALSO REALISED THAT IF THE RATES OF PAYMENT WERE SET TOC HIGH, MANY SMALL EMPLOYERS WOULD BE INCAPABLE OF MEETING THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AND WOULD BE DRIVEN OUT OF BUSINESS. THIS IN TURN WOULD CREATE FURTHER REDUNDANCY AND DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW.

MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE RATE OF HALF A MONTH’S PAY FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST COMPROMISE

HE SAID IN ORDER THAT EMPLOYERS WOULD NOT FACE TOO HEAVY AN INITIAL LIABILITY, IT WAS ALSO NECESSARY TO LIMIT THE PERIOD OF SERVICE ELIGIBLE FOR SEVERANCE PAY TO EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THE LAW CAME INTO FORCE.

♦ UP TO THIS DATE, I AM SATISFIED THAT THIS RATE OF PAYMENT IS IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE AND COMPARES FAIRLY FAVOURABLE WITH OUR NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES,* HE NOTED.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SEVERANCE PAY LAW MERELY PRESCRIBED THE MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS GIVEN THE SOCIAL-ECONOMIC REALITY OF HONG KONG. IT SHOULD NOT THEREFORE EE REGARDED AS THE AGREED OR EVEN THE MOST DESIRABLE FORMULA.

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♦THE INTENTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT EMPLOYERS WHO CAN AFFORD TO BE MORE GENEROUS SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO BE SO. FOR THESE EMPLOYERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES, THE STATUTORY PROVISIONS SHOULD PROVIDE A YARDSTICK WHICH MAY BE USED AS A BASIS FOR NEGOTIATION.

♦ IN THIS REGARD, I AM PLEASED TO OBSERVE THAT MOST EMPLOYERS HAVE ADOPTED AN ENLIGHTENED ATTITUDE IN DEALING WITH CLAIMS FOR SEVERANCE PAY.

♦ MANY CLAIMS HAVE BEEN PEACEFULLY SETTLED THROUGH DIRECT NEGOTIATION BY REFERRING TO THE STATUTORY STANDARDS. IN MOST CASES, EMPLOYERS DO RATHER BETTER THAN THESE STANDARDS.+

MR CHAN REMARKED THAT ALTHOUGH THE SEVERANCE PAY LAW HAD IN GENERAL WORKED SATISFACTORILY, IT WAS CONSTANTLY REVIEWED FOR IMPROVEMENT. HE DID NOT DISMISS THE PROBABILITY THAT A NEED MIGHT ARISE FOR THE REVISION OF SOME OF ITS PROVISIONS.

♦ YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT, AS AMENDMENT OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS, SO THE PROVISIONS ON SEVERANCE PAY WILL BE REVISED AS APPROPRIATE TO MEET CHANGING NEEDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE TIME TO COME,+ HE SAID.

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RECORD NUMBER OF NEW COMPANIES INCORPORATED *****

THE COMPANIES REGISTRY INCORPORATED A RECORD NUMBER OF 11 907 NEW COMPANIES DURING THE YEAR 1979-80, AN INCREASE OF 2 646 COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

HOWEVER, THE AGGREGATE OF ALL CAPITALS DROPPED SLIGHTLY BY $24 MILLION FROM THE TOTAL OF $3 287 MILLION IN 1978-79.

ALTOGETHER 711 COMPANIES WERE DISSOLVED, INCLUDING 242 DELETED FROM THE COMPANIES REGISTER, LEAVING 70 863 ON THE REGISTER AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

DELETIONS WERE MADE MAINLY BECAUSE THE REGISTRAR GENERAL HAD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE COMPANIES WERE NOT CARRYING ON BUSINESS OR WERE NOT IN OPERATION.

THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES INCORPORATED OUTSIDE HONG KONG, WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED A PLACE OF BUSINESS HERE, ROSE BY 148 TO 1 303.

AT THE END OF THE YEAR THERE WERE 341 INSURANCE COMPANIES CONDUCTING THE REGULATED CLASSES OF BUSINESS, INCLUDING 168 HONG KONG COMPANIES, 59 BRITISH COMPANIES AND 41 AMERICAN COMPANIES.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS WAS 4 902, A RECORD FIGURE AND 571 MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS RECOPD OF 4 311 IN 1978-79.

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OV tucFiJVtcI°I^L’ H0NG K0NiG LED WITH 463 APPLICATIONS, FOLLOWED STAlES mH 441» THE UN,TED KINGDOM WITH 216 AND

JAPAN WITH 204.

DURING THE YEAR, 1 900 TRADE MARKS WERE REGISTERED AND 2 436 RENEWED, BRINGING THE TOTAL ON THE REGISTER TO 34 594.

o_, ™E DUMBER OF PATENTS REGISTERED IN THE SAME PERIOD WAS 6EMAN™m si swiss.US PATENTS' 218 JAPANESE- 100 UK- » “EST

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PAYMENT OF PROFITS TAX * * * *

PROFITS TAX PAYERS ARE REMINDED TO CHECK THEIR DEMAND NOTES TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE TAX DUE IS PAID BY THE SPECIFIED DATE.

IF THE FIRST INSTALMENT IS NOT SO PAID, THE SECOND INSTALMENT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME DUE IMMEDIATELY. THIS WILL BE STRICTLY APPLIED AND PLEAS FOR OVERSIGHT WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

BESIDES, WHERE TAX IS NOT PAID BY THE DATE SPECIFIED IN

THE NOTICE, THE COMMISSIONER CF INLAND REVENUE MAY LEVY A SURCHARGE NOT EXCEEDING 5 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL TAX WHICH WILL ALSO BE IMMEDIATELY DUE FOR PAYMENT.

PAYMENT MAY BE MADE AT THE

FOLLOWING COLLECTION OFFICES:

HONG KONG - WINDSOR HOUSE, ROAD, CAUSEWAY

3RD FLOOR, BAY.

311 GLOUCESTER

KOWLOON - PARK-IN COMMERCIAL CENTRE, 12TH FLOOR, 56 DUNDAS STREET, MONG KOK.

TSUEN WAN - FOU WAH CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, 210 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN.

IT MAY ALSO BE MADE BY POST BY SENDING A CROSSED CHEQUE, ATTACHED TO THE DEMAND NOTE, TO THE COMM ISSI ONER OF INLAND REVENUE, GPO BOX 132, HONG KONG.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1980

ROAD SAFETY FUNFAIR TO BE HELD IN TUEN MUN * * * *

A ROAD SAFETY FUNFAIR IS TO BE HELD AT TUEN MUN PLAYGROUND THIS SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 16) TO TEACH THE PUBLIC HOW TO USE THE ROADS PROPERLY.

THERE WILL BE 15 GAME STALLS AT THE FUNFAIR ORGANISED BY LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, THE GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, SCHOOLS, JUNIOR POLICE CALL TEAMS AND ROAD SAFETY PATROL MEMBERS.

THE DESIGN OF THE GAMES WILL EMPHASISE THE CONSEQUENCES OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING TRAFFIC RULES.

THE BEST THREE DESIGNS WILL BE AWARDED PRIZES AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.

THERE WILL ALSO BE PERFORMANCES BY THE BAND OF THE CASTLE PEAK BOYS’ HOME, LION DANCES, PUPPET SHOWS AND A PARADE BY ROAD SAFETY PATROL MEMBERS.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING WILL BE TUEN MUN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS SARAH WU, DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF TRAFFIC NEW TERRITORIES, MR LIM SEK-YEUNG, AND THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHAN WING HING.

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, TAI HING ESTATE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, THE YWCA CASTLE PEAK SERVICE CENTRE AND TAI HING ESTATE COMMUNITY HALL AND CHRISTIAN YOUTH AND CHILDREN’S SERVICE CENTRE. ADMISSION IS FREE.

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CAUSEWAY BAY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS

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THE FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENTS NEAR CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FROM 13 AM ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 14) TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT ACROSS KING’S ROAD:

* LAU SIN STREET TRAFFIC WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN LEFT INTO KING’S ROAD EASTBOUND”

* YACHT STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM ONE-WAY WESTPOUND TO ONE-wAY EASTBOUND-

* LAU LI STREET TRAFFIC WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TURN RIGHT INTO KING’S ROAD WESTBOUND, AND

* LAU LI STREET BETWEEN NGAN MOK STREET AND KING’S ROAD * ILL BE RE-ROUTED FRO* ’wO-WAY TO ONE-WAY EASTBOUNL.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL :-E • T 0° AT these PLACES T? GLIDE MOTOR I STS.

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1}, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO,

PENALTIES FOR HINDERING DOG CONTROL TEAMS ............... 1

TICD DIRECTOR REPORTS UN BOGOTA MEETING ................. 2

ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN MOVES TO YAU MA TEI ............. 3

CHRISTMAS AEROGRAMMES ON SALE ........................... 5

100 NT TAXI LICENCES FOR TENDER.......................... 5

SAI KUNG CHILDREN CLEAR PAK SHA WAN OF LITTER............ 6

CAS STRENGTHENS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK .................. 7

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1980

PENALTIES FOR HINDERING DOG CONTROL TEAMS * * ft * *

THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY WARNED DOG-OWNERS IN THE RABIES INFECTED AREA NOT TO HINDER THE DEPARTMENT IN ITS DOG CONTROL OPERATIONS AND TO CO-OPERATE BY SURRENDERING THEIR UNINOCULATED DOGS. FAILURE TO SURRENDER DOGS COULD RENDER THE OWNER LIABLE TO A FINE OF $1 000 AND SIX MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT.

THE WARNING CAME IN THE MIDST OF A MAJOR ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION AND DOG CATCHING CAMPAIGN WHEN MORE THAN 60 000 DOGS HAVE BEEN INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES AND ANOTHER 16 000 DOGS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT SINCE THE START CF THE YEAR MORE THAN 1 000 CASES OF UNLICENSED AND UNCONTROLLED DOGS CAME BEFORE THE COURTS WHICH RESULTED IN FINES TOTALLING $76 600.

HE SAID THAT DURING OCTOBER THERE WERE 192 CASES BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURTS OF WHICH 64 OWNERS OF UNLICENSED AND UN INOCULATED DOGS AND 84 OWNERS OF UNCONTROLLED DOGS WERE CONVICTED AND FINED A TOTAL OF $13 785.

THE SPOKESMAN QUOTED A RECENT CASE IN FANLING MAGISTRACY IN WHICH A 75 YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS FINED $900 FOR KEEPING A DOG WITHOUT A LICENCE AND FOR FAILING TO KEEP A DOG UNDER PROPER CONTROL.

♦IT IS IMPERATIVE,♦ SAID THE SPOKESMAN, +THAT ALL UNINOCULATED DOGS INSIDE THE INFECTED AREA MUST BE SURRENDERED TO THE DEPARTMENT THIS IS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE FAMILIES IN THE DWELLING WHERE THE DOG LIVES.♦

♦IT IS TOO LATE NOW FOR DOGS INSIDE THE INFECTED AREA TO BE INOCULATED- THE DISEASE COULD HAVE ALREADY REACHED THESE ANIMALS AND THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT FURTHER HUMAN DEATH CAUSED BY THEIR BITE IS TO SURRENDER THE HOUSEHOLD DOGS TO THE DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY WILL BE HUMANELY DESTROYED. EVERY UN INOCULATED DOG IN THE INFECTED AREA IS A POTENTIAL RABIES RISK,* HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT POLICE WERE ASSISTING DOG CONTROL UNITS IN HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SEARCHES FOR UN INOCULATED DOGS IN THE INFECTED AREA, AND ANY OWNER RESISTING SEARCHES IS LIABLE TO PROSECUTION.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1980

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TICD DIRECTOR REPORTS ON BOGOTA MEETING

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MR BILL DORWARD, DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, HAS RETURNED TO HONG KONG FROM BOGOTA, COLOMBIA WHERE HE ATTENDED A FOUR-DAY MEETING OF 22 DEVELOPING TEXTILES EXPORTING COUNTRIES.

♦THIS WAS THE FIRST MEETING OF ITS KIND AND WAS CALLED TO TRY TO PREPARE FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT YEAR TO DECIDE WHAT SYSTEM SHOULD GOVERN WORLD TRADE IN TEXTILES WHEN THE PRESENT MULTI FIBRE ARRANGEMENT - THE MFA - EXPIRES AT THE END OF 1981,+ MR DORWARD SAID ON HIS RETURN.

WHEN THE PRESENT MFA WAS NEGOTIATED IN 1977 THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WERE NOT WELL ENOUGH ORGANISED. AS A RESULT, THERE IS A WIDESPREAD FEELING, WHICH WAS EVIDENT IN BOGOTA, THAT THE PRESENT SYSTEM HAD FORKED TO THEIR SERIOUS DISADVANTAGE.

+THE PURPOSE OF THE BOGOTA MEETING WAS NOT TO PREPARE FOR A CONFRONTATION WITH THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,* MR DORWARD STRESSED, +BUT RATHER TO REACH A SERIES OF COMMON POSITIONS WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO NEGOTIATE FROM A POSITION OF MORE STRENGTH THAN THEY WOULD HAVE INDIVIDUALLY.*

AT THE END OF THE MEETING THE DELEGATES ISSUED A STATEMENT WHICH POINTED OUT THE SHORTCOMINGS AND DEFECTS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM. IT EXPRESSED THEIR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WAY THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES HAD OPERATED THEIR CONTROLS ON TEXTILES IN RECENT YEARS.

THE PARTICIPANTS STRESSED THAT THE BOGOTA MEETING WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS OF CO-ORDINATION WHICH WOULD BE CARRIED ON THROUGH THE 1981 NEGOTIATIONS AND BEYOND.

+1 BELIEVE THIS MEETING MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A SIGNIFICANT NEW PHASE IN THE HISTORY OF TEXTILE ARRANGEMENTS. THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WOULD BE WELL ADVISED TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY,* MR DORWARD SAID.

THE MEETING, WHICH WAS ORGANISED AND HOSTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA, WAS ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM HONG KONG, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE PHILIPPINES, GUATEMALA, INDIA, INDONESIA, ISRAEL, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PERU, ROMANIA, SRI LANKA, THAILAND, URUGUAY AND YUGOSLAVIA.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF THE STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE DELEGATES AT THE END OF THE BOGOTA MEETING WILL BE BOXED AT GIS FOR COLLECTION THIS EVENING.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1980

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ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN MOVES TO YAU MA TEI ******

A THREE-WEEK INTENSIVE ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED IN YAU MA TEI ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 15) TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF DRUG ADDICTION AND TO DRAW THE SUPPORT OF RESIDENTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT KOwLOON PARK AT 3 PM ON SATURDAY.

IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A COLOURFUL VARIETY SHOW WHICH WILL FEATURE « LION DANCE, A DOG SHOW BY THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE, TRADITIONAL CHINESE DANCES AND PERFORMANCES BY THE POLICE BAND.

ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, THE CHAIRMAN CF THE YAU MA TEI ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, 14? LAI SZE-NUEN SAID DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD THERE WOULD BE A SERIES OF ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING A MASS WALKATHON, FILM SHOWS, A FOLK DANCE SHOW, EXHIBITIONS, SCHOOL TALKS, CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND PHOTOGRAPH COMPETITIONS, AS WELL AS SOCCER AND BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS.

IN ADDITION, PUBLICITY BANNERS AND POSTERS WILL BE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO SPREAD ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES.

MR LAI POINTED OUT THAT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CAMPAIGN WERE TO APPEAL FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO DETER YOUNG PEOPLE FROM EVER EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS.

ALSO AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WERE MR KARL STUMPF, CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN)- MR LEUNG CHIN MAN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY- MR KEITH KWOK, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (YAU MA TEI), AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.

THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, COMPRISING LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES, WAS FORMED SIX MONTHS AGO TO CO-ORDINATE AND PREPARE THE CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES.

THE CDO, MR KWOK TOLD THE °RESS CONFERENCE THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE PLANNING AND ORGANISATION OF THE PROGRAMME AND HAD MOBILISED MANPOWER AND RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT IT.

HE SAID THE ACAN HAD PROVIDED $100 000 TOWARDS CAMPAIGN EXPENSES AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE HAD DONATED A FURTHER $20 000.

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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE WAS MR STUMPF WHO SAID THIS WOULD BE THE LAST OF THREE INTENSIVE DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGNS INITIATED BY ACAN THIS YEAR AND ORGANISED BY DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES.

HE PRAISED THE YAU MA TEI COMMITTEE FOR ITS HARD WORK AND SAID THE PROGRAMME PLANNED FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS WOULD HELP STIMULATE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IN COMBATING HONG KONG’S DRUG PROBLEM.

HE SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE CAMPAIGN WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.

A MASS WALKATHON, THE SECOND EVENT OF THE CAMPAIGN, WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 16) AT 9 AM WHEN MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART.

THE PARTICIPANTS, WEARING T-SHIRTS PRINTED WITH ANTI-DRUG SLOGANS, WILL START THE WALK AT THE CHATHAM ROAD CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND, PASSING THROUGH SOME OF THE BUSIEST AREAS OF THE DISTRICT, AND FINISH AT THE KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL GARDEN IN CANTON ROAD.

NOTE TO EDITORS 1

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO COVER THE FOLLOWING HIGHLIGHT EVENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN t

(A) OPENING CEREMONY AND VARIETY SHOW -- NOVEMBER 15 (SATURDAY), 3 PM AT KOWLOON PARK-

(B) MASS WALKATHON — NOVEMBER 16 (SUNDAY), 9 AM AT CHATHAM ROAD CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND (FINISHING POINT AT KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL GARDEN IN CANTON ROAD)-

(D) FOLK DANCE SHOW — NOVEMBER 30 (SUNDAY), 3 PM AT WAH YAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL GROUND- AND

(E) CLOSING CEREMONY — DECEMBER 7 (SUNDAY), 3 PM AT KOWLOON PARK.

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CHRISTMAS AEROGRAMMES ON SALE

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CHRISTMAS PICTORIAL AEROGRAMMES WILL BE PLACED ON SALE AT ALL POST OFFICES FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

THE DESIGN DEPICTS ONE OF THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS IN ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL AND WAS PRODUCED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

IN ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID THE CHRISTMAS AEROGRAMMES, WHICH COST 20 CENTS EACH, ARE A CONVENIENT WAY OF SENDING CHRISTMAS GREETINGS ABROAD.

THEY COMBINE A PERSONAL LETTER WITH A GREETING AND CAN BE POSTED TO ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS FIRST CLASS AIRMAIL FOR ONLY 60 CENTS, HE SAID.

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100 NT TAXI LICENCES FOR TENDER * * * *

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR A BATCH CF 100 NEW TERRITORIES TAXI LICENCES.

TENDER FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT THE HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE ON THE MEZZANINE FLOOR OF MURRAY ROAD MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, AND AT THE KOWLOON LICENSING OFFICE, 9TH FLOOR, PARK-IN COMMERCIAL CENTRE, DUNDAS STREET.

THE TENDER WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A PREMIUM IN RESPECT OF ONE OR MORE NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS, AND A TENDERER MAY SUBMIT ONE TENDER FORM FOR ONE OR MORE LICENCES BUT NOT EXCEEDING 100, OR MORE THAN ONE TENDER FORM.

IF A SINGLE TENDER FORM IS SUBMITTED FOR MORE THAN ONE LICENCE, THE PREMIUM OFFERED FOR EACH LICENCE MUST BE THE SAME.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT EMPHASIZED THAT IF THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE LICENCES IS LESS THAN THE NUMBER REQUIRED BY A TENDERER, A SMALLER NUMBER OF LICENCES MAY BE ALLOCATED TO HIM AS APPROPRIATE.

A PUBLIC BALLOT MAY EE HELD TO DETERMINE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE TENDERS WHICH OFFER IDENTICAL UNIT PREMIA.

A TENDERER MUST HOLD A FULL HONG KONG PRIVATE CAR DRIVING LICENCE AND HAVE HELD SUCH A LICENCE FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS AT THE TIME OF TENDER APPLICATION.

SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TRANSFER THEIR RIGHT TO REGISTER ANY NUMBER OF NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS, OTHERWISE THEIR RIGHT TO REGISTER THE TAXIS AND TO RECLAIM ANY DEPOSIT WILL BE FORFEITED.

/HOWEVER ...

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1J, 1980

HOWEVER, THE REGISTERED OWNER OF A NEW TERRITORIES TAXI MAY, IF HE SO WISHES, APPLY FOR TRANSFER OF THE VEHICLE TO A NEW OWNER, AND THIS CONDITION NOW APPLIES EQUALLY TO EXISTING NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS.

THE DEPOSIT FOR A NEW TERRITORIES TAXI LICENCE WILL BE SI 5 OOO.

COMPLETED TENDER FORMS TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGINAL TREASURY DEPOSIT RECEIPTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN SEALED ENVELOPES, ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY, CENTRAL TENDER BOARD, AND PLACED IN THE SECRETARIAT TENDER BOX SITUATED IN THE ENTRANCE HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (MAIN WING), LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG, BEFORE 12 NOON ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980.

LATE TENDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

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SAI KUNG CHILDREN CLEAR PAK SHA WAN OF LITTER

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THIRTY CHILDREN FROM THE SAI KUNG FISHERMEN’S SCHOOL ARE HOPING THAT THEIR GOOD WORK THIS MORNING WILL NOT BE SPOILED BY THE HORDES OF VISITORS EXPECTED TO DESCEND UPON PAK SHA WAN THIS WEEKEND.

THE CHILDREN SPENT THE WHOLE OF THIS MORNING PICKING UP LITTER FROM THE AREA IN AN OPERATION WHICH IS PART OF THE MASSIVE CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN NOW GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY COLLECTED 20 BASKETS OF RUBBISH ON LAND, WHILE A FLEET OF JUNKS LOANED BY FISHERMEN WERE USED TO REMOVE LITTER FROM THE WATER JOINTLY WITH THE MARINE DEPARTMENT’S POLLUTION CONTROL LAUNCH.

THE MESSAGE FROM THE CHILDREN TO VISITORS IS: +DON’T THROW RUBBISH AWAY INDISCRIMINATELY, PUT IT IN A BIN.+

JOINING IN THE CLEAN-UP DRIVE WERE LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, INCLUDING RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR CHUNG PUN, UNOFFICIAL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, MR LEE YUN-SAU- AND THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU CLEAN DISTRICT COMMITTEE, MR CHAN KWAI-SANG.

THIS COMMITTEE IS ORGANISING THE MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN TO RID THE DISTRICT OF LITTER. IN ALL, A TOTAL OF 20 VILLAGES IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT WILL BE CLEARED DURING THE DRIVE.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, I960

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CAS STRENGTHENS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK *****

THE CIVIL AID SERVICES HAS IMPROVED ITS RADIO LINKS WITH ALL PARTS OF THE URBAN AREAS AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ON REPLACING ITS ENTIRE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AT A COST OF SOME $618 000.

THE NEW SYSTEM COMPRISES 25 BASE STATIONS, 22 PORTABLE SETS AND SIX PORTAMOBILE SETS WITH PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS.

THE NETWORK PROVIDES COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN ALL CAS UNITS AND A LINK WITH THE COUNTRY PARKS DIVISION OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, ROYAL AIR FORCE AND ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS AND POLICE CONTROLS.

AN INDEPENDENT NETWORK FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE NEW NT REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS WHICH WILL MOVE INTO PREMISES IN SHEK YAM ESTATE, KWAI CHUNG IN A MONTH.

AT PRESENT, THE CAS KOWLOON AND NT REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS SHARE THE SAME RADIO TELEPHONE FREQUENCY.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

SIR JACK: SCOPE FOR MORAL EDUCATION ................................ 1

LACK OF GOVERNMENT-VOLUNTARY SECTOR PARTNERSHIP REFUTED ............ 2

ABORTION LAW AMENDMENT BILLS REPUBLISHED............................ 4

PERMISSION FOR OVERNIGHT PILING .................................... 6

CLOSE WATCH ON PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION PROCEDURES .................... 7

YUEN LONG ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN CLOSES TOMORROW .................. 8

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES IN KING'S ROAD aREa .................... 8

FOURTEEN NT SITES FOR TENDER....................................... 10

KOWLOON BAY LAND LOTS FOR SALE .................................... 11

AMS CELEBRATES JOTH ANNIVERSARY ................................... 11

LESS FIRES CM LANTAU .............................................. 12

CHIEF FIRE OFFICER PRESENTS PAPER AT FIRE CHIEFS CONFERENCE ... 1J

PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PaYMENT OF GOVERNMENT BONDS ................ 14

TRAINING SCHEME FOR HANDBALL PLAYERS .............................. 14

QUARRY BAY PLB RESTRICTED ZONE EXTENDED ........................... 15

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1980

SIR JACK: SCOPE FOR MORAL EDUCATION *****

THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER, SAID TODAY THE CONTENT AND QUALITY OF WHAT IS TAUGHT IN SCHOOL IS’OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND SHOULD BE AIMED AT PREPARING YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME FUTURE CITIZENS OF HONG KONG.

IN AN ADDRESS GIVEN AT THE SPEECH DAY AND OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW EXTENSION OF ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE, SIR JACK SAID HONG KONG HAD TOO MANY PEOPLE +WHO ARE SWEPT UP IN THE MATERIALISM OF THIS MOST MATERIALISTIC SOCIETY*, WHO ONLY HAD CONCERN FOR MAKING MONEY AND NONE FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

♦IT IS A FAILING OF OUR SOCIETY AND PERHAPS PARTICULARLY OF OUR EDUCATION,* HE SAID.

TO DEVELOP GOOD CITIZENS, HE SAID, THERE MUST BE ROUNDED DEVELOPMENT: +THAT MEANS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AND BY THE MANY ASPECTS OF EDUCATION: AND OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE IS MORAL AND SPIRITUAL EDUCATION.*

HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE UNWISE AND UNFAIR TO PUT THIS RESPONSIBILITY TOO LARGELY ON SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS AS IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO WORK OUT A COMPREHENSIVE SYLLABUS IN MORAL EDUCATION ACCEPTABLE TO ALL SCHOOLS.

HONG KONG IS A PLURALIST SOCIETY AND MANY PEOPLE ARE GENUINELY AGNOSTIC, UNCERTAIN ABOUT QUESTIONS SUCH AS ABSOLUTE STANDARDS AND THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF LIFE, HE SAID.

♦YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BE VERY PERCEPTIVE AND CRITICAL, AND IF TEACHERS WERE EXPECTED TO INCULCATE A CODE OF MORAL CONDUCT ABOUT WHICH THEY THEMSELVES MIGHT BE DOUBTFUL, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MORE HARM THAN GOOD MIGHT RESULT,* HE EXPLAINED.

SIR JACK FELT THAT THE FAMILY, WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION OF SOCIETY AS A WHOLE, SHOULD FIRST AND FOREMOST PROVIDE SUCH EDUCATION.

+IT IS PARENTS WHO ARE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE, BY THEIR EXAMPLE AND PRECEPTS, FOR ENDEAVOURING TO ENSURE THAT THEIR CHILDREN DEVELOP A SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG, A RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AND FRANKNESS AND HONESTY IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS.*

HOWEVER, SIR JACK SAID, HE WAS NOT SAYING THAT SCHOOLS SHOULD STAND ASIDE FROM THIS QUESTION AND SIMPLY CONCENTRATE ON ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL STANDARDS.

/♦WHETHER OR .....

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1980

♦

♦WHETHER OR NOT A SCHOOL ADOPTS A MORAL EDUCATION SYLLABUS, IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT THE PRINCIPAL AND STAFF, THROUGH THE ETHOS, TRADITION AND ORGANISATION OF THE SCHOOL, SHOULD AIM AT CREATING A COMMUNITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL-INFORMED ON MATTERS OF CONSCIENCE, OF RIGHT AND WRONG- AND WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS: WHO ARE, IN ESSENCE, A CARING COMMUNITY,* HE SAID.

TEACHERS SHOULD PROCEED BY WAY OF EXAMPLE: A PERSONAL EXAMPLE WHICH CAN AND SHOULD BE THERE ALL THE TIME WHATEVER THE SUBJECT THAT IS BEING TAUGHT, WHETHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

SCHOOLS TOO, SIR JACK ADDED, SHOULD TRY TO ENSURE THAT THE PUPILS ARE EXPOSED AT SOME STAGE TO THE SPIRITUAL HERITAGE OF THE PAST, INCLUDING THE RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS AND THE OLD CHINESE VIRTUES.

SIR JACK PRAISED THE BOARDING SCHOOL SYSTEM, ADOPTED BY ST STEPHEN’S, WHICH, HE SAID,ALLOWS THE PRINCIPAL AND STAFF TO HAVE MORE TIME AT THEIR DISPOSAL TO ORGANISE A WIDE RANGE OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND TO INSTIL A COMMUNITY SPIRIT AMONG THE PUPILS.

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LACK OF GOVERNMENT-VOLUNTARY SECTOR PARTNERSHIP REFUTED *****

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN TODAY REFUTED RECENT ACCUSATIONS THAT THERE WAS LACK OF CONSULTATION AND GENUINE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN WELFARE SERVICES.

SPEAKING ON +GOVERNMENT’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR* AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON NORTH, SHE SAID THAT ON THE WHOLE, THE GOVERNMENT ENJOYED A SATISFACTORY WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH MOST VOLUNTARY AGENCIES ALTHOUGH THERE WERE BOUND TO BE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION IN A FIELD AS DISPARATE AS SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES.

SHE SAID THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ALWAYS SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THIS RELATIONSHIP AND SHE WELCOMED CLOSER CONTACTS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES.

REFERRING TO THE CRITICISMS MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE K)NG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER, MRS CHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT BELIEVE THIS REFLECTED THE MAJORITY VIEW OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AS ITS MANY CONTACTS WITH AGENCIES SUGGESTED OTHERWISE.

SHE NOTED THAT A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH COMPRISED MAINLY UNOFFICIALS INCLUDING AGENCY HEADS, HAD REFUTED THE CRITICISMS AS +UNFOUNDED AND PRESENTING A DISTORTED PICTURE* AND HAD STRESSED THEIR VIEW THAT +THERE HAS BEEN A GENUINE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR ON WELFARE MATTERS*.

/MRS CHAN .....

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1980

MRS CHAN ILLUSTRATED THE EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES IN WELFARE SERVICES BY CITING THE THREE PROGRAMME PLANS AND FIVE GREEN AND WHITE PAPERS DRAWN UP IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITH THE CLOSE INVOLVEMENT OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR.

♦OUR STAFF SIT ON NEARLY 60 EXECUTIVE, MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE COMMITTEES OF AGENCIES, AND ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THEM ON OVER 130 WORKING GROUPS, STEERING AND COORDINATING COMMITTEES ON SPECIFIC WELFARE ISSUES,* SHE SAID.

A FURTHER PROOF OF CLOSE COOPERATION IS THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE FIVE-YEAR SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, SHE ADDED.

THIS REVIEW, SHE EXPLAINED, EXTENDS OVER SEVERAL MONTHS AND MEETINGS ARE ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COUNCIL, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW PROGRESS, DETERMINE FUTURE TARGETS AND SEEK SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS.

♦ALTHOUGH THE FINAL CONCLUSIONS AND TARGETS MAY NOT REPRESENT WHAT IDEALLY THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR WOULD WISH TO SEE PROVIDED IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE FIELD, THERE IS A COMMON APPRECIATION OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT EXIST AND A WILLINGNESS TO COMPROMISE IN THE INTEREST OF MOVING FORWARD,* SHE SAID.

THE GOVERNMENT VALUES THESE REVIEW MEETINGS AND BELIEVES THAT VOLUNTARY AGENCIES SHARE THIS FEELING, SHE ADDED.

MRS CHAN EMPHASISED THAT CONSULTATION DID NOT NECESSARILY IMPLY TOTAL AGREEMENT.

SHE SAID ALL CONSULTATION HAD TO COME TO AN END SOONER OR LATER, AND WHERE AGREEMENT WAS NOT POSSIBLE, THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO TAKE A FINAL DECISION BASED ON ITS BEST JUDGEMENT AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

THIS, SHE ADDED, IS USUALLY DONE ON THE ADVICE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE WHERE REHABILITATION SERVICES ARE CONCERNED.

MRS CHAN SAID THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF DISCRETIONARY GRANTS PROVIDED A RIPE GROUND FOR ARGUMENTS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR.

A GOVERNMENT WORKING PARTY HAS RECENTLY PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SUBVENTION SYSTEM DESIGNED TO OVERCOME EXISTING SHORTCOMINGS AND TO PROVIDE A MORE SECURE BASIS ON WHICH AGENCIES CAN PLAN SERVICES AND RECRUIT STAFF, SHE SAID.

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SHE EXPLAINED THAT THE PROPOSED SYSTEM ENVISAGED THE GOVERNMENT MEETING THE FULL COST OF ALL ESSENTIAL AND NECESSARY SERVICES, UP TO A PRE-DETERM I NED STANDARD.

AN ADDED ATTRACTION OF THE NEW SYSTEM, TO BE KNOWN AS THE +BASIC COST SUBVENTION SYSTEM+, WAS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AN AGENCY’S OTHER INCOME, APART FROM FEE INCOME.

♦AGENCIES SHOULD THEREFORE HAVE GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN MAKING USE OF SUCH INCOME TO IMPROVE SERVICES OR TO FINANCE NEW INITIATIVES,♦ SHE SAID. '

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MRS CHAN SAID THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR WAS NOW STUDYING THE WORKING PARTY’S RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT HOPED TO BE ABLE TO ARRIVE AT SOME FIRM CONCLUSIONS BY EARLY NEXT YEAR.

SHE BELIEVED A CODIFICATION OF PRACTICES AND SUBVENTION STANDARDS SHOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS CEMENTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

SHE STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDED THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR NEEDED THE GOVERNMENT.

♦WE MUST THEREFORE LEARN TO LIVE WITH EACH OTHER- CONSIDERING ALL THE FORCES AT PLAY, I THINK WE HAVEN'T DONE AT ALL BADLY,♦ SHE SAID.

PARTNERSHIP IS TWO-WAY, SHE SAID, AND IT CAN ONLY WORK IF BOTH PARTIES STRIVE TO FIND COMMON GROUND RATHER THAN DIG IN THEIR HEELS ON ENTRENCHED VIEWS, AND IF BOTH PARTIES ARE PREPARED TO FOREGO POLITICAL KUDOS AND TO TOLERATE, IF NOT TO RESPECT, DIFFERENCES OF OPINION GENUINELY HELD.

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ABORTION LAW AMENDMENT * * * * *

BILLS REPUBLISHED ft

TWO BILLS AMENDING THE EXISTING LAW PERTAINING TO ABORTION AND RELATED OFFENCES, AND SUPPRESSING THE PUBLICATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS RELATING TO ILLEGAL ABORTIONS. WERE REPUBLISHED WITHOUT CHANGE IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

THEY ARE THE OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON (AMENDMENT) BILL 1980 AND THE UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1980.

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BOTH BILLS WERE FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE APRIL FOR GENERAL INFORMATION WHEN IT WAS STATED THAT THE VIEWS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION WOULD BE SOUGHT ON CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION, NAMELY THE TIME LIMITS FOR LEGAL ABORTION AND THE NEW OFFENCE OF CHILD DESTRUCTION. THESE PROVISIONS WERE GENERALLY ACCEPTED BY THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS CONSULTED AND, AS A RESULT, NO AMENDMENTS

HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE BILLS.

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THE AIM OF THE TWO BILLS IS TO TIDY UP THE EXISTING PROVISIONS AND TO SPECIFY CERTAIN OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH AN ABORTION MAY BE CARRIED OUT LEGALLY. IN ADDITION NEW RESTRICTIONS ARE PROPOSED TO PROHIBIT ABORTIONS IN THE LATER STAGES OF A PREGNANCY.

UNDER THE OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON (AMENDMENT) BILL, IT IS PROPOSED THAT A LEGAL ABORTION MAY BE CARRIED OUT IF TWO DOCTORS ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF THE CHILD, UPON BIRTH, BEING SERIOUSLY HANDICAPPED THROUGH PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ABNORMALITY.

IT IS ALSO PROPOSED THAT A LEGAL ABORTION MAY BE CARRIED OUT WHEN THE PREGNANT WOMAN IS UNDER THE AGE OF 17 YEARS.

A THIRD PROVISION ALLOWS FOR A LEGAL ABORTION TO BE PERFORMED IN CASES WHERE PREGNANCY HAS RESULTED FROM INCEST, RAPE OR RAPE-RELATED OFFENCES, PROVIDED THAT THE WOMAN CONCERNED HAS MADE A REPORT TO THE POLICE WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THE ALLEGED OFFENCE.

UNDER THE EXISTING LAW, AN ABORTION MAY BE PERFORMED AT ANY STAGE OF A PREGNANCY. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE STATUTORY PROTECTION FOR A VIABLE FOETUS, IT IS PROPOSED THAT NO ABORTION SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT WHERE A PREGNANCY IS OF MORE THAN 24 WEEKS DURATION, EXCEPT TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER.

A NEW PROVISION HAS ALSO BEEN MADE IN THE BILL FOR AN OFFENCE OF CHILD DESTRUCTION. THE AIM IS TO PROTECT AN UNBORN CHILD CAPABLE OF BEING BORN ALIVE, BUT BEFORE IT HAS AN EXISTENCE INDEPENDENT OF ITS MOTHER. FOR THE PURPOSE OF A PROSECUTION FOR CHILD DESTRUCTION, A WOMAN PREGNANT FOR 28 WEEKS OR MORE IS CONSIDERED AS BEING PREGNANT WITH A CHILD CAPABLE OF BEING BORN ALIVE.

IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO REVISE THE LEVEL OF PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ABORTION. THE BILL EMPOWERS A COURT TO IMPOSE MONETARY PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ABORTIONS IN ADDITION TO TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT. IT ALSO ENSURES THAT A PERSON PERFORMING AN ILLEGAL ABORTION IS SUBJECT TO A HEAVIER TERM OF IMPRISONMENT THAN THE PREGNANT WOMAN INVOLVED.

THE PURPOSE OF THE UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL IS TO PROHIBIT ADVERTISEMENTS RELATING TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ABORTION FACILITIES, EXCEPT WHEN PUBLISHED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES. WITH GREATER PUBLICITY ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FACILITIES FOR LEGAL ABORTION, IT IS HOPED THAT WOMEN GENUINELY IN NEED WILL BE PERSUADED TO SEEK SAFE ABORTION IN GOVERNMENT OR APPROVED HOSPITALS AND CLINICS.

THE TWO BILLS WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 19.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1980

PERMISSION FOR OVERNIGHT PILING

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO FOSTER ASSOCIATES TO CARRY OUT PILING WORK OUTSIDE THE NON-RESTRICTED HOURS FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION ANNEXE IN QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRAL.

AN EXEMPTION ORDER TO THIS EFFECT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY. IT WILL BE IN FORCE FROM DECEMBER 1, 1980 TO MARCH 1, 1981.

UNDER THE ORDER, THE COMPANY CAN CARRY OUT PILING WORK BETWEEN 7 PM AND 7 AM ON WEEKDAYS AND 24 HOURS ON PUBLIC HOL IDAYS.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT ALL-NIGHT PILING

HAD BEEN PERMITTED BECAUSE GF THE PARTICULARLY QUIET PILING TECHNIQUE INVOLVED AND THE VARIOUS MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT THE ESCAPE OF NOISE FROM THE PREMISES.

REGULAR CHECKS ON NOISE FROM THE SITE WILL ALSO BE MADE BY ACOUSTICS CONSULTANTS.

HE SAID: +THE NATURE OF WORK TO BE UNDERTAKEN IS MICRO-PILING WHICH IS NON-PERCUSSIVE AND WILL TAKE PLACE INSIDE THE ANNEXE BUILDING.

+THE PURPOSE OF THE WORK IS TO ANCHOR THE ANNEXE STRUCTURE TO SOLID BEDROCK. THIS WILL SECURE THE BUILDING MORE FIRMLY TO THE GROUND SO THAT IT WILL BETTER WITHSTAND THE EFFECT OF WORK ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MAIN BANK BUILDING.+

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE EXEMPTION WAS GRANTED SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION THAT THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS MIGHT ORDER PILING TO BE STOPPED IF HE CONSIDERED THAT THE NOISE CREATED WAS CAUSING UNNECESSARY DISTURBANCE AND ANNOYANCE TO THE PUBLIC.

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CLOSE WATCH ON PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION PROCEDURES

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WARNED TODAY THAT ITS OFFICERS WOULD BE KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON SCHOOL PROCEDURES REGARDING ADMISSION OF PRIMARY 1 PUPILS FCR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 1981.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT IT IS GOVERNMENT POLICY THAT ALL CHILDREN OF SUITABLE AGE WHO APPLY FOR ENTRY TO PRIMARY 1 CLASSES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION WITHOUT BEING REQUIRED TO TAKE ANY EXAMINATION IN ATTAINMENT.

♦IT IS EDUCATIONALLY UNDESIRABLE THAT CHILDREN SHOULD EE SUBJECTED TO AN EXAMINATION PROCEDURE AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOLING.

♦FURTHERMORE, ATTAINMENT TESTS AT AROUND THE AGE OF SIX HAVE LITTLE OR NO VALUE ON FUTURE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE WHILE THEY ARE UNDESIRABLE ON SOCIAL GROUNDS SINCE THEY CLEARLY FAVOUR CHILDREN WHO HAVE HAD FORMAL PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOLING,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE URGED ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHICH USE ATTAINMENT TESTS AS A MEANS OF SELECTING CHILDREN COR ENTRY TO PRIMARY 1 TO ADOPT SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES.

THE SPOKESMAN SUGGESTED AS GUIDELINE THAT PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX AND EIGHT WHO LIVE CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL AND WHO HAVE BROTHERS OR SISTERS STUDYING IN THE SCHOOL.

A RANDOM SELECTION AMONG CHILDREN WITH EQUAL CLAIMS IS ANOTHER ACCEPTABLE METHOD OF DECIDING ON THOSE WHO SHOULD BE ADMITTED IF THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS IS VERY LARGE.

SOME SCHOOLS FAVOUR PERSONAL INTERVIEWS AND THIS TOO IS TO BE RECOMMENDED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE ALSO DREW THE ATTENTION OF SCHOOL HEADS TO THE REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY PROMINENTLY A NOTICE INDICATING CLEARLY THE PERIOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF APPLICATION FORMS, AND DATES OF INTERVIEW OR OTHER INFORMAL SELECTION PROCEDURES.

♦IT IS IMPORTANT TO STRESS ON THE NOTICE THAT ALL CHILDREN IN THE SIX TO TWELVE AGE GROUP wHC ARE NOT IN SCHOOL SHOULD APPLY FOR ADMISSION,+ HE SAID.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1930

YUEN LONG ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN CLOSES TOMORROW * * * *

A VARIETY SHOW WILL BE HELD AT YUEN LONG STADIUM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) TO MARK THE CLOSING OF THE DISTRICT’S MONTH-LONG ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN.

A CAPACITY CROWD OF 5 000 LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO WATCH THE SHOW.

INCLUDED IN THE TWO-HOUR PROGRAMME WILL BE POPULAR SONGS AND ANTI-DRUG DRAMAS PRESENTED BY WELL-KNOWN TELEVISION PERSONALITIES.

YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG, AND THE DIVISIONAL POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, MR DAVID GALLOWAY, WILL BE GUESTS OF HONOUR.

TOMORROW’S VARIETY SHOW WILL BE THE LAST OF 30 ANTI-DRUG ACTIVITIES HELD IN THE DISTRICT SINCE THE CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED ON OCTOBER 18. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED AN ATHLETICS DEMONSTRATION, A CONCERT, A CHILDREN’S FUNFAIR, VARIETY SHOWS, FILM SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS, CANTONESE OPERAS, SEMINARS AND TALKS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN.

A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN ESTIMATED THAT 45 000 LOCAL PEOPLE, MOSTLY YOUNGSTERS, TOOK PART IN THE ACTIVITIES.

THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS PROVIDED $100 000 TOWARDS CAMPAIGN EXPENSES, WHILE LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ALSO DONATED MONEY.

THE CAMPAIGN WAS ORGANISED BY A COMMITTEE COMPRISING LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

WONG KAM-YIP WAS CHAIRMAN.

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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES IN KING’S ROAD AREA ******

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN TWO PHASES IN KING’S ROAD AREA FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 17) AND WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 19) TO PREPARE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE KING’S ROAD BUS AND TRAM PRIORITY SCHEME IN LATE DECEMBER.

FROM MONDAY, THE EXISTING URBAN CLEARWAYS DURING THE HOURS OF 7 AM TO 13 AM AND 4 PM TO 7 PM DAILY WILL BE EXTENDED AS FOLLOWSi

* THE EASTBOUND SECTION OF KING’S ROAD BETWEEN HOUSE NO. 993 AND A POINT 13 METRES EAST OF SHIPYARD LANE WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE EAST BY 85 METRES.

/• THE EASTBOUND......

FRIDAY, NCVEXBER 14, 19?0

* THE EASTBOUND SECTION OF SHAU KEI WAN MAIN STREET EAST AND SHAU KEI WAN ROAD BETWEEN KAM WA STREET AND TAI ON STREET WILL BE EXTENDED TO A POINT ON KING’S ROAD 107 METRES WEST OF TAIKOO SHING ROAD.

* THE WESTBOUND SECTION OF SHAU KEI WAN MAIN STREET EAST, SHAU KEI WAN ROAD AND KING’S ROAD BETWEEN KAM WA STREET AND A POINT ON KING’S ROAD 35 METRES WEST OF TAIKOO SHING ROAD WILL BE EXTENDED TO A POINT ON KING’S ROAD 200 METRES WEST OF TAIKOO SHING ROAD- AND

# THE EASTBOUND SECTION OF KING’S ROAD BETWEEN FUK YUEN STREET AND JAVA ROAD WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE EAST BY 43 METRES.

WITHIN THESE CLEARWAYS, ALL MOTOR VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS.

ALSO FROM MONDAY, ALL VEHICLES FROM KING’S ROAD WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM MAKING RIGHT TURNS INTO MOUNT PARKER ROAD. HOWEVER, EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON KING’S ROAD CAN ENTER MOUNT PARKER ROAD VIA SHIPYARD LANE.

FROM WEDNESDAY, THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF ROADS WILL BE DESIGNATED AS URBAN CLEARWAYS*

M JAVA ROAD SECTION BETWEEN KING’S ROAD AND TONG SHU I ROAD (BOTH DIRECTIONS)-

* JAVA ROAD SECTION BETWEEN TIN CHONG STREET AND NORTH POINT ROAD (BOTH DIRECTIONS)-

* THE EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF JAVA ROAD BETWEEN NORTH POINT ROAD AND TONG SHU I ROAD-

X THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF JAVA ROAD BETWEEN TONG SHU I ROAD AND A POINT 78 METRES WEST OF TONG SHU I ROAD-

M THE WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF JAVA ROAD BETWEEN NORTH POINT ROAD AND A POINT 21 METRES EAST OF NORTH POINT ROAD-

* ELECTRIC ROAD SECTION BETWEEN TIN CHONG STREET AND GORDON ROAD (BOTH DIRECTIONS)-

* THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF ELECTRIC ROAD BETWEEN MERCURY STREET AND HING FAT STREET-

* THE EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF ELECTRIC ROAD BETWEEN HING FAT STREET AND LAU SIN STREET-

* THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF LAU SIN STREET between Electric road and king's road-

/THE NORTHEAST .....

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* THE NORTHEAST BOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF GORDON ROAD BETWEEN HING "AT STREET AND ELECTRIC ROAD- AND

* THE EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF WING HING STREET BETWEEN HING FAT STREET AND KING’S ROAD.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS EXPECTED THAT MORE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR THE SCHEME WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

+PRINTED HANDOUTS SHOWING DETAILS OF THE BUS AND TRAM PRIORITY LANES AND THE ASSOCIATED TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN THE AREA WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION AND COLLECTION AT THE CITY DISTRICT OFF ICE/EASTERN AND THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS IN EARLY DECEMBER,+ HE SAID.

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FOURTEEN NT SITES FOR TENDER

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APPLICATIONS ARE BEING INVITED FROM HOLDERS OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION FOR 14 SITES IN SHA TIN ANIfr YUEN LONG NEW TOWNS.

DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.

THE SITES, TOTALLING MORE THAN FIVE HECTARES, ARE FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

TEN ARE IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND THE REMAINING FOUR ARE IN YUEN LONG NEW TOWN.

FIVE OF THE SHA TIN SITES, WHICH OVERLOOK THE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THEY MEASURE BETWEEN METRES AND 9 451 SQUARE METRES AND HAVE A PLOT RAT

RACE COURSE, 1 330 SQUARE 10 OF 0.4.

ARE

ANOTHER THREE SHA TIN SITES AND FOUR YUEN LONG SITES, MEASURING BETWEEN 420 SQUARE METRES AND 5 283 SQUARE METRES, ARE FOR NON-INDUSTRI AL DEVELOPMENT.

THE REMAINING TWO SHA TIN SITES, AT FO TAN, ARE FOR INDUSTRIAL/GODOWN PURPOSES. THEY ARE 5 085 SQUARE METRES AND 6 114 SQUARE METRES IN AREA.

TENDER FORMS, TENDER NOTICES AND CONDITIONS OF SALE ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS OR ANY OF THE EIGHT DISTRICT OFFICES.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE TENDER BOX AT NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS, 5TH FLOOR, HOUSING AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS, BEFORE NOON ON DECEMBER 12.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1930

KOWLOON BAY LAND LOTS FOR SALE

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FOUR LOTS OF CROWN LAND ON THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE BY AUCTION BY THE CROWN LANDS ANi SURVEY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THE AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE MARINA ROOM OF THE EXCELSIOR HOTEL ON DECEMBER 18 AT 2.30 PM.

ONE LOT MEASURING ABOUT 4 293 SQUARE METRES IS INTENDED FOR DANGEROUS GOODS GODOWN USES.

THE REMAINING LOTS MEASURING ABOUT 2 520, 2 612 AND 1 508 SQUARE METRES, ARE FOR INDUSTRIAL AND/OR GODOWN PURPOSES.

IN THE SAME AUCTION, TWO FLATS IN TSIM SHA TSUI V ILL ALSO BE OFFERED FOR SALE.

THE PREMISES, MEASURING ABOUT 103 AND 86 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY, ARE AT 37 AND 37B CHATHAM ROAD, SECOND FLOOR.

THE FLATS MAY BE INSPECTED ON NOVEMBER 26 AND DECEMBER 3 BETWEEN 10 AM AND 12 NOON.

FULL PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE MAY BE OBTAINED

FROM THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, GROUND FLOOR, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (WEST WING), HONG KONG AND AT THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 405 NATHAN ROAD.

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AMS CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY ******

FOUR PAST AND PRESENT DIRECTORS OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES WILL GATHER ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 17) TO CELEBRA.E THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE (AMS).

TOGETHER, THE FOUR DOCTORS HAVE BEEN MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAST TIME CHARTING THE COURSE OF ACTION FOR THE

AT THE HELM 0 HONG KONG'S TWO DECADES, AT THE SAME AMS VOLUNTEERS.

THEY ARE DR D.J.M. MACKENZIE 5O’S AND EARLY 6O’S, DR P.H. TENG

PART OF THE 60’3, DR G.H. CHOA

WHO LED THE DtPARTMtNf IN THE LATE WHO WAS DIRECTOR FOR THE GREATER

EARLY 7O’S UNTIL 1977

WHO STEERED THE DEPARTMENT

AND THE PRESENT DIRECTOR

DR K.L. THONG

IN THE

DR MACKENZIE HAS FLOWN IN FROM SOUTH AFRICA SPECIA Y TO ATTEND THIS HISTORICAL OCCASION AND wILL BE THE PRINCIPAL GUEST OF HONOUR AT A DINNER ON MONDAY.

OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS PHILANTHROPIST, SIR SHIU-KIN

ATTENDING THE DINNER WILL TANG AND LADY TANG.

INCLUDE LOCAL

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MORE THAN 103 AMS OFF CERS WILL BE PRESENT AT THE HONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUE FOR THE OCCA: ?N *hEN DR THONG WILL PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF LONG SERVICE 7: MEMBERS WHO HAVE SERVED ALL THIS TIME.

IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, MEMBERS*’ O’7 THE SERVICE HAS GROWN FROM 1 230 TO MORE THAN 6 00 AND THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN RENDERING VALUABLE SUPPORTING SERVICES TO TH. MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT PARTICULARLY Is T MES OF DISASTER AND EMERGENCY.

NOTE TO EDIT>Si

YOU A”E INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHC"OGRAPHER TO COVER THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE AUXILIA-V MEDICAL SERVICE TO BE HELD AT THE -ONG KONG LIFE GUARD CLUB, REPULSE -AY, AT 7 PM ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17.

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LESS FIRES ON LANTAU * * * *

hillf^res°onSlantauAS BEEN MADE T° THE DRY season WITH FAR FEWER

ISLANDS DISTRICT

_lrT , _ OFFICER, MR NICKY LO, SAID THIS TODAY DURING

™E d'strict s F,RE prevent;: prize prese TaTion ceremony at tung chung.

MR LO SAID SINCE OCTOBER ONLY NINE FIRtS HAD BEEN REPORTED COMPARED WITH 28 DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

DEPARTMENTS'AND LOCAL§VILLAGERs'+ MR~LO°SAID.EFF°RTS °F G0VERNMENT

™NG season H4S onlv just besun and it would be

_llzr. +1 THEREFORE HOPE VILLAGERS AND VIS TORS WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE aPtClAL CARE TO PROTECT THE LANTA. COUNTRYSIDE FROM THE SCOURGE OF FIRE.+

one.o! SA,D T0 PREVENT HIL.’IRE GOVERNMENT HAD BANNED THE RELEASE OF HUNG MING BALLOONS N. URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT

FIRES 0R DISCARD CIGARETTE CNDS INDISCRIMINATELY IN COUNTRY PARKS. STAFF HAD ALSO BEEN DEPLOYED ON FIRE-PREVENTION DUTIES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.

MR LO ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUN'Ty TO THANK THE FIRE WATCH PATROL AND VILLAGERS ?" T..NG CHUNG, WHO 3 HELPED FIREMEN PUT OUT A HILI’7 IRE AT *A WAN CHUNG AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

/CHS WINNERS .....

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1Q.’O

THE WINNERS OF DRAWING, ESSAY, SLOGAN AND SPEECH COMPETITIONS WERE PRESENTED WITH THEIR PRIZES AT THE CEREMONY. THE COMPETITIONS WERE HELD LAST MONTH AS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN FIRE PREVENTION AMONG ISLANDS RESIDENTS.

ALSO PRESENT WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF ISLANDS DISTRICT FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR CHONG CHU-CHOY, AND THE CHAIRMAN CF MUI WO RURAL COMMITTEE, MR TSANG LIN.

HILLFIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING FIRE-BEATERS, WATER PUMPS, FIELD TELEPHONE AND RADIO SETS, WAS DISPLAYED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.

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CHIEF FIRE OFFICER PRESENTS PAPER AT FIRE CHIEFS CONFERENCE ft ft ft ft ft

THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (HEADQUARTERS), MR ROBERT HOLMES, WILL LEAVE FOR NEW DELHI TOMORROW (SATURDAY) TO ATTEND THE 11TH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL FIRE CHIEFS’ ASSOCIATION OF AS I A.

THE FOUR-DAY CONFERENCE STARTING ON MONDAY WILL DISCUSS TOPICS SUCH AS THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF FIRE PREVENTION, THE NEED FOR HIGHER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR THE FIRE SERVICES OF THE FUTURE, AND PARA-MEDICAL WORK AND AMBULANCE SERVICE.

DURING THE CONFERENCE, MR HOLMES WILL SUBMIT A PAPER OUTLINING THE STRENGTH OF THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES, ITS WORK IN THIS HIGH DENSITY TERRITORY AND ITS FUTURE NEEDS.

ONE OF THE SUBJECTS IN THE PAPER DESCRIBES THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY IN RELATION TO THE TRAINING OF FIRE FIGHTERS.

♦WE HAVE CONSIDERED FOR SOME TIME NOW THE POSSIBILITY OF REDUCING THE BASIC OR INITIAL TRAINING CONCEPT IN BOTH DURATION AND CONTENT,* MR HOLMES SAID.

♦TECHNOLOGY IS BECOMING SO SOPHISTICATED THAT WE CONSIDER THAT IT IS NOT EQUITABLE TO A FIREMAN HIMSELF, OR THE PUBLIC WHOM HE SERVES, TO BE EXPECTED TO HANDLE WITH EFFICIENCY AND EASE SAY A PORTO POWER OR AIR BAG ONE MOMENT AND NEXT TURN HIS HANDS TO OPERATING SUB-SURFACE FOAM INJECTION APPARATUS WITH THE SAME EASE AND EFFICIENCY — BEARING IN MIND THAT DUTY HOURS ARE GRADUALLY DECREASING.

♦WE ARE NOW ACTIVELY PLANNING A REVISED TRAINING SCHEME WHICH, BRIEFLY. WILL TRAIN A PROBATIONARY OR RECRUIT FIREMAN IN THE PRINCIPLES OF FIRST ATTENDING NECESSITIES AND DELETING MICH OF THE SUPERFLUOUS PARADE GROUND REGIME ALTHOUGH RETAINING A MODICUM.

♦THE FIREMAN WILL RETURN TO THE TRAINING SCHOOL AT INTERVALS. AS AND WHEN NECESSARY, AND DICTATED BY THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE BE FURTHER TRAINED,♦ HE ADDED.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1980

PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAY'-’E 7 CF COVER’' ENT BONDS * 4 * - * *

THE GOVERNMENT HAS A'‘ICED THAT THE .PR I NC I PAL MONEYS AND INTEREST DUE THEREOF ' ° TO NOVEMBER 24, 19?3 WILL BE PAID ON THAT DATE ON THE SURRENDER OF THE GOVERNMENT BONDS TOGETHER WITH INTEREST COUPONS AT THE HEAD OFFICE OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, 1 QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.

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TRAINING SCHEME FOR HANDBALL PLAYERS ******

THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE (RSS) AND THE HONG KONG AMATEUR Hi'-'BALL ASSOCIATION ARE JOINTLY ORGANISING A HANDBALL 1RAINING SCHEME TO PROMOTE THE SPORT IN HONG KONG.

COURSES WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS STARTING FROM NOVEMBER 29 UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER AT FIVE VENUES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RSS SAID THAT AT THE END OF THE TRAINING COURSES, THE TRAINEES WOULD PARTICIPATE IN A HANDBALL NOVICE TOURNAMENT WHICH WOULD ENABLE THEM TO GAIN MORE EXPERIENCE AND SKILL.

-'■THOSE TRAINEES WHO SHOW OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THIS TOURNAMENT WILL BE SELECTED TO JOIN THE HONG KONG YOUTH TEAM FOR LONG-TERM TRAINING AND TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS COMPETITIONS,* HE SAID.

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HE POINTED OUT THAT WHEN THE HONG KONG AMATEUR HANDBALL ASSOCIATION SENT A TEAM TO THE YOUTH HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN TAIPEI LAST APRIL, SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS WERE TRAINEES IN LAST YEAR’S TRAINING SCHEME.

THIS YEAR’S TRAINING COURSES WILL EE DIVIDED INTO MEN’S AND WOMEN’S GROUPS, AND a ILL BE CONDUCTED Y EXPERIENCED COACHES FROM THE HONG KONG A'-TEUR HANDBALL ASSOCIATION.

ALL YOUTHS AGED 15 AND ABOVE ARE WELCOME TO JOIN. ENTRY FORMS ARE OBTAINABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES OP THE RSS.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1980

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QUARRY BAY PLB RESTRICTED ZONE EXTENDED ******

THE PUBLIC LIGHT BUS RESTRICTED ZONE ON KING’S ROAD IN QUARRY BAY WILL BE EXTENDED FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 17).

THE EXISTING RESTRICTION IMPOSED ALONG THE EASTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF KING’S ROAD BETWEEN HOUSE NO. 865 AND SHIPYARD LANE WILL BE EXTENDED EASTWARDS BY 80 METRES.

WITHIN THIS ZONE, PLB DRIVERS WITHOUT WRITTEN AUTHORISATION ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING UP OR SETTING DOWN PASSENGERS FROM 7 AM TO 12 MIDNIGHT DAILY.

THE EXTENT OF THE EXTENDED ZONE WILL BE INDICATED BY TRAFFIC SIGNS.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO

SIR DENYS OPENS YAU MA TEI ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN .......... 1

GOVERNMENT ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION .................................... 2

HK-USA TEXTILE TALKS ADJOURNED .............................. 4

SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND 1980 ALLOCATION EXERCISE .................................................... 4

WAITING TIME AT CITY HALL MARRIAGE REGISTRY SHORTENED ....... 5

ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITIONS IN MTR STATIONS ................. 6

TEACHERS MUST KEEP UP WITH WORLD HAPPENINGS ................. 6

TUEN MUN CLEAN-UP DRIVE ..................................... 7

SHA TIN SPORTS ASSOCIATION HAS NEW LOGO ..................... 8

TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING IN NORTH POINT ........................... 8

WATER CUT IN TUEN MUN AND SAI KUNG .......................... 9

FIRING PRACTICE REMINDER ................................. 10

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1980

SIR DENYS OPENS YAU MA TEI ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN ******

THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, TODAY (SATURDAY) STRESSED THAT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO TRY TO CUT OFF THE SUPPLY OF NARCOTICS, BUT +WE MUST ALSO SEEK TO REDUCE THE MARKET FOR DRUGS BY PREVENTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM RESORTING TO THEM*.

SIR DENYS WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT ANT I-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN AT KOWLOON PARK.

HE POINTED OUT THAT PEOPLE BECOME DRUG ADDICTS FOR A VARIETY CF REASONS, SUCH AS POOR EDUCATION, AN UNHAPPY FAMILY LIFE, AN UNSATISFACTORY ENVIRONMENT, THE PRESSURES AND FRUSTRATIONS OF CROWDED URBAN LIFE AND WEAKNESS OF PERSONALITY.

♦ AS LONG AS THESE FACTORS EXIST IN OUR SOCIETY, AS THEY MAY BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DO, THOSE WHO FAIL TO STAND UP TO THEM ARE LIKELY TO BE TEMPTED TO TAKE DRUGS, WHICH APPEAR TO OFFER A TEMPORARY MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM THE HARSH REALITIES OF LIFE.+

♦ AS PART OF THE DRIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AGAINST DRUGS WE MUST STRIVE TO MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF DRUGS- AND WE MUST ALSO HELP THEM IN POSITIVE WAYS, TO ADAPT TO, AND FLOURISH IN, OUR HIGHLY COMPETITIVE SOCIETY,+ HE SAID.

SIR DENYS ALSO NOTED THAT HONG KONG’S FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE HAD ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS BOTH WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT AND OUTSIDE IN THE PAST YEARS.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS A SHARP DROP IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CONVICTED OF MINOR DRUG OFFENCES IN THE COURTS FROM A HIGH OF 16 200 IN 1974 TO 3 600 IN 1979 AND THE PERCENTAGE OF PRISONERS CONVICTED OF DRUG OFFENCES FELL FROM 27 PER CENT IN 1976 TO 18 PER CENT LAST YEAR.

♦ THE FIGURES SUGGEST THAT WE MAY CLAIM, WITH SOME CONFIDENCE, THAT HONG KONG’S DRUG PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONTAINED, PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE END OF THE WAR,+ HE SAID.

♦ A POTENT FACTOR IN THIS SUCCESS HAS BEEN THE REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC APATHY AND INDIFFERENCE, SO EVIDENT SOME YEARS AGO, BY AN ACTIVE INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT.♦

♦MUCH OF THE CREDIT FOR THIS MUST GO TO THE MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS, IN ALL DISTRICTS, WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME, THEIR ENERGIES AND THEIR RESOURCES TO PUBLICISE AND PROMOTE THE ANTI-NARCOTICS CAUSE,+ SIR DENYS SAID.

YAU MA TEI DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN IS THE LAST OF THREE DISTRICT-LEVEL PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS BEING LAUNCHED FOR THIS YEAR BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS. THE OTHER CAMPAIGNS WERE HELD IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN AND YUEN LONG DISTRICTS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER.

/DURING THE .....

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DURING THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT’S THREE-WEEK-LONG CAMPAIGN, THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING A MASS WALKATHON, EXHIBITIONS, FILM SHOWS, A FOLK DANCE SHOW, SCHOOL TALKS, CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITIONS AS WELL AS SOCCER AND BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS FOR OVER 200 000 RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT.

IN ADDITION, PUBLICITY MATERIALS INCLUDING BANNERS, POSTERS AND PRESS RELEASES ARE BEING USED TO BRING HOME THE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES.

TODAY’S OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A COLOURFUL VARIETY SHOW ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VISITING THE PARK.

THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, COMPRISING LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES, WAS FORMED SIX MONTHS AGO TO COORDINATE AND PREPARE THE SERIES OF CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES.

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GOVERNMENT ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION * * * * *

TREMENDOUS EFFORTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MADE BY BOTH GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MATURE STUDENTS IN A NUMBER OF AREAS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.N. HENDERSON, TODAY (SATURDAY) AT THE ANNUAL DAY CELEBRATION OF THE CARITAS CONTINUING AND ADULT EDUCATION SERVICE AT CITY HALL.

HE POINTED OUT THAT GOVERNMENT ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION.

THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVIDED A WIDE RANGE OF FORMAL COURSES AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS WHO WISHED TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION IN THE EVENING.

THROUGH ITS 15 CENTRES AND IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION ORGANISED CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO STIMULATE INDIVIDUAL AWARENESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, TO CULTIVATE CREATIVE ABILITY AND TO DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL TALENTS, HE ADDED.

MR HENDERSON SAID THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1978 WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED LAST SEPTEMBER A SCHEME OF SUBVENTION FOR VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WHICH ORGANISED +RETRIEVAL+ EDUCATION COURSES DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO DID NOT HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF A STRONG FORMAL EDUCATION.

A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF $650 000 HAD BEEN APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT FOR GRANTS TOWARDS 12 ORGANISATIONS’ ADULT EDUCATION PROJECTS FOR THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR.

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A GREAT DEAL OF CONTINUING AND ADULT EDUCATION WAS ALSO BEING PROVIDED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OPERATED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THROUGH THEIR PART-TIME EVENING COURSES.

IN ADDITION, THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE POLYTECHNIC AND THE APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES OFFERED A VARIETY OF EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES, MAINLY AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL TO CATER FOR THE ADULT POPULATION.

ON EFFORTS MADE BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR, MR HENDERSON SAID VOLUNTARY AGENCIES RAN A WIDE VARIETY OF COURSES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS WHILE MANY PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PROVIDED FORMAL CLASSES IN THE EVENING FOR COMMERICAL, VOCATIONAL AND LANGUAGE TRAINING.

THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY OPERATED TRAINING CENTRES TO PROVIDE FORMAL BASIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO NEW ENTRANTS TO THE INDUSTRIES AND ALSO FUNCTIONED AS VENUES FOR CONTINUING OR RE-TRAINING OF EXISTING WORKERS.

MR HENDERSON POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD AGREED TO FINANCE A NUMBER OF INDUSTRY-WIDE TRAINING SCHEMES RECOMMENDED BY THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL FOR PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE ELECTRONICS, PLASTICS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS IN KEY ENGINEERING TRADES.

♦ONCE THE SCHEMES ARE OPERATIONAL, I HAVE LITTLE DOUBT THAT FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UPGRADING AND RE-TRAINING OF WORKING ADULTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. SUCH OPPORTUNITIES ARE RECOGNISED AS BEING NECESSARY, NOT ONLY FOR IMPROVING THE COMPETENCE OF OUR WORKFORCE BUT ALSO MEETING PERSONAL ASPIRATIONS AND CHANGING EMPLOYMENT SITUATIONS,* HE NOTED.

THE COMMISSIONER WAS FULL OF PRAISE FOR THE TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION MADE BY CARITAS IN CONTINUING AND ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

AT PRESENT, CARITAS HAD 16 ADULT EDUCATION CENTRES LOCATED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG. STUDENT ENROLMENT LAST YEAR REACHED 38 OOO.

TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, CARITAS RAN A WIDE GAMUT OF COURSES WHICH INCLUDED EDUCATIONAL, VOCATIONAL, PRACTICAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL AND MULTI-MEDIA EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME, SAID MR HENDERSON.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1980

HK-USA TEXTILE TALKS ADJOURNED ******

THE COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, MR PETER TSAO ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE UNITED STATES ON TEXTILES, WHICH COMMENCED ON NOVEMBER 13, HAVE BEEN ADJOURNED WITHOUT REACHING ANY CONCLUSION.

NO DATE HAS YET BEEN FIXED FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS.

♦ BOTH SIDES HAVE HAD A FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS CONCERNING ASPECTS OF THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT, WHICH ARE HIGHLY COMPLEX. THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE TEXTILE AND APPAREL INDUSTRIES IN THE UNITED STATES WERE ALSO REVIEWED. HOWEVER, THE FINDINGS WERE BOTH SKETCHY AND TENTATIVE, AND BOTH SIDES AGREED TO TAKE TIME TO REFLECT,* SAID MR TSAO.

THE US DELEGATION WAS LED BY AMBASSADOR REITER WEBB.

SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND 1980 ALLOCATION EXERCISE

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A TOTAL OF 93 CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS RECENTLY BENEFITTED TO THE TUNE OF $2.8 MILLION FROM THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND - AN EIGHT-FOLD INCREASE SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN I960.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY MR MICHAEL LEUNG, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING THE GOVERNOR ON THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS AVAILABLE.

THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CHARITABLE TRUSTS IN HONG KONG. IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE LATE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG BY A BEQUEST MADE ON HIS DEATH IN 1956 AND THE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK, HONG KONG (TRUSTEE) LIMITED.

MR LEUNG SAID THAT MAJOR GRANTS FROM THE FUND INCLUDED $595 500 TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, THE BULK OF WHICH WAS TO PURCHASE AN ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM FOR KWONG WAH HOSPITAL. THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION AND BRIGADE WAS GRANTED $347 100 TO FIT OUT TWO TRAINING CENTRES, PURCHASE NEW OFFICE, TRAINING AND DENTAL EQUIPMENT AND REPLACE OLD ONES TO CATER FOR AN EXPANSION OF SERVICE.

ANOTHER $264 330 WAS GRANTED TO PROVIDE MILK FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN 45 SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND TO ALLOW THEM TO GO ON OUTINGS AND EDUCATIONAL VISITS.

THE HONG KONG RED CROSS HAD BEEN GIVEN 1157 000 TO PROMOTE ITS DONOR RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN AND TO PURCHASE VARIOUS SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR ITS SCHOOLS.

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THERE WAS AN ALLOCATION OF $120 OOO TO PROVIDE FREE PLACES FOR UNDER-PRIVILEGED SCHOOL CHILDREN ATTENDING PRIMARY/SECONDARY SCHOOL OUTDOOR CAMPS. IN ADDITION, A SUM OF $113 600 WAS GRANTED TO THE PINEHILL VILLAGE SEVERE GRADE UNIT OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS LTD.

THE SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF DISABLED CHILDREN RECEIVED A GRANT OF $111 600 FOR SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, AND $101 000 WAS ALLOCATED TO PO LEUNG KUK TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ITS MAIN BUILDING.

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WAITING TIME AT CITY HALL MARRIAGE REGISTRY SHORTENED * * * * *

THE CITY HALL MARRIAGE REGISTRY HAS SET UP ANOTHER CHAMBER FOR CONDUCTING CEREMONIES TO REDUCE THE WAITING TIME OF WEDDING COUPLES.

THE CHAMBER IS DECORATED IN CHINESE TRADITIONAL RED AND IS IDEAL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT INVITED TOO MANY GUESTS.

THE NEW FACILITY AT THIS MOST POPULAR MARRIAGE REGISTRY WILL BE USED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 17) BY A COUPLE WHO FILED THEIR REGISTRATION ON OCTOBER 31.

THIS IS THE SHORTEST TIME LAPSE THAT CAN BE MANAGED UNDER THE REGULATIONS WHICH STIPULATE 15 CLEAR DAYS AFTER THE POSTING OF A MARRIAGE NOTICE.

PREVIOUSLY, COUPLES WHO PUT DOWN THEIR NAMES FOR MARRIAGE AT THE REGISTRY WERE TOLD TO RETURN AT LEAST SOME TWO AND A HALF MONTHS LATER TO HAVE THE OFFICIAL CEREMON* PERFORMED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGISTRY HOWE'ER DID NOT EXPECT A SLACKENING IN THE SCHEDULE OF MARRIAGES TO BE PERFORMED AT THE REGISTRY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

MANY MORE CHINESE PEOPLE GET MARRIED AT AROUND THIS TIME TO BEAT THE START OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, HE EXPLAINED.

WITH THE OPENING OF THE ADDITIONAL MARRIAGE CHAMBER, THE CITY HALL REGISTRY WILL NOW EE ABLE TO PERFORM ABOUT 45 MARRIAGES EACH WEEKDAY.

THERE ARE FURTHER PLANS TO EXTEND THE WEEKEND OPENING HOURS TO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS AND TO HOLD SUNDAY MORNING MARRIAGES AT THE YAU MA TEI AND TAI PO REGISTRIES LATER THIS YEAR.

IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS 0? THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 36 722 MARRIAGES WERE REGISTERED THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, COMPARED WITH 32 271 IN THE SAME aER|0D LAS“ Y£AR. THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 14 PER CENT.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1980

ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITIONS IN MTR STATIONS * * * *

AN ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION TSUI MTR STATION FROM NEXT MONDAY 24, OPENING DAILY FROM 10 AM.

THE EXHIBITION, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE HELD IN AN MTR STATION, IS PART OF THE THREE-WEEK-LONG CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS WITH THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.

MR NORMAN THOMPSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE MTR CORPORATION, NR LAI SZE-NUEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND MR PETER LEE, COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS WILL OFFICIATE AT AN OPENING CEREMONY AT 10 AM.

THE 20-PANEL EXHIBITION GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATES THE DRUG PROBLEM IN HONG KONG, HOW IT AFFECTS SOCIETY AND WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING, WITH THE ADVICE OF ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, TO FIGHT THE PROBLEM.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ACAN SAID THE EXHIBITION WAS AIMED AT PRESENTING THE FACTS ABOUT THE DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG SO AS TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT, AS WELL AS EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND INFORMING EXISTING DRUG ADDICTS OF THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE LATER HELD AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL FOR TWO DAYS ON NOVEMBER 25 AND 26 AND THEN IN THE YAU MA TEI MTR STATION FROM NOVEMBER 27 TO DECEMBER 2.

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WILL BE HELD IN THE TSIM SHA (NOVEMBER 17) TO NOVEMBER

TEACHERS MUST KEEP UP WITH WORLD HAPPENINGS *****

TEACHERS MUST KEEP UP WITH HAPPENINGS IN THE WORLD AND WITH THEIR OWN SUBJECTS IF THEY WISH TO HELP STUDENTS ADJUST TO SOCIETY, W KENNETH TOPLEY, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING IN CANTONESE AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE HONG KONG TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION AT GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN KOWLOON.

♦ONE OF THE DUTIES OF A TEACHER IS TO HELP STUDENTS ADJUST TO THEIR PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND TO LIFE AS IT MAY BE IN THE FUTURE. THAT IS WHY A TEACHER MUST NOT LOSE TOUCH WITH THE WORLD, AND MUST KEEP AN OPEN MIND TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SOCIETY, AND AT THE SAME TIME KEEP UP WITH THEIR OWN STUDIES,* MR TOPLEY SAID.

HE STRESSED THAT THE TEACHER PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN A CHILD’S EDUCATION, BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW WELL-EQUIPPED A SCHOOL WAS OR HOW CAREFULLY A CURRICULUM WAS PLANNED, WHAT WAS ULTIMATELY NEEDED WAS THE TEACHER HIMSELF, HIS PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HIS TEACHING SKILL.

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ANOTHER ASPECT OF A TEACHER’S JOB IS THE ABILITY TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH A CHILD’S EYES. HE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND THE WAY A STUDENT THINKS BEFORE HE CAN TEACH AND ADVISE HIM.

A TEACHER’S PERSONAL CONDUCT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT, MR TOPLEY SAID

ON THE ACTUAL TEACHING, HE SAID THAT APART FROM A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT, A TEACHER MUST MAKE CAREFUL PREPARATIONS IN GATHERING MATERIALS AND TEACHING AIDS. ALSO, HE SHOULD CHECK TO SEE WHETHER THE SUBJECT HE WAS TEACHING WAS IN ANYWAY RELATED TO OTHER SUBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES, AND MAKE CONNECTIONS.

♦THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT TEACHERS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN SOCIETY, AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL STATUS WILL BE RESPECTED IF THEY CONSTANTLY REVIEW THEIR POSITION AND KEEP UP WITH THEIR SUBJECTS,♦ MR TOPLEY SAID.

TUEN MUN CLEAN-UP DRIVE

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A GROUP OF 70 ENTHUSIASTIC AND CIVIC-MINDED YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY (SATURDAY) GAVE A FACELIFT TO THE SAM SHING BAY AND MOUSE ISLAND REFUSE BLACKSPOTS IN TUEN MUN.

THE CLEAN-UP WAS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES IN MONTH-LONG ANTILITTER DRIVE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE EXERCISE WAS AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.

DURING THE OPERATION, THE YOUTHS COMPRISING OF MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS AND STUDENTS PICKED UP SIX LORRY-LOADS OF REFUSE.

THE TUEN MUN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE PROVIDED A BACK-UP SERVICE FOR THE CLEAN-UP BY DEPLOYING MORE THAN 40 CLEANSING STAFF TO HELP REMOVE THE DEBRIS. STREET WASHING VEHICLES WERE ALSO AT WORK AT THE REFUSE BLACKSPOTS.

THE CHAIRMAN OF TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU WONG-FAT, HIS DEPUTIES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF FOUR FISHERFOLK ASSOCIATIONS ALSO TOOK PART IN THE OPERATION.

MR LAU PAID TRIBUTE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THEIR inocii Tn CONTRIBUTION TO THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN, AND APPEALED TO THE RESIDENTS AND FISHERMEN TO PLAY THEIR PART IN KEEPING THE AREA

A PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE IN.

ALSO TAKING PART IN TODAY’S CLEAN-UP WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF TUEN MUN, MR LAM CHUNG-LUN, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS SARAH WU, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TUEN MUN, W YUE KAI CHIU.

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SHA TIN SPORTS ASSOCIATION HAS NEW LOGO

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A 22-YEAR-OLD HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC GRADUATE HAS WON THE FIRST PRIZE IN A LOGO COMPETITION ORGANISED BY SHA TIN SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

MR YU HAU-MING, WHO IS NOW A PROFESSIONAL DESIGNER, WILL RECEIVE A PRIZE OF $3 000.

THE TWO RUNNERS-UP, MISS ANNA KAN AND MR WONG BOON-WAH, WILL RECEIVE 52 000 AND $1 000. THERE ARE 10 MERIT PRIZES TOTALLING $1 000.

THE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE THEIR PRIZES AT WO CHE COMMUNITY HALL ON DECEMBER 7 WHERE ALL ENTRIES WILL BE DISPLAYED. OTHER PARTICIPANTS WILL EACH RECEIVE A SOUVENIR.

THE WINNING ENTRY WILL BE ADOPTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND WILL APPEAR ON ITS STATIONERY AND PUBLICITY ITEMS.

THE ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS AT PRESENT BEING REGISTERED, IS TO PROMOTE SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND COMPETITIONS IN THE NEW TOWN.

A PREPARATORY COMMITTEE COMPRISING OFFICIALS FROM SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND LOCAL RURAL LEADERS WAS FORMED IN MAY TO DRAW UP A CONSTITUTION. IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE PRIZES HAVE BEEN DONATED BY THE ASSOCIATION’S CHAIRMAN, MR NG CHAN-LAM.

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TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING IN NORTH POINT

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TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS AT ELECTRIC ROAD SECTION BETWEEN NORTH POINT ROAD AND OIL STREET WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM FpM ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 18) FOR ROAD RE-SURFACING WORKS.

THE TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING AND DIVERSION OF BUS SERVICES ARE AS FOLLOWS!

* STAGE I TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING BETWEEN 8 PM AND 4 AM THE NEXT DAY ON NOVEMBER 18 TO 20 AND 22

WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ON ELECTRIC ROAD WILL BE MAINTAINED WITHOUT CHANGE. ALL EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON ELECTRIC ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED AT POWtR STRtET INTO KING’S ROAD EASTBOUND VIA POWER STREET.

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* STAGE II TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING BETWEEN 8 PM AND 4 AM THE NEXT DAY ON NOVEMBER 24 TO 26

WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ON ELECTRIC ROAD WILL BE MAINTAINED WITHOUT CHANGE. EASTBOUND THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM GORDON ROAD INTO ELECTRIC ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED TO RIGHT TURN INTO ELECTRIC ROAD WESTBOUND BEFORE ENTERING KING’S ROAD EASTBOUND VIA WING HING STREET. EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON CAUSEWAY ROAD SHOULD AVOID ELECTRIC ROAD WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

THE EASTBOUND SECTION OF ELECTRIC ROAD BETWEEN GORDON ROAD AND OIL STREET WILL, HOWEVER, BE OPEN TO VEHICLES REQUIRING ACCESS TO FOOK YUM ROAD, KING WAH ROAD, WANG ON ROAD AND OIL STREET.

* DIVERSION OF BUS SERVICES

DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STAGES I AND II TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING, CMB ROUTE NOS. 23 AND 23B ON JOURNEYS TO NORTH POINT BUS TERMINUS WILL OPERATE VIA KING’S ROAD, SHU KUK STREET AND HARBOUR PARADE INSTEAD OF ELECTRIC ROAD AND JAVA ROAD. ALL EXISTING BUS STOPS FOR ROUTE NO. 19 ON KING’S ROAD AND SHU KUK STREET WILL BE USED BY BUSES ON ROUTE NOS. 23 AND 23B. CMB ROUTE NO. 80 WILL MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT ROUTING AND WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE ROAD WORK.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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WATER CUT IN TUEN MUN AND SAI KUNG KOK*

WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF AREAS IN TUEN MUN AND SAI KUNG WILL BE INTERRUPTED ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 17) NIGHT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING FOR WORK ON WATER MAINS.

IN TUEN MUN, THE SUPPLY WILL BE TURNED OFF AT 10 PM AND RESUMED AT 7 AM. THE AFFECTED AREA COVERS ALL PREMISES AND VILLAGES ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN FU TEI SHEUNG TSUEN AND TAI LAM CHUNG, AND INCLUDES INDUSTRIAL ZONES 9 AND 12, AND SAM SHING, ON TING AND YAU 01 ESTATES.

IN SAI KUNG, THERE WILL BE NO SUPPLY BETWEEN 9 PM ON MONDAY AND 8 AM THE NEXT CORNING TO MA YAU TONG VILLAGE, RENNIES MILL, HANG HAU, SILVERSTRAND, PIK UK PRISON, VILLAGES ALONG HIRAM’S HIGHWAY AND CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD, AND SAI KUNG MARKET.

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FIRING PRACTICE REMINDER * * * *

FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE HA TSUEN-CASTLE PEAK RANGE NEXT WEEK FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 17 TO 21) BETWEEN 8 AM AND 5.30 PM DAILY.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED NOT TO ENTER THE AREA WHEN RED FLAGS ARE FLYING DURING TIMES OF PRACTICE.

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ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

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CS TO OPEN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN SHA TIN .................. 1

CREDIT UNIONS ARE A SUCCESS ............................... 2

CAREERS EXHIBITION TO OPEN ON FRIDAY ........................ 3

ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE'S ACHIEVEMENT PRAISED ............. 4

SUPPORT FOR NT SCOUT DEVELOPMENT URGED ...................... 5

JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION ARRIVES .............. 6

COMPLAINT REPORTING PROCEDURE CW FIRE HAZARD STREAMLINED .. 7

FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION GOES INTO MARRIAGE REGISTRIES ......... 8

YUEN LONG HAWKER BAZAAR TO OPEN SOON........................ 9

VACANCIES FOR HOSPITAL LABOURERS .......................... 9

YUEN LONG PICNIC SPOTS GET A CLEAN-UP ..................... 10

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ON CLEARWATER BAY ROAD ................ 10

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CS TO OPEN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN SHA TIN * * * * * *

THE FIRST PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 18).

THIS IS THE SECOND PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL TO BE SPONSORED BY THE MARDEN FOUNDATION IN NEW TOWNS. THE FIRST WAS OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, IN TUEN MUN LAST YEAR.

THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN SHA TIN, STARTED OPERATION IN SEPTEMBER 1979, IN BORROWED PREMISES AT WO CHE ESTATE AND MOVED TO ITS PRESENT PREMISES AT THE START OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. IT NOW HAS AN ENROLMENT OF 640 BUT THIS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO OVER 1 000 AS SENIOR SECONDARY FORMS ARE OPENED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

MOST OF ITS STUDENTS ARE FROM SHA TIN AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WITH JUST OVER 10 PER CENT FROM NORTH KOWLOON.

THE SCHOOL HAS 14 CLASSROOMS, 10 WORKSHOPS, 11 SPECIAL ROOMS PLUS A HOST OF ANCILLARY FACILITIES. THE CAPITAL COST AMOUNTED TO $17 MILLION OF WHICH $7 MILLION WAS CONTRIBUTED BY THE MARDEN FOUNDATION AND THE REST FROM PUBLIC FUNDS.

APART FROM THE BASIC GENERAL SUBJECTS IN THE SECONDARY CURRICULUM, THE SCHOOL OFFERS SUCH PRACTICAL SUBJECTS AS ENGINEERING METALWORK, ELECTRICAL STUDIES, WOODWORK, COMMERCIAL AND RETAILING, AS WELL AS FOOD AND RELATED HOTEL SERVICES.

THE POPULARITY OF PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS REFLECTED BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE SCHOOL. IN 1979/80 THE SCHOOL RECEIVED 750 APPLICATIONS FOR ITS FORM I PLACES AND FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR 960 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED. OF THESE, TWO-THIRDS HAD TO BE REJECTED.

TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION, THE GOVERNMENT HAS PLANS TO ESTABLISH 12 MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS FROM 1982 AT A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF $200 MILLION AT CURRENT PRICES.

THE 13 EXISTING PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WHICH NOW ONLY OPERATE CLASSES UP TO FORM 3 WILL BE INTRODUCING SENIOR SECONDARY FORMS FROM SEPTEMBER 1981.

♦WITH THE EXTENSION TO SENIOR SECONDARY FORMS, THIS WILL ENABLE THE MORE CAPABLE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION IN THEIR OWN OR OTHER PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS UP TO THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION LEVEL AND THEN PROCEED DIRECTLY TO TECHNICIAN PROGRAMMES IN THE POLYTECHNIC OR THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES,* AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN SHA TIN, WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 18) AT 3 PM IN THE SCHOOL HALL.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER, WILL BE WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL BY MR J.L. MARDEN, GOVERNOR OF THE MARDEN FOUNDATION LTD, WHO WILL LATER INVITE SIR JACK TO UNVEIL A PLAQUE TO COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY. A COACH FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AND GUESTS WILL LEAVE Y.M.C.A. BUILDING, HANKOW ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI FOR SHA TIN AT 1.45 PM ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 18).

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CREDIT UNIONS ARE A SUCCESS * * * *

CREDIT UNIONS HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO HONG KONG, BOTH SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR J.M. RIDDELL-SWAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

THERE WERE NOW 60 CREDIT UNIONS SERVING ALMOST 13 000 MEMBERS, REPRESENTING A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND WITH COMBINED SAVINGS OF SOME $12 MILLION, MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE ANNUAL CARNIVAL WEEK OF THE CREDIT UNION LEAGUE IN WAH YAN COLLEGE, KOWLOON.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT GIVEN OUT IN LOANS BY THE UNIONS SINCE 1964, WHEN THE FIRST UNION WAS SET UP, WAS ABOUT $76 MILLION, MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID.

HE SA ID« + THE CREDIT UNIONS COULD NOT HAVE GIVEN SUCH ECONOMIC HELP TO THEIR MEMBERS IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE SOCIAL DEDICATION OF THE 900 VOLUNTEERS WHO MANAGE THE CREDIT UNIONS, HELP WITH LOANS, COUNSEL BORROWERS, KEEP THE ACCOUNTS, EDUCATE THE MEMBERS IN THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL SERVICE AND OFTEN RESCUE MEMBERS FROM THE HANDS OF LOAN SHARKS.+

THE CREDIT UNION LEAGUE PROVIDED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HELP TO MEMBER CREDIT UNIONS AND HAD BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF ALL BATTLES ON BEHALF OF THE UNIONS, MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID.

ON PROBLEMS FACED BY THE UNIONS, MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID:* IN HONG KONG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE AND OFTEN SHIFT FROM THEIR ORIGINAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE TO NEW HOUSING ESTATES IN NEW AREAS SCATTERED FAR AND WIDE OVER THE TERRITORY.*

THIS HAD RESULTED IN MEMBERS LOSING TOUCH WITH THEIR SOCIETIES AND CONSEQUENTLY THE SOCIETIES LOST THEIR STRENGTH, HE SAID.

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ONE WAY TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM WAS TO TRY TO MAKE A SURVEY OF FORMtR MEMBERS IN DIFFERENT ESTATES AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET TOGETHER AMONGST THEMSELVES AND FORM NEW CREDIT UNIONS IN THESE NEW ESTATES.

MR RIDDELL-SWAN PAID TRIBUTE TO FATHER JOHN COLLINS AND ANDREW SO FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT.

HE ALSO DOTTED THE EYES OF A LION TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE CARNIVAL.

THE CARNIVAL WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY MRS RIDDELL-SWAN WHO ALSO PRESENTED PENNANTS AND TROPHIES TO THE WINNERS OF THE COMPETITIONS.

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CAREERS EXHIBITION TO M K * *

OPEN ON FRIDAY *

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION, WHICH HAS BECOME A MAJOR FUNCTION FOR THE PROMOTION OF CAREERS EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN THE CITY HALL LOW BLOCK EXHIBITION HALL ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 21).

THE SHOW IS STAGED ONCE A YEAR BY THE DEPARTMENT’S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE SINCE 1972 TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO OBTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD OF WORK.

THIS YEAR’S EXHIBITION IS, HOWEVER, SPONSORED AND SUPPORTED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.

THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE PERFORMED BY THE COUNCIL’S CHAIRMAN, MR A. DE 0. SALES, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.N. HENDERSON, IN THE CITY HALL THEATRE AT 3 PM. FROM THE FOLLOWING DAY UNTIL DECEMBER 1, THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 6.30 PM DAILY.

EXPLAINING THE OBJECTIVE OF THE EXHIBITION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT CHOOSING A CAREER WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS A YOUNG PERSON HAD TO MAKE IN HIS LIFE. IT WAS HOPED THAT BY STAGING A CAREERS EXHIBITION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD BE ASSISTED IN MAKING A RIGHT START IN THE CHOICE OF THEIR CAREER.

THE ANNUAL EVENT HAD BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY STUDENTS, PARENTS AND CAREERS TEACHERS, AND ATTRACTED MORE THAN 100 300 VISITORS EACH YEAR. THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT VISITORS TO CAREERS ’81 WOULD RECEIVE A WIDE RANGE OF CAREER INFORMATION AND THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 23 EXHIBITORS, COMPRISING FIVE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND 15 PRIVATE FIRMS, INSTITUTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, WOULD BE TAKING PART.

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THE EXHIBITORS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAME FROM MANY FIELDS, INCLUDING INDUSTRY, HOTEL SERVICES, ENGINEERING, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES, BANKING, AND PUBLIC UTILITIES.

AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, EACH EXHIBITOR WILL HAVE A DISPLAY STAND TO ILLUSTRATE, BY MEANS CF CHARTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MODELS AND OTHER AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS, THE NATURE OF THE JOBS, ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS, CONDITION'S OF EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, PROMOTION PROSPECTS AND OTHER RELATED INFORMATION IN ITS OWN SPHERE OF WORK.

LEAFLETS, AND PAMPHLETS PREPARED BY THE EXHIBITORS WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO VISITORS.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT AN ADDED FEATURE OF THIS YEAR’S EXHIBITION WOULD BE A PROGRAMME OF CAREERS-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES TO BE STAGED BY FOUR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND TWO PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS AT EDINBURGH PLACE DURING THE EXHIBITION PERIOD.

THE PARTICIPANTS OF THESE ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES — THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT, ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE, FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE — WILL SEEK TO INTRODUCE TO YOUNG PEOPLE THE VARIOUS FACETS OF THEIR WORK AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES BY MEANS OF DISPLAYS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, ETC.

♦THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE BOTH INFORMATIVE AND ENTERTAINING. FOR EXAMPLE THERE WILL EE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A SKIN-DIVING PERFORMANCE TO DEMONSTRATE THE SEARCH FOR NARCOTICS, DEMONSTRATIONS BY THE POLICE’S SPECIALIST UNITS, PERFORMANCES BY BANDS, DOG SHOWS AND DISPLAYS OF POLICE VEHICLES AND FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT,* SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

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ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE’S ACHIEVEMENT PRAISED * * * * *

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER TODAY (SUNDAY) PRAISED MEMBERS OF THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE FOR THEIR SPLENDID RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT.

SPEAKING AT THE BRIGADE’S ANNUAL INSPECTION AND PARADE AT THE SOUTH CHINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STADIUM, SIR JACK SAID THE BRIGADE HAD SERVED HONG KONG ♦ I .J ALL KINDS CF FATHER AND CONDITIONS, IN PEACE AND IN WAR* SINCE IT STARTED ITS OFK 65 YEARS AGO.

DURING THE PAST YEAR, THE BRIGADE SPENT OVER 131 OOO HOURS ATTENDING PUBLIC FUNCTIONS, PARADES AND COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.

♦WE ARE INDEED FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MANY AMONGST US WHO ARE PREPARED TO DEVOTE SO MUCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY,+ HE SAID.

DEDICATED PEOPLE

OF THEIR FREE TIME

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♦ IT IS REASSURING TO KNOW THAT THE BRIGADE IS SUCCESSFULLY EXPANDING ITS ACTIVITIES INTO THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THAT PLANS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE BRIGADE THROUGHOUT HONG KONG ARE BEING PREPARED,+ HE POINTED OUT.

SIR JACK ALSO NOTED THAT NEW EQUIPMENT WAS DONATED DURING THE YEAR AND MORE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN ORDERED.

ALL THESE, HE SAID, TOGETHER WITH THE REGULAR TRAINING WHICH THE BRIGADE CARRIED OUT ANNUALLY WOULD THEREFORE ENSURE THAT IT WAS WELL EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE FIRST-AID TO ALL WHO NEEDED IT.

AS HONG KONG CONTINUED TO GROW AND DEVELOP AND ESPECIALLY AS OUR PEOPLE HAD MORE TIME TO SPEND ON LEISURE AND RECREATIONAL PURSUITS, SIR JACK SAID, THE SERVICES WHICH THE BRIGADE PROVIDED SO ABLY AND WILLINGLY TO THE PUBLIC WERE ALSO BOUND TO INCREASE.

♦ I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE BRIGADE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A MUCH SOUGHT-AFTER ROLE TO PLAY IN CONTINUING TO PROVIDE, ON A REGULAR BASIS, THE SERVICES WHICH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE AND TRUE TO THE SPIRIT OF ST JOHN,* HE ADDED.

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SUPPORT FOR NT SCOUT DEVELOPMENT URGED

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ORGANISED ACTIVITY FOR THE YOUNG IS NOT ONLY DESIRABLE IN ITSELF, BUT IS PART OF OUR DEFENCE AGAINST THE EVILS THAT BESET ANY SOCIETY - CRIME, CORRUPTION, DISORDER OF ALL KINDS.

THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE NEW TERRITORIES SCOUT RALLY HELD AT YUEN LONG STADIUM.

MR AKERS-JONES WAS ADDRESSING 2 000 CUBS AND SCOUTS FROM 11 NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL SCOUT COUNCIL.

HE SAID AS THE POPULATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES GREW, SO TOO DID THE NEED AND THE DEMAND FOR LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

A FIVE-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SCOUTING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD BEEN DRAWN UP AND A DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED TO RAISE $500 000.

THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN CALLED FOR AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SCOUTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FROM 8 000 TO 14 000 IN FIVE YEARS AND FOR IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION, EXPANDED SERVICES AND DISTRICT CENTRES IN TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG, TAI PO AND SHA TIN.

♦ I HOPE OUR PLANS TO EXPAND SCOUTING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WILL BE STRONGLY SUPPORTED,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

PRIOR TO THE RALLY AN EXHIBITION OF SCOUT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WAS OPENED BY MRS AKERS-JONES AT YUEN LONG TOWN HALL.

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THE EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL SCOUT COUNCIL, WAS TO INTRODUCE YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE LIFE AND ACTIVITIES OF SCOUTS. ON DISPLAY WERE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING SERVICES PROVIDED BY SCOUTS. WAYS TO PUT UP A TENT AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN CAMPING WERE DEMONSTRATED.

A SCOOTER TATTOO BY MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES WAS HELD AFTER THE RALLY.

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JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION ARRIVES

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A JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT STUDY MISSION, COMPRISING TOP EXECUTIVES OF 11 COMPANIES, WILL BEGIN A THREE-DAY FACT-FINDING MISSION IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (MONDAY).

THIS IS THE THIRD MISSION ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG/JAPAN AND JAPAN/HONG KONG BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES. THE FIRST MISSION VISITED HONG KONG IN DECEMBER 1979, AND A SECOND MISSION IN APRIL THIS YEAR.

THE COMPANIES INVOLVED ARE FROM THE OSAKA AREA, AS THE VISIT IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE SEMINAR ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE TWO BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES IN OSAKA IN AUGUST.

MEMBERS OF THE MISSION, LED BY MR TAKESHI SUGA, WILL BE STUDYING THE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG AND, IN SOME CASES, EXECUTIVES ARE HOPING TO LOCATE PARTNERS FOR JOINT VENTURES.

THE PROGRAMME WILL START TOMORROW MORNING AT THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT WHERE THE MISSION WILL BE RECEIVED AND BRIEFED BY MR PAUL K.C. WONG, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY.

THE MISSION WILL THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS TO BE MET AND BRIEFED BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR JOSEPH WONG. AFTER A BRIEFING BY COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR P.K. WONG, THE PARTY WILL TOUR TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. THE AFTERNOON PROGRAMME WILL END WITH A VISIT TO SHA TIN NEW TOWN WHERE THEY WILL BE BRIEFED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER.

IN THE EVENING A RECEPTION WILL BE HOSTED BY SIR S.Y. CHUNG AND DR T.K. ANN, CHAIRMEN OF THE HK/JBCC’S WORKING COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OF THE HK/JBCC’S WORKING COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS RESPECTIVELY.

THE SECOND DAY WILL BEGIN WITH PANEL DISCUSSIONS COVERING THE METAL PRODUCTS, APPAREL AND DISTRIBUTION SECTORS. THE AFTERNOON WILL BE SPENT TOURING THE PREMISES OF MODERN TERMINALS LTD AT THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL, AND A VISIT TO THE YKK FACTORY AT TUEN MUN.

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IN THE EVENING A RECEPTION WILL BE HELD BY THE JAPANESE CONSUL GENERAL.

4 VISIT TO CHIAP HUA SHINKO ALLOY CO. LTD. AND A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL TAKE UP THE MORNING ON THE THIRD DAY, WHILE THE AFTERNOON IS SCHEDULED FOR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS AND ROUND-UP DISCUSSIONS.

NOTE TO EDITORS «

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHICH WILL EE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 AT 10 AM IN THE TICD CONFERENCE ROOM (ROOM 1503), 15TH FLOOR, OCEAN CENTRE, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.

AN INTRODUCTION WILL BE GIVEN BY MR K.K.H. YEUNG, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY, FOLLOWED BY A STATEMENT AND COMMENTS ON THE VISIT BY MR TAKESHI SUGA, LEADER OF THE JAPANESE MISSION.

ALSO PRESENT WILL BE MR CHIKAO HISADA (DEPUTY LEADER), MR SEIICHI KURIHARA (ADVISOR) AND TICD REPRESENTATIVES.

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COMPLAINT REPORTING PROCEDURE ON FIRE HAZARD STREAMLINED *****

THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO STREAMLINE ITS COMPLAINT REPORTING PROCEDURE ON VARIOUS MATTERS SUCH AS FIRE HAZARD, FIRE PROTECTION AND OBSTRUCTION.

FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY), ALL SUCH COMPLAINTS BY TELEPHONE WILL BE RECORDED BY PERSONNEL AT THE FIRE SERVICES COMMUNICATION CENTRE.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED THAT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER 5-281224 FOR SUCH COMPLAINTS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID BY CHANELLING SUCH CALLS TO THE CENTRE, PEOPLE DIALLING IN WILL GET QUICKER RESPONSE AS THE COMMUNICATION CENTRE OPERATED ROUND THE CLOCK THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR.

IN ADDITION THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WILL SAVE THE SERVICE CONSIDERABLE MANPOWER AND AVOID COMPLICATIONS.

DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDING LAST JULY, THE FIRE SERVICES RECEIVED ABOUT 1 700 COMPLAINTS AGAINST FIRE HAZARD AND OBSTRUCTION.

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FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION GOES INTO MARRIAGE REGISTRIES * * * * *

FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION TO PREVENT MARITAL BREAKDOWNS IS GOING INTO HONG KONG’S MARRIAGE REGISTRIES.

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED THOUSANDS OF SPECIALLY DESIGNED SOUVENIR CARDS TO PROMOTE HARMONIOUS MARITAL RELATIONSHIP.

AND THESE ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO COUPLES TURNING UP AT THE MARRIAGE REGISTRIES TO SAY +1 DO*.

POSTERS CARRYING THE MESSAGE OF +HAPPY MARRIAGE, HAPPY LIFE* ARE ALSO PUT UP AT THE REGISTRIES TO GREET THE NEWLY-WEDS.

THE SOUVENIR CARDS ADVISE ON THE PROPER ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE PREPARATION FOR, ADJUSTMENT IN AND ENRICHMENT OF MARRIAGE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THEY WERE PART OF THE PUBLICITY PACKAGE TO PROMOTE THE CURRENT COMMUNITY-WIDE CAMPAIGN ON +MARITAL RELATIONSHIP*.

+AS MARRIAGE REGISTRIES ARE DIRECTLY IN CONTACT WITH COUPLES COMING FORWARD TO REGISTER THEIR MARRIAGES, THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL CHANNELS FOR REACHING THE TARGET GROUPS OF THE CAMPAIGN,* HE SAID.

MEANWHILE, OVER 150 VARIOUS PROGRAMMES ARE BEING ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.

THE PROGRAMMES EXTEND OVER SEVERAL MONTHS AND ARE INTENDED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT TO GET MARRIED, THE NEWLY-WEDS AND COUPLES WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR A LONG PERIOD.

THEY INCLUDE TALKS AND SEMINARS ON COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE AND SEX EDUCATION, VARIETY SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS, HAPPY FAMILY CAMPS AND +SECGND-HONEYMOON+ TRIPS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +SECOND-HONEYMOON+ TRIPS AIMED AT ENABLING LONG-TIME MARRIED COUPLES TO REFRESH SWEET MEMORIES AS AN ENRICHMENT OF THEIR MARRIED LIFE.

+ONE SUCH TRIP JUST TOOK PLACE THIS WEEKEND WITH 34 COUPLES WHO HAVE PEEN MARRIED FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS ENJOYING A NIGHT AT PEARL ISLAND HOTEL,* HE SAID.

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YUEN LONG HAWKER BAZAAR TO OPEN SOON

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THREE MAIN STREETS AT THE TOWN CENTRE OF YUEN LONG WILL BE FREE FROM OBSTRUCTION BY HAWKERS WITH THE OPENING OF A HAWKER BAZAAR LATER THIS MONTH.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) STRICT CONTROL WILL THEN BE MAINTAINED TO PREVENT ON-STREET HAWKING ALONG TAI TONG ROAD, NEW STREET AND MAU TAN STREET.

THIS WAS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN SMOOTH TRAFFIC FLOW AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

MORE THAN 150 HAWKERS ORIGINALLY TRADING IN THESE STREETS WILL BE ALLOCATED A FIXED PITCH IN THE YUEN LONG HAWKER BAZAAR LOCATED NEXT TO THE HOP YICK PRIVATE MARKET.

BALLOTTING OF SITES FOR ELIGIBLE HAWKERS WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 18) AND THE HAWKERS ARE REQUIRED TO MOVE INTO THEIR BALLOTTED PITCHES BEFORE THE CLEARANCE.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED ALL HAWKERS IN THE AREA WHO HAD SO FAR FAILED TO REGISTER WITH THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICE OF YUEN LONG TO TAKE THIS LAST OPPORTUNITY TO CONTACT THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER AT DISTRICT BRANCH OFFICE BUILDING, 3RD FLOOR, MAIN ROAD, YUEN LONG, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

HOWEVER, NO HAWKERS SELLING RESTRICTED FOOD SUCH AS MEAT, POULTRY, FISH, SIU MEI AND LO MEI AND OTHER COOKED FOOD ITEMS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ALLOCATION OF A PITCH AT THE HAWKER BAZAAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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VACANCIES FOR HOSPITAL LABOURERS

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS INVITING APPLICATIONS TO FILL 40 VACANCIES FOR HOSPITAL ORDERLIES AND LABOURERS IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT APPLICANTS FOR THE HOSPITAL ORDERLY AND LABOURER POSTS SHOULD BE MALE AND SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST PRIMARY EDUCATION.

THE MONTHLY SALARY FOR THE POSTS STARTS AT SI 375.

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN THE SOUTH KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL AND PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL AND TO UNDERTAKE SHIFT DUTIES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

THOSE INTERESTED SHOULD CALL AT ANY BRANCH OFFICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT’S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, BRINGING ALONG THEIR IDENTITY CARDS.

ENQUIRIES CAN EE MADE ON TELEPHONE 3-666615, 5-270276 OR 12-420154.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1980

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YUEN LONG PICNIC SPOTS GET A CLEAN-UP

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MORE THAN 100 PUBLIC-SPIRITED YOUTHS TODAY (SUNDAY) CLEANED UP SEVERAL POPULAR PICNIC SPOTS IN YUEN LONG.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN GROUPS CLEARED REFUSE LEFT BEHIND BY PICNICKERS AT LING WAN TZE (TEMPLE), TAI MO SHAN LOOKOUT, NAM SANG WAI AND PAK LAI.

THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB, JUNIOR POLICE CALL AND THREE BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATIONS OF YUEN LONG DISTRICT.

THE EXERCISE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RECENT ANTI-LITTER DRIVE, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE OF YUEN LONG AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICE OF YUEN LONG.

THE CLEAN-UP WAS AIMED AT DRAWING THE ATTENTION OF THE PICNICKERS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THE CLEANLINESS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO URGED HOLIDAY MAKERS TO MAKE FULL USE OF REFUSE CONTAINERS PROVIDED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS FOR THEM.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT LITTER BUGS WOULD FACE A MAXIMUM FINE OF Si 000 ON FIRST CONVICTION AND $2 000 FOR A SUBSEQUENT OFFENCE.

A TOTAL OF 110 LITTER BUGS HAD BEEN SUMMONSED SINCE THE ANTI-LITTER DRIVE BEGAN EARLY THIS MONTH IN THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ON CLEARWATER BAY ROAD *****

SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON CLEARWATER BAY ROAD FROM 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 19) FOR ROAD WORKS.

THE NEW NORTHERN CARRIAGEWAY OF CLEARWATER BAY ROAD FROM PIK UK TO HIRAM’S HIGHWAY WILL BE OPENED TO SAI KUNG-BOUND TRAFFIC. THE EXISTING CARRIAGEWAY ALONG THE SAME SECTION OF ROAD WILL BECOME ONE-WAY ONLY FOR KOWLOON-BOUND TRAFFIC.

THE SLIP ROADS JOINING THE TWO CARRIAGEWAYS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR TURNING MOVEMENTS AT ABOUT 200 METRES AND 800 METRES FROM THE JUNCTION OF CLEARWATER BAY ROAD AND HIRAM’S HIGHWAY.

ALSO FROM WEDNESDAY SAI KUNG-BOUND MOTORISTS FROM HANG HAU CAN MAKE USE OF THE FORMER SLIP ROAD TO TURN INTO HIRAM’S HIGHWAY.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1980

WATER CUT * * *

WATER SUPPLY TO CHOI WAN ESTATE ON CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD WILL BE TURNED OFF FROM 9 PM ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 18) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING FOR WATER MAIN WORK.

SUPPLY TO GOOD HOPE SECONDARY SCHOOL WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.

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ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

HONG KONG’S SHIPPING ROLE RECOGNISED ....................... 1

30 YEARS OF AMS SERVICE..................................... 2

MORE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ........... 3

OCTOBER WEATHER WAS DRIER AND WARMER ....................... 4

COURSE ON DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEMS ENDS TODAY ............... 5

JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION VISITS NT ........... 6

PRINTING INDUSTRY MANPOWER REPORT .......................... 6

TENDER FOR SUPPLY OF POCKET TIMETABLES ..................... 7

CLOSURE OF ACCESS ROAD TO SHUN ON ROAD...................... 7

CHEUNG SHA WAN WATER CUT

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1980

HONG KONG’S SHIPPING ROLE RECOGNISED

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A STUDY IS BEING UNDERTAKEN TO SEE WHAT ACTIVITIES AT THE CONTAINER TERMINAL CAN BE MOVED AWAY FROM'THE WATERFRONT TO BACK-UP FACILITIES ELSEWHERE, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE SAID TODAY.

THIS IS TO ENABLE THE TERMINAL’S THROUGHPUT CAPACITY TO BE INCREASED TO COPE WITH THE FUTURE GROWTH OF OUR TRADE, HE SAID.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE EXPOSHIP FAR EAST 80 EXHIBITION AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL, SIR PHILIP SAID THE CONTAINER TERMINAL HANDLED ITS FIRST SHIP JUST OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO AND NOW, IN TERMS OF THROUGHPUT, IT IS THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE WORLD, AFTER NEW YORK AND ROTTERDAM.

HE SAID HONG KONG’S ABILITY TO PROCESS SHIPPING AND CARGO EXPEDITIOUSLY AND COST-CONSCIOUSLY WAS PROVEN: DURING 1979 ALMOST 23 000 OCEAN-GOING SHIPS CLEARED THE PORT: ON AVERAGE, CONVENTIONAL SHIPS WORK CARGO AT BUOYS FOR 2.8 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTING AND THE AVERAGE TURNROUND PERIOD AT THE CONTAINER TERMINAL IS ONLY 21 HOURS.

+BUT, AS SHIPS BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AND TO OPERATE, THE TIME THEY HAVE TO SPEND IN PORT WORKING CARGO MUST BE FURTHER REDUCED IF INCREASES IN FREIGHT RATES ARE TO BE CONTAINED IN THE INTERESTS OF OUR EXTERNAL COMPETITIVENESS AND IF THE FUTURE OF THE ENTREPOT ROLE OF THIS PORT IS TO BE ENSURED,* SIR PHILIP SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG EMERGED AS AN ENTREPOT FOR THE REGION IN THE 1960’S AND RE-EMERGED AS AN ENTREPOT FOR THE CHINA TRADE IN THE 1970’S.

+THE VALUE OF OUR VISIBLE TRADING TRANSACTIONS IS NOW ABOUT TWICE THE VALUE OF OUR GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT WHICH WILL PROBABLY REACH HKS110 BILLION THIS YEAR,* HE SAID.

BY CONTRAST, HE ADDED, THE VALUE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM’S VISIBLE TRADING TRANSACTIONS IS ONLY ABOUT HALF THE VALUE OF GDP.

+IF WE ARE TO TRADE COMPETITIVELY THE PORT MUST BE EFFICIENTLY MANAGED AND OPERATED.

♦THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE ITS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE OVERALL WORKING OF THE PORT AS SERIOUSLY AS EVER,* SIR PHILIP SAID.

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30 YEARS OF AMS SERVICE

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THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE (AMS), WHICH HAS PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL PART IN THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC, IS UNDERGOING TREMENDOUS EXPANSION IN RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, AT A DINNER THIS EVENING CELEBRATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMS.

HE SAID AMS SUB-UNITS WERE BEING SET UP IN THE NEW TOWNSHIPS CF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE MORE REMOTE DISTRICTS SUCH AS LANTAU ISLAND AND TSING Yl BECAUSE OF THE INCREASING NEEDS IN THESE AREAS.

+THE FLAG OF THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE HAS NEVER FLOWN HIGHER THAN TODAY. WHENEVER THERE IS THE CALL OF DUTY FROM THE COMMUNITY, AMS MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS THERE TO SERVE IRRESPECTIVE OF NIGHT OR DAY, FAIR OR FOUL WEATHER,+ HE SAID.

THE METHADONE TREATMENT SCHEME, FOR INSTANCE, HAS BEEN CONSOLIDATED AND EXPANDED AS A RESULT OF THE AMS’S CONTRIBUTION IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT.

AMS MEMBERS REGULARLY MAN AMBULANCES AT WEEKENDS, ACT AS LIFE GUARDS AT PUBLIC BEACHES AND PROVIDE FIRST-AID COVERAGE AT MAJOR FUNCTIONS.

THE ANNIVERSARY DINNER TODAY WAS ATTENDED BY LOCAL PHILANTHROPIST, SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, AND FORMER DIRECTORS OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES -- DR D.J.M. MACKENZIE AND DR GERALD CHOA, WHO WERE ALSO UNIT CONTROLLERS OF AMS.

DR THONG RECALLED' A FEW OCCASIONS WHERE THE AMS SPIRIT WAS SEEN AT ITS BEST DURING THE TIMES OF FORMER CONTROLLERS OF THE SERVICE.

IN THE CHOLERA OUTBREAKS OF 1960-69 WHEN DR MACKENZIE WAS AT THE HELM, AMS MEMBERS ROSE MAGNIFICENTLY TO THE CHALLENGE, MANNING THE VARIOUS QUARANT-INE CENTRES, ASSISTING IN MASS INOCULATIONS AND REINFORCING THE REGULAR NURSING STAFF AT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.

THEN DURING THE CIVIL DISTURBANCES OF 1967 WHEN FORMER DIRECTOR DR P.H. TENG WAS UNIT CONTROLLER, AMS PERSONNEL WERE MOBILISED TO AUGMENT MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES.

♦THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT IT WAS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE AMS THAT THE HEALTH SERVICES WERE ABlE TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY MI TH THE MAINTENANCE OF REGULAR BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE HOSPITALS AND PROVISION OF FIRST-AID PARTIES AT VARIOUS DUTY LOCATIONS BY AMS PERSONNEL IN SPITE OF GREAT DIFFICULTIES,* SAID DR THONG.

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HE ALSO RECALLED THAT DURING DR CHOA’S TENURE AS UNIT CONTROLLER, HE WAS FACED WITH THE NOW WELL-KNOWN PROBLEM OF SUDDEN AND MASSIVE INFLUX OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN MAY, 1975.

♦ IT WAS A MEDICAL AND HEALTH EMERGENCY OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE AND ONLY THE AMS COULD HAVE HELPED IN DEALING WITH THE SITUATION. IN THE EVENT, THE DIFFICULT TASK OF HEALTH SCREENING AND INOCULATING MORE THAN 3 400 REFUGEES WAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED WITH EFFICIENCY AND DEDICATION TYPICAL OF THE AMS,+ HE SAID.

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MORE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ******

THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD A TOTAL OF 6 913 GRADUATES THIS YEAR. THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 19.8 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR’S FIGURE.

+0F THE STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED IN JULY, 1 764 ATTENDED COURSES FULL-TIME, 1 943 PART-TIME DURING THE DAY AND THE REMAINDER IN THE EVENING,* AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

THEY TOOK COURSES IN 12 MAIN DISCIPLINES RUN BY THE MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG, HAKING WONG AND LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT 2 654 OR 38.4 PER CENT OF THE GRADUATES COMPLETED TECHNICIAN OR COMPARABLE COURSES, AND THE REST CRAFT OR COMPARABLE LEVEL COURSES.

♦THIS REPRESENTS A 36.2 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER CF GRADUATES AT TECHNICIAN OR COMPARABLE LEVEL, AND AN 11.4 PER CENT INCREASE IN GRADUATES AT THE OTHER LEVEL OVER THE 1978/79 FIGURES,+ HE SAID.

THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ARE AT PRESENT RUNNING 166 COURSES, INCLUDING THOSE IN HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM STUDIES, COMMERCIAL STUDIES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, PRINTING, TEXTILE INDUSTRIES, CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, MARINE AND FABRICATION, AND DESIGN.

THE; MAJORITY OF THE FULL-TIME STUDENTS FOUND JOBS WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF GRADUATION, AND SOME HAD GONE ON TO FURTHER STUDIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

A SURVEY IS BEING CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN FURTHER DETAILS OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT SITUATION.

THE PART-TIME STUDENTS ATTENDED COURSES WHICH WERE RELEVANT TO THEIR FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT AND WHICH ENHANCED THEIR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION AND PROMOTION PROSPECTS.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1980

OCTOBER WEATHER WAS DRIER AND WARMER

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OCTOBER WAS DRIER AND WARMER MONTH’S WEATHER SUMMARY ISSUED BY

THAN USUAL, ACCORDING TO THE THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.

THE MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 23.7 DEGREES CELSIUS RANKED SIXTH AND THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM OF 32.7 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS THE SEVENTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR OCTOBER.

THE MONTH’S TOTAL RAINFALL OF 80.8 MM WAS 26.4 MM BELOW AVERAGE. THIS BROUGHT THE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL IN THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO 1 681.7 MM, SOME 23 PER CENT BELOW NORMAL.

APART FROM A FEW MORNING SHOWERS ON OCTOBER 1 AND STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ON OCTOBER 4, THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 17 WAS MARKED BY SUNNY AND WARM WEATHER EVERY DAY.

ON OCTOBER 13, WINDS TURNED NORTHERLY AND CONDITIONS BECAME HOT AND DRY, AND THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF 32.7 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED.

THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ON OCTOBER 18 AND 19 BUT THE WEATHER IMPROVED AND BECAME MAINLY FINE IN THE FOLLOWING THREE DAYS.

HOWEVER, A COLD FRONT CAUSED RAIN ALL DAY ON OCTOBER 23 FOLLOWED BY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON OCTOBER 24.

ON OCTOBER 25, STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BROUGHT COOLER WEATHER AND THE MONTH’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 18.6 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON OCTOBER 26.

SOME LIGHT RAIN FELL ON OCTOBER 27 WITH CLOUDY WEATHER THE FOLLOWING DAY, BUT IT BECAME FINE AND DRY AGAIN ON THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH IN SPITE OF TROPICAL STORM CARY MOVING WESTWARDS ACROSS THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ON OCTOBER 30. THE STORM TURNED SOUTHWESTWARDS ON ENCOUNTERING WINTER MONSOON GALES.

DURING THE MONTH, FIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, BUT ONLY ONE CAUSED TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNAL NO. 1 TO BE HOISTED LOCALLY. THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS PUT UP TWICE, ON OCTOBER 4-5 AND OCTOBER 25-26.

NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON THREE DAYS.

THE YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS ISSUED ON SEVEN DAYS WHILE THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS EFFECTIVE ON FIVE DAYS. ---------------------------------0-------

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1980

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COURSE ON DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEMS ENDS TODAY

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TWENTY-TWO DOCTORS FROM SEVEN REGIONAL COUNTRIES TODAY ENDED A THREE-WEEK COURSE ON THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG DEPENDENT PERSONS.

THE COURSE, BEGUN ON OCTOBER 28, IS THE SECOND ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION TO PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE LATEST THEORIES AND PRACTICES IN DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION.

LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, INCLUDING DR ROBERT NEWMAN, USA- DR CHARAS SUWANWELA, THAILAND-DR V. NAVARATNAM, MALAYSIA- PROF GERALD CHOA, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG- AND PROF J.W.L. KLEEVENS, HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, GAVE LECTURES ON SUBJECTS RANGING FROM +THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DRUG DEPENDENCE* TO +THE PHARMACOLOGICAL BASIS OF METHADONE TREATMENT*.

THE COURSE ALSO GAVE THE DOCTORS A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HONG KONG’S MULT I-MODAL ITY TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES AND TO DISCUSS THEM WITH THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF OF THE INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED.

LAST SATURDAY, THEY TOOK TIME OFF TO ATTEND THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN TO SEE HOW HONG KONG TACKLES THE DRUG PROBLEM THROUGH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NARCOTICS DIVISION SAID THE HOLDING OF THE SECOND WHO COURSE IN HONG KONG WAS A RECOGNITION OF THE GOVERNMENT’S EFFORTS IN THE FIELD OF NARCOTICS ABUSE PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION, BY THE WORLD HEALTH AUTHORITY.

+ HONG KONG’S APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM, WHICH HAS BESET US OVER THE DECADES, HAS BEEN PRAGMATIC AND WE HAVE LEARNT FROM EXPERIENCE THAT THERE IS NO SINGLE SOLUTION, THAT THERE IS NO ACCEPTABLE PANACEA, AND THAT WE MUST PERFORCE ADOPT MULTIMODALITY TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES.

+EXAMPLES OF THESE ARE THE VOLUNTARY METHADONE OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMME RUN BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE VOLUNTARY IN-PATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMME RUN BY THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS, AND THE CUSTODIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMME OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT,* THE SPOKESMAN SAID. •

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JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION VISITS NT ******

AN INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION FROM JAPAN SPENT THE FIRST OF THEIR THREE DAYS IN HONG KONG VISITING THE NEW TERR ITORIES.

THE 18-MEMBER MISSION, COMPRISING TOP EXECUTIVES OF 11 OSAKA COMPANIES, ARE HERE TO STUDY THE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF JOINT VENTURES.

THEY WERE FIRST GIVEN A GENERAL BRIEFING AT NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS BEFORE GOING TO TAI PO, ACCOMPANIED BY OFFICIALS OF THE NTA AND THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.

AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, THEY WERE SHOWN FACTORY PREMISES AND FACILITIES BEING BUILT ON THE 45-HECTARE SITE. THEY ALSO LEARNT FROM THE COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR P.K. WONG, THAT MAJOR HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS COMPANIES HAD ALREADY TAKEN UP SITES IN THE ESTATE.

IN THE AFTERNOON THEY VISITED SHA TIN FOR A BRIEFING BY THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR R.C. WILSON.

FROM A VANTAGE POINT OVERLOOKING SHA TIN VALLEY MR WILSON POINTED OUT THE FOUR MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF FO TAN, TAI SHEK KWU, PAK SHEK AND TAI SHU I HANG, WHICH WILL PROVIDE 145 000 JOBS WHEN THEY ARE COMPLETED IN THE LATE 1980’S, BY WHICH TIME SHA TIN WILL BE A CITY OF 750 000 PEOPLE.

OF THE FOUR AREAS, THE FIRST, FO TAN, IS ALREADY ONE-THIRD COMPLETED AND WILL PROBABLY BE FULLY OPENED BY THE END OF 1982.

MR WILSON ALSO EXPLAINED THE CONCEPT OF THE BALANCED NEW TOWN, WHICH WOULD BE PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH HOMES, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND WORK.

THE MISSION WILL TOUR THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL AND VISIT TUEN MUN TOMORROW. A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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PRINTING INDUSTRY MANPOWER REPORT

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THE PRINTING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL HAS PUBLISHED A REPORT ON THE FIFTH MANPOWER SURVEY OF THE INDUSTRY CONDUCTED LAST MARCH.

THE REPORT, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, IS ON SALE AT Sil A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

IT CONTAINS DETAILED STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON THE EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN EACH PRINCIPAL JOB, A FORECAST OF THE TRAINING NEEDS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON MEASURES NECESSARY TO COPE WITH THE NEEDS.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1980

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TENDER FOR SUPPLY OF POCKET TIMETABLES *****

THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY OF POCKET TIMETABLES AND POSTER SIZE SCHEDULES.

THE CONTRACT, WITH ADVERTISING RIGHTS, IS FOR TWO YEARS FROM JANUARY 1, 1981.

TENDERS MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE 9 AM ON FRIDAY

(NOVEMBER 21) TO THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AT OIL STREET, NORTH POINT, HONG KONG.

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CLOSURE OF ACCESS ROAD TO SHUN ON ROAD ******

THE ACCESS ROAD OFF THE NORTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF SHUN LEE TSUEN ROAD TO SHUN ON ROAD IN JORDAN VALLEY WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC EXCEPT EMERGENCY VEHICLES FOR REPAIRS FROM 1 TO 6 AM ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 19).

NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON SHUN LEE TSUEN ROAD FOR SHUN ON ROAD SHOULD PROCEED VIA NEW CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD AND LEE ON ROAD.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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CHEUNG SHA WAN WATER CUT *****

WAN WILL BE TURNED

WATER SUPPLY OFF FROM THURSDAY A LEAKAGE TEST.

TO AN AREA OF CHEUNG SHA (NOVEMBER 20) MIDNIGHT TO 6 AM ON FRIDAY FOR

THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY CHEUNG FAT STREET, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, PRATAS STREET AND CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD.

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO REVIEW POST-SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION .............................................. 1

SIR JaCK OPENS NEW SHIPYARD ON TSING YI ....................... 3

PLANS FOR MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS .......................... 4

PROMPT TREATMENT FOR MENTAL PATIENTS .......................... 5

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR TUEN MUN ROAD PROJECT ..................... 6

MANPOWER SURVEY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ..................... 7

POLICY ADDRESS DEBATE RESUMES TOMORROW ........................ 7

INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION VISITS LOCAL SET-UPS ............ 8

YUEN LONG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOaRD OFFERS OOO FOR LOGO .. 8

AUCTION OF SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS ................................ 9

TRAFFIC ARRANGED ENTS IN CENTRAL DISTRICT .................... 10

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980

COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO REVIEW POST-SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION *****

WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR KEN TOPLEY IS TO RELINQUISH ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 20) HIS APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TO UNDERTAKE AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF HONG KONG’S HIGHER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AS FULL-TIME CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

IT IS INTENDED THAT ON COMPLETION OF THIS REVIEW MR TOPLEY SHOULD ASSUME A NEW POST OF SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

THE REVIEW OF POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL IN THE LIGHT OF ADVICE FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, THE REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.

MR TOPLEY, AGED 58, FIRST JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A CADET OFFICER IN NOVEMBER 1955. HE WAS PROMOTED THROUGH THE RANKS TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A IN NOVEMBER 1972. DURING THAT PERIOD, HE HELD MANY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING THOSE OF COMMISSIONER FOR CO-OPERATIVES AND FISHERIES, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR, SECRETARY OF UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS AND DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE. HE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN SEPTEMBER 1974.

MR TOPLEY’S PLACE AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WILL BE FILLED BY THE PROMOTION OF MR COLVYN HAYE, CURRENTLY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.

MR HAYE IS 54. HE WAS FIRST APPOINTED AS AN EDUCATION OFFICER IN JUNE 1953. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER IN SEPTEMBER 1962, TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN MAY 1969 AND TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN NOVEMBER 1975.

FULL MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS AS FOLLOWS!

CHAIRMAN l THE HON K.W.J. TOPLEY, CMG, JP

MEMBERS i THE HON S.L. CHEN, OBE, JP

MR Q.W. LEE, CBE, JP

DR C.J. SYMONS, CBE, JP MR ANDREW LI MRS E.L. ALLEYNE, MBE, JP DR CHEN FONG-CHING DR Y.K. CHING, JP SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES (THE HON E.P. HO, JP)

SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES (THE HON D.G. JEAFFRESON, JP) DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY (MR HENRY CHING, JP)

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (MR C.H. HAYE, JP) SECRETARY , UPGC (MR W.M. BRADLEY, JP) /THElX terms ......................................

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980

THEIR TERMS OF REFERENCE AREi

HAVING REGARD TOl

(1) THE ADVICE OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF A GROWTH RATE OF THREE PERCENT PER ANNUM FOR THE UNIVERSITIES AND A CEILING OF 12 ODO FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS AT THE POLYTECHNIC INTO THE 1980’S WOULD HAVE UNCOMFORTABLE IMPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG’S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING, AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE A SURVEY OF ALL TERTIARY AND HIGHER LEVEL EDUCATION, TAKING FULLY INTO ACCOUNT THE TYPE AND RANGE OF COURSES OFFERED BY THE POLYTECHNIC AND THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES-

(2) THE CONCERN OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION THATi

(A) THE CURRENT HIGHER EDUCATION TARGETS MAY NOT PRODUCE SUFFICIENT SKILLED AND/OR PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED PERSONNEL (PARTICULARLY IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL FIELD) TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF POTENTIAL STUDENTS AND THE NEEDS OF THE ECONOMY-AND

(B) THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES SHOULD ACHIEVE GREATER FLEXIBILITY OF RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY- AND

(3) THE INCREASE IN FEES AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS WHICH CURTAIL THE NUMBERS OF HONG KONG STUDENTS OBTAINING PLACES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS OVERSEAS AND MAY THUS RENDER INVALID THE PREVIOUS ASSUMPTIONS THAT THERE WERE LIKELY TO BE NO FEWER HONG KONG STUDENTS UNDERGOING DEGREE COURSES OVERSEAS THAN THE NUMBER OF UNDERGRADUATES IN HONG KONG- AND

(4) THE LIKELY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF POST-SIXTH FORM CANDIDATES SUITABLE FOR FURTHER EDUCATION AS A RESULT OF THE EXPANSION OF SECONDARY EDUCAT ION-

(5) THE NECESSITY TO ESTABLISH THE RIGHT MIX OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SO AS TO PRODUCE A BALANCE OF TRAINED MANPOWER SUITABLE FOR PROBABLE EMPLOYMENT DEMANDS- AND

(6) THE HIGH PROPORTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL VOTE ALREADY DEVOTED TO HIGHER EDUCATION,

/TO ADVISE ..

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980

TO ADVISE ON»

(1) THE ADEQUACY OF THE PRESENT PATTERN AND RANGE OF INSTITUTIONAL PROVISION FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION"

(2) CURRENT AND PROJECTED EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING NEEDS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, INCLUDING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, TEACHER EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION-

(3) STUDENT ENROLMENT TARGETS FOR THE DECADE COMMENCING WITH THE NEXT TRI ENN I UM IN 1984 IN THE RANGE OF AVAILABLE AND PROSPECTIVE COURSES-

(4) POLICY OPTIONS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO

(A) THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING INSTITUTIONS-

(B) THE CREATION OF NEW INSTITUTIONS-

(D) THE USE OF DISTANCE LEARNING-

(E) ALTERNATIVE COURSES OF ACTION OR DEVELOPMENT-

(5) THE FEASIBILITY OR DESIRABILITY OF INSTITUTING PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIPS (OR OTHER SCHEMES) FOR DEGREES OVERSEAS EITHER GENERALLY OR IN PARTICULAR FIELDS OF STUDY,

AND TO REPORT WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

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SIR JACK OPENS NEW SHIPYARD ON TSI NG Yl * * *

THE OPENING OF A NEW SHIPYARD ON TSING Yl BY HONGKONG UNITED DOCKYARDS REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE NOT ONLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY, BUT ALSO IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT’S PLANS TO SEE THE ISLAND DEVELOPED AS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE YARD THIS MORNING, SIR JACK SAID SHIP REPAIRING WAS AS OLD AS HONG KONG ITSELFi ♦INDEED SLIPWAYS CAPABLE OF LIFTING 300 TONS WERE IN OPERATION IN 1841, THE YEAR IN WHICH HONG KONG WAS FOUNDED.

♦THE INDUSTRY BOASTS THE FIRST BUSINESS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE EVER ISSUED IN HONG KONGt IT REMAINS OUR MAJOR HEAVY INDUSTRY,♦ HE SAID.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980

SIR JACK ADDED THAT DESPITE THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT OF AIRFREIGHTING, OUR MAGNIFICENT HARBOUR, SHIPPING AND THEREFORE SHIP REPAIRING, WOULD REMAIN VITAL ALWAYS TO OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY.

HE NOTED THAT HONGKONG UNITED DOCKYARDS NOW HAS AT THE TSI NG Yl YARD THREE FLOATING DOCKS, *COMPLETE WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT, WHICH CAN HANDLE SHIPS OF UP TO 100 000 DEADWEIGHT TONS — A MAJOR STEP TO ENSURING THAT HONG KONG CONTINUES TO BE AN ATTRACTIVE REPAIR PORT.*

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PLANS FOR MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS

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PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE PLAYING — AND WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY — A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE PROVISION OF A TECHNICAL WORKFORCE FOR OUR INDUSTRIES.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND SOCIAL CENTRE IN SHA TIN THIS AFTERNOON.

HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD PLANNED FOR THE BUILDING OF 12 MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE NEW TOWNS, INCLUDING TWO IN SHA TIN, WHICH WOULD BE READY IN 1982, AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY CLASSES IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AS FROM SEPTEMBER 1981.

MOREOVER, IN ORDER TO KEEP IN LINE WITH HONG KONG’S INDUSTRIAL DIVERSIFICATION AND NEEDS, NEW TECHNICAL SUBJECTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM FROM TIME TO TIME, HE SAID.

SIR JACK BELIEVED THAT PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION WAS INCREASINGLY WANTED BY PARENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND WAS BECOMING AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM.

+WITH A LARGE TECHNICAL CONTENT IN ITS CURRICULUM, WHICH IS GEARED TO THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY,* HE SAID, *PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES BOTH FOR JOBS AND FOR FURTHER EDUCATION AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL.*

SIR JACK NOTED THAT THE MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND SOCIAL CENTRE WOULD CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO THE SHA TIN COMMUNITY.

HE SAID THE POPULATION THERE WAS EXPECTED TO GROW FROM THE PRESENT 56 000 TO A STARTLING 420 000 IN 1986.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW TOWN OF THIS SIZE REQUIRES A BALANCED PROVISION OF HOUSING, INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

THE NEW PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND SOCIAL CENTRE, OFFERING SERVICES TO BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS, AND TO THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE SHA TIN COMMUNITY, SIR JACK SAID.

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PROMPT TREATMENT FOR MENTAL PATIENTS

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HONG KONG IS ONE OF ONLY A FEW PLACES IN THE WORLD WHICH PROVIDE A FULL-TIME PSYCHIATRIC OUT-PATIENT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE, DR W.H. LO, IN A TALK TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTHWEST TODAY.

DR LO POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE AT PRESENT FIVE FULL-TIME PSYCHIATRIC CENTRES -- TWO ON HONG KONG ISLAND, TWO IN KOWLOON AND ONE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES -- RUN BY A GROUP OF PERMANENT PSYCHIATRIC STAFF.

SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE ALMOST DAILY TO ANYONE WHO NEEDS THEM AND THE WAITING TIME FOR NEw APPOINTMENTS IS ONLY A MATTER OF DAYS, HE SAID.

ONCE THE PATIENT IS UNDER THE CARE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HE IS GIVEN FURTHER APPOINTMENTS BUT HE MAY ATTEND ANYTIME IF REQUIRED, HE ADDED.

DR LO SAID THAT IN HONG KONG WHEN ONE TALKS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL PATIENTS ONE INVARIABLY THINKS OF CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL AND NOTHING ELSE.

+THIS IS FAR FROM THE TRUE PICTURE BECAUSE THERE IS A LARGE VARIETY OF MENTAL ILLNESSES WITH VASTLY DIFFERENT OUTCOMES,+ HE SAID.

HE EXPLAINED THAT EVEN IN SIMPLEST CLASSIFICATION THERE ARE MAJOR AND MINOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS REQUIRING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TREATMENT.

THE MAJORITY OF PATIENTS SUFFER FROM MINOR PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS WITH SUCH SYMPTOMS AS DESPONDENCE, ANXIOUS AGITATION, POOR CONCENTRATION, LOSS OF INTEREST, INSOMNIA AND LOSS OF APPETITE.

MOST OF THEM, ACCORDING TO DR LO, SEEK TREATMENT FROM PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS, THE GOVERNMENT PSYCHIATRIC OUT-PATIENT CLINICS AND EVEN HERBALISTS.

IN 1979, 27 000 PATIENTS ATTENDED THE GOVERNMENT PSYCHIATRIC OUT-PATIENT CLINICS REGULARLY BUT THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS RECEIVING IN-PATIENT TREATMENT IN THE SAME YEAR *AS ONLY 5 303.

DR LO SAID SURVEYS CONDUCTED IN MANY WELL-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES INDICATED THAT ONE OUT OF 10 PEOPLE HAD PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEM OR DISORDER OF ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.

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ALTHOUGH NO SUCH SURVEYS HAVE BEEN DONE IN HONG KONG, THERE ARE REASONS TO BELIEVE THAT THE PREVALENCE HERE IS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, HE SAID.

THE COMMONEST PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS IN HONG KONG, ACCORDING TO HIM, IS SCHIZOPHRENIA, WHICH IS A CHRONIC DISEASE WITH FREQUENT RELAPSES.

IN FACT, 75 PER CENT OF IN-PATIENTS IN VARIOUS MENTAL INSTITUTIONS AND 35 PER CENT OF OUT-PATIENTS ARE SUFFERING FROM THIS DISEASE, HE SAID.

THEY CONTRIBUTE HEAVILY TO THE CONGESTION OF CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL AS THEY TEND TO OCCUPY MORE HOSPITAL BEDS AND DEMAND A GREAT DEAL OF PSYCHIATRIC ATTENTION.

HOwEVER, WITH THE TRANSFER OF PATIENTS TO THE NEW SOUTH KwA I CHUNG HOSPITAL NOW UNDER WAY, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE CONGESTION WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED NEXT YEAR WHEN THE NEW HOSPITAL BECOMES FULLY OPERATIONAL, DR LO SAID.

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CONTRACT SIGNED FOR TUEN MUN ROAD PROJECT

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A 864 MILLION CONTRACT FORMING PART OF A MAJOR ROAD PROGRAMME DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE SOUTHERN ACCESS TO ON TING AND YAU Ol ESTATES AND THE FUTURE TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE WAS LET BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

THE CONTRACT WAS OFFICIALLY SIGNED BY MR K.K. TANG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PWD’S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF GAMMON (HONG KONG) LIMITED.

MR TANG SAID THE WORK INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELEVATED ROAD OVER TUEN MUN ROAD TO LINK CASTLE PEAK ROAD WITH A NEW ROAD LEADING TO THE TWO ESTATES.

PART OF TUEN MUN ROAD IN THE NEW TOWN WILL BE WIDENED TO A DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY FOR 0.8 KILOMETRE SOUTH OF PUI TO ROAD.

THE LINK, HE SAID, WOULD BE MADE BY A HALF-DIAMOND SHAPED INTERCHANGE WITH ON TING BRIDGE, ACROSS TUEN MUN ROAD.

THIS BRIDGE WILL BE A TWO SPAN STRUCTURE OF PRECAST PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE DECKS.

THE 0.5 KILOMETRE ELEVATED ROAD WILL HAVE TWO PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS WHICH WILL PROVIDE ACCESS FROM A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AREA AND ON TING ESTATE IN THE SOUTH, TO THE TUEN MUN CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX IN THE TOWN’S CENTRE IN THE NORTH.

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 20 MONTHS.

THE PROGRAMME FORMS PART OF THE OVERALL NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE PWD TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980

MANPOWER SURVEY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ******

THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL WILL CARRY OUT A SURVEY «XT MONTH ON THE MANPOWER SITUATION AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS IN ALL BANKS AND IN SOME SELECTED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES.

THE SURVEY, WHICH HAS BEEN PLANNED BY THE BANKING TRAINING BOARD OF THE COUNCIL, WILL BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN DECEMBER 1 AND 30.

SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES, EXPLANATORY NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS CF PRINCIPAL BANK AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANY JOBS, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, HAVE BEEN SENT TO ALL BANKS AND THE SELECTED DEPOSITTAKING COMPANIES IN HONG KONG.

OFFICERS OF THE TRAINING COUNCIL WILL, IF NECESSARY, VISIT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD TO ANSWER QUERIES AND ASSIST IN COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRES.

THE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE ASKED TO SUPPLY INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF EXISTING EMPLOYEES, FORECASTS OF ADDITIONAL NUMBERS, PERIOD OF TRAINING GIVEN TO THEM AND OTHER PERSONNEL AND TRAINING MATTERS.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRAINING COUNCIL, DR FRANCIS TIEN, CALLED ON THE SELECTED ESTABLISHMENTS TODAY TO EXTEND FULL SUPPORT TO THE SURVEY BY COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRES AND RETURNING THEM TO THE TRAINING COUNCIL.

HE STRESSED THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WOULD BE PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

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POLICY ADDRESS DEBATE RESUMES TOMORROW

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TEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WILL REPLY TO POINTS RAISED BY THEIR UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) ON THE GOVERNOR’S OPENING ADDRESS LAST MONTH.

THEY ARE THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND CHIEF SECRETARY.

AT THE MEETING, THE OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 AND THE UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS (AMENDMENT) EILL 1983 a ILL EE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND SECOND READ I NGS.

THE COUNCIL'S PROCEEDINGS a ILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON RTHK CHANNELS 2 (CHINESE) AND 4 (ENGLISH).

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INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION VISITS LOCAL SET-UPS ******

THE JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION, CURRENTLY IN HONG KONG ON A FACT-FINDING VISIT, TODAY TOURED MODERN TERMINALS LTD. AT KWAI CHU^G CONTAINER TERMINAL, AND A ZIPPER FACTORY IN TUEN MUN.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR C.L. CHU, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OF THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, THE MISSION VISITED THE PREMISES OF MODERN TERMINALS LTD. AT THE CONTAINER TERMINAL WHICH RANKS AMONG THE TOP THREE IN THE WORLD.

MODERN TERMINALS LTD., A LOCALLY-OWNED COMPANY ESTABLISHED IN 1969, EMPLOYS A STAFF OF 950. FORTY-TWO SHIPPING LINES USE THE COMPANY’S FACILITIES WHICH INCLUDE FOUR FREIGHT STATIONS AND TWO BERTHS. THE TWO BERTHS, WITH FOOTAGES OF 1 000 FT. AND 1 550 FT., ACCOMMODATED 1 300 VESSELS BETWEEN OCTOBER 1979 AND SEPTEMBER 1980.

A WAREHOUSE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND, WHEN COMPLETED WILL PROVIDE A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 465 000 SQ. FT.

BETWEEN OCTOBER 1979 AND SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, MODERN TERMINALS LTD. HANDLED A TOTAL OF 540 186 TEU (TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS) AND ALSO 1 968 700 REVENUE TONS THROUGH THE CONTAINER FREIGHT STATIONS.

IN THE AFTERNOON, THE JAPANESE MISSION VISITED THE Y.K.K. ZIPPER CO. (HK) LTD. IN TUEN MUN.

Y.K.K., ESTABLISHED IN 1966, NOW EMPLOYS MORE THAN 190 PEOPLE AND IS A WHOLLY JAPANESE-OWNED COMPANY. ITS MAIN PRODUCT LINE IS METAL, NYLON AND PLASTIC ZIPPERS.

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YUEN LONG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD OFFERS $3 000 FOR LOGO ******

A PRIZE OF $3 000 IS BEING OFFERED TO AN ARTIST WHO CAN DESIGN A LOGO FOR YUEN LONG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD.

A DESIGN COMPETITION, WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL HONG KONG ARTISTS, WILL CLOSE THIS SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 22).

THE DESIGN CAN BE EITHER CHINESE OR WESTERN STYLE AND SHOULD BE OF ONE COLOUR ONLY. IT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ON CARDBOARD PAPER MEASURING 35 CM BY 45 CM.

THERE WILL BE NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES BY INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS. BESIDES THE WINNER’S PRIZE THERE WILL BE FIVE PRIZES OF $200 FOR RUNNERS-UP.

YUEN LONG DAB WAS SET UP IN 1977 TO ADVISE ON THE WELL-BEING CF RESIDENTS AND THE PROVISION AND USE OF PUBLIC FACILITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980

IT ALSO UNDERTAKES MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THE PROMOTION OF RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.

FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE BOARD BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THIS FINANCIAL YEAR TOTALLED $1 MILLION, DOUBLE THAT FOR 1978/79.

IT HAS 17 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, INCLUDING CHAIRMEN OF RURAL COMMITTEES, AND FIVE OFFICIALS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. THE CHAIRMAN IS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID ENTRIES IN THE COMPETITION SHOULD REFLECT THE ROLE OF THE BOARD IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

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AUCTION OF SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD ANOTHER AUCTION OF SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 22) AT 13 AM IN THE CITY HALL RECITAL HALL.

A TOTAL OF 35 SPECIAL NUMBERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR BIDDING.

THEY ARE : HK7674 CF7595 CG8838 CG 930 AC 928

AP1132 CH 123 CO 89 CC 939 CG 392

BH8838 BK 55 CH 345 CH 888 CG 311

CF7456 CC 100 CJ 88 AS 1 CG6848

CG 233 CG 707 CE 1 BZ 88 CG 125

CG 143 CD 777 CF 333 CC 36 CH 138

CF7555 CG 633 CG 928 CG9983 AH 336

SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS MUST PAY IN CASH OR BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY

AFTER THE BIDDING. A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REMINDED BIDDERS THAT A

NUMBER WOULD BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO A VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE AUCTION.

PROCEEDS OF THE AUCTION * ILL AS USUAL GO TO THE GOVERNMENT .LOTTERIES FUND.

THE COMING AUCTION IS THE 58TH ORGANIZED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973.

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TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN CENTRAL DISTRICT

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TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN CENTRAL DISTRICT FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 21) IN FRONT OF THE TEMPORARY MACAU FERRY TERMINAL CONCOURSE AND IN JACKSON ROAD AFFECTING PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES AND TAXIS.

FOR PLE’S, ENTRY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO THE ACCESS ROAD LEADING TO THE FERRY TERMINAL CONCOURSE ON THE CENTRAL RECLAMATION TO THE NORTH OF CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.

IN JACKSON ROAD, THE EXISTING TAXI STAND WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS FOR WORK ON REPAIRS TO WATER DRAINS.

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WATER CUT IN WAN CHAI * *

WATER SUPPLY TO AN AREA OF WAN CHAI WILL BE TURNED OFF FROM 11 PM ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 21) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING FOR A LEAKAGE TEST.

THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY CANAL ROAD EAST, HENNESSY ROAD, PERCIVAL STREET AND LEIGHTON ROAD.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

POLICY ADDRESS DEBATE

VIGILANCE AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MUST CONTINUE ....... 1

HONG KONG HAS STRINGENT HEALTH CONTROL MEASURES ........... 3

49 BUS ONLY LANES ON PLANNING BOARD ....................... 5

MEASURES TO DEAL WITH JUVENILE OFFENDERS .................. 7

PROBLEMS FORESEEN IN EXTENDING COMPULSORY EDUCATION ....... 9

UPSURGE OF JUVENILE CRIME UNDER FULL STUDY ............... 11

IMPROVEMENTS TO EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS .... 12

GOOD HOUSING NEWS FOR TWO DESERVING GROUPS ............... 14

GOVERNMENT WILL PRESS CASE FOR HK STUDENTS IN UK........ 16

PROPOSALS FOR AID TO INDUSTRY HANDLED BY DIVERSIFICATION COMMITTEE ................................ 18

REASONS FOR PROPOSED CHANGES TO ABORTION LAW ................... 19

TRIBUTE TO MR BREMRIDGE ........................................ 20

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR KING'S ROAD SCHEME ............. 20

SHA TIN TO HOLD FIRST DANCE CONTEST ............................ 22

POK FU LAM WATER INTERRUPTION .................................. 22

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980

VIGILANCE AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MUST CONTINUE ******

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER, TODAY EMPHASISED THE NEED FOR CONTINUED VIGILANCE AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DESPITE SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS.

WINDING UP THE DEBATE ON THE MOTION OF THANKS FOR THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS, SIR JACK NOTED THAT THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED DAILY HAD DROPPED FROM 400 BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 AND 23 TO 25 A DAY OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS.

+UNDOUBTEDLY THE HIGH LEVEL OF ACTIVITY BY THE CHINESE SECURITY FORCES HAS MADE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THIS DRAMATIC CHANGE AND I SHOULD LIKE TO RECORD MY APPRECIATION OF THEIR COOPERATION AT THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE,+ HE SAID.

OUR MEASURES TOO WERE HAVING THEIR EFFECTi SIR JACK SAID REPORTS SUGGESTED THAT NEWS OF THE MEASURES HAD REACHED THE COMMUNES OF SOUTH CHINA - NO PROSPECTS OF WORK, NO CHANCE OF OBTAINING SERVICES FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND A REAL RISK OF DETECTION AND REMOVAL - AND AS A CONSEQUENCE HONG KONG HAD LOST ITS ATTRACTION.

♦BUT THESE ARE STILL EARLY DAYS AND WE MUST ABOVE ALL AVOID COMPLACENCY,+ SIR JACK SAID. +THERE MUST BE NO RELAXATION OF OUR VIGILANCE.♦

THE SECURITY FORCES, HE SAID, WILL REMAIN ON THE ALERT AND WILL BE STRENGTHENED NEXT YEAR BY ADDITIONAL TROOPS AS A FIFTH BATTALION IS FORMED.

IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, POLICE AND LABOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD BE EQUALLY ACTIVE IN SEEKING OUT THESE UNWELCOME ILLEGAL WOULD-BE RESIDENTS.

REFERRING TO ILLEGALS FROM PLACES OTHER THAN CHINA, SIR JACK MADE IT CLEAR THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LIABLE TO REMOVAL IF DETECTED, UNLIKE THOSE FROM CHINA ^REACHING BASE.+

♦THERE IS THEREFORE NO QUESTION OF BAD FAITH OR RETROACTIVE TREATMENT ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT,+ HE SAID. +IT IS SIMPLY A QUESTION OF THE PREVIOUS POLICY CONTINUING UNCHANGED.♦

SIR JACK NOTED THAT TO ALLOW ANY FORM OF AMNESTY FOR SUCH PEOPLE WOULD NOT ONLY BE UNFAIR TO THOSE WHO HAVE FOLLOWED LAWFUL PROCEDURES, BUT WOULD SET A PRECEDENT WHICH WOULD NOT BE LOST, FOR EXAMPLE ON THE TENS OF THOUSANDS KNOWN TO BE WAITING IN MACAU.

♦ AT THE SAME TIME, I SHOULD LIKE TO REASSURE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WHO MAY HAVE MISGIVINGS, THAT SUCH PERSONS WILL NOT BE REMOVED HASTILY NOR WITHOUT FULL CONSIDERATION OF THEIR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES: IF GENUINE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS WOULD RESULT, THEN THEIR CASE WILL BE HANDLED WITH UNDERSTANDING AND SYMPATHY.+

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TURNING TO A SUGGESTION FROM THE HON ALEX WU THAT INTERPRETATION FACILITIES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BE EXTENDED TO MANDARIN, SIR JACK THOUGHT IT BEST TO WAIT UNTIL MORE OF OUR HONG KONG PEOPLE CAN SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND MANDARIN BEFORE CONSIDERING SUCH AN EXTENSION.

♦ IN THE MEANTIME,+ HE SAID, *WE SHALL BE MAKING STRENUOUS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE FACILITIES FOR SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION FROM CANTONESE TO ENGLISH AND VICE VERSA, NOT ONLY IN THIS CHAMBER BUT IN OTHER MEETING ROOMS.+

COMMENTING ON A SUGGESTION FROM THE HON LYDIA DUNN, SIR JACK SAID MISS DUNN HAD A VALID POINT IN PROPOSING THAT GOVERNMENT SERIOUSLY CONSIDER, OR RECONSIDER SUGGESTIONS MADE IN THE PAST TO HIVE OFF SOME GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES.

♦ WE SHOULD ALSO POSITIVELY SEEK OUT AREAS WHICH MIGHT WITH ADVANTAGE BE ’HIVED-OFF’ EITHER TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR OR SOME OTHER REGIME,* HE SAID. +NOT NECESSARILY, NOR ONLY, IN THE BROAD AREAS SUGGESTED IN THE PAST, BUT ANY PART OF GOVERNMENT WHICH COULD MORE EFFICIENTLY, MORE ECONOMICALLY BE ’HIVED-OFF’ IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH BETTER SERVICE.*

SUCH A TASK, HE WARNED, WOULD TAKE TIME BUT SHOULD NEVERTHELESS BE UNDERTAKEN.

ON ANOTHER POINT RAISED BY MISS DUNN, SIR JACK SAID THAT THE WORKING GROUP REVIEWING UNOFFICIAL PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES HAD COMPLETED ITS STUDY.

THE GROUP FOUND THAT, ON THE WHOLE, THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING WELL AND THAT A COMPREHENSIVE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY WAS MAKING AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG ACROSS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF GOVERNMENT’S ACTIVITIES.

♦ IT WAS CLEAR, HOWEVER, THAT THERE REMAINS A NEED FOR CONTINUING AND INCREASING EFFORTS TO BE MADE TO LOCATE SUITABLE AND WILLING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO COME FORWARD SO THAT THOSE ALREADY SERVING DO NOT FIND THEMSELVES REQUIRED TO SIT ON TOO MANY COMMITTEES,* HE ADDED.

SIR JACK SAID THE GROUP FOUND THAT OF 307 STATUTORY AND NON-STATUTORY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, 299 WERE STILL SERVING A USEFUL PURPOSE, THE REMAINDER HAVING COMPLETED A PARTICULAR TASK- THAT THE 75 PER CENT UNOFFICIAL MEMBERSHIP QUOTED BY MISS DUNN WAS ABOUT RIGHT- AND THAT THE INPUT FROM UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WAS EFFECTIVE AND APPRECIATED.

SIR JACK SAID THAT IN ORDER THAT THE SYSTEM MIGHT CONTINUE TO SERVE CURRENT NEEDS, IT WAS PROPOSED TO UNDERTAKE REGULAR REVIEW’S EVERY TWO YEARS - THE FIRST TAKING PLACE NEXT JANUARY.

+AS PART OF THIS BIENNIAL EXERCISE, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS WILL BE ASKED WHETHER BOARDS AND COMMITTEES IN THEIR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY CAN BE CHAIRED BY AN UNOFFICIAL, IF THEY ARE NOT ALREADY,* HE SAID.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980

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SIR JACK EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO THE UNOFFICIALS FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR SPEECHES AND FOR THEIR DEVOTION TO THE SERVICE OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE PUBLIC.

HE ALSO EMPHASISED HIS APPRECIATION TO MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THE PATIENCE AND DEDICATION WITH WHICH THEY CARRIED OUT THEIR DUTIES, AND WARMLY WELCOMED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STANDING COMMISSION CONCERNING STAFF CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY.

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HONG KONG HAS STRINGENT HEALTH CONTROL MEASURES *****

HONG KONG HAS BEEN FREE FROM MAJOR EPIDEMICS FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE OF THE VERY STRINGENT CONTROL MEASURES BY THE HEALTH AUTHORITY AGAINST COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR THE HON K.L. THONG, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THIS CONTROL MECHANISM, HE SAID , IS EMBODIED IN A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A NETWORK OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CLINICS, SPECIALIST CLINICS, CASUALTY DEPARTMENTS, OUTPATIENT CLINICS AND PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS.

♦THIS SYSTEM OF PREVENTION AND CONTROL IS FURTHER COMPLEMENTED BY THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES, HEALTH OFFICES AND REGIONAL HOSPITALS FOR LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS, ISOLATION, INVESTIGATION AND TREATMENT OF CONTACTS AND CASES,* HE ADDED.

DR THONG WAS COMMENTING ON EARLIER SUGGESTIONS BY DR THE HON HARRY FANG IN THE DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS, THAT HEALTH SCREENING BE PROVIDED FOR IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA TO DETECT AND PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.

+AS LONG AS THIS CONTROL MECHANISM IS EFFICIENT AND WELL MAINTAINED,* SAID THE DIRECTOR, +THERE IS LITTLE DANGER OF ENDEMIC DISEASES AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY IN EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS.*

HE POINTED OUT THAT ONE ESSENTIAL FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE EFFICIENT WORKING OF THE CONTROL MECHANISM WAS THAT IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA HAVE SHOWN MUCH THE SAME PREVALENCE AND PATTERN OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AS IN HONG KONG.

HE ADDED THAT THIS PATTERN HAD OVER THE YEARS REMAINED BY AND LARGE SIMILAR AND CONSTANT.

THIS, DR THONG EXPLAINED, WAS TO BE EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE GEOGRAPHICAL AND IDENTICAL CLIMATIC AND ETHNIC FACTORS AND THE PRACTICALLY FREE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS TO AND FRO ACROSS THE COMMON BORDER.

*THUS, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA MAY BE REGARDED AS A HOMOGENOUS GROUP WHICH CAN AND IS MOST CONVENIENTLY AND APPROPRIATELY COVERED BY THE NORMAL CONTROL MECHANISM WHICH I HAME JUST DESCRIBED,* HE ADDED.

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WEDNESDAY, .NOVEMBER 19, IQftO

FROM TIME TO TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS AN INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS, THERE MAY BE AN INCREASED INCIDENCE IN CERTAIN ENDEMIC DISEASES.

HOWEVER, SUCH TEMPORARY INCREASE, SAID DR THONG, HAS BEEN AND CAN BE CONTAINED BY THE NORMAL SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL MECHANISM.

IN THE RECENT OUTBREAK OF RABIES, FOR INSTANCE, THE FIRST HUMAN CASE WAS DIAGNOSED CLINICALLY AND CONFIRMED BY LABORATORY METHODS IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE DISEASE HAS BEEN ABSENT FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, HE SAID.

DETECTION IN TURN IMMEDIATELY SET IN MOTION, AND WITHOUT PANIC, THE NECESSARY PREVENTIVE AND OTHER CONTROL MEASURES ON THE PART OF BOTH THE AGRICULTURE -ND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HE ADDED.

DR THONG POINTED OUT 'HAT RABIES IS A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE WHICH PRIMARILY AFFECTS WARM-BLOODED MAMMALS USUALLY OF THE FOUR-FOOTED VARIETY WITH NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS.

+ITS EPIDEMIOLOGY IS SUCH THAT ANY HEALTH SCREENING DIRECTED AT SYMPTOMLESS IMMIGRANTS WOULD BE QUITE UNPRODUCTIVE AND WOULD NOT BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF GOOD PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE,* HE SAID.

THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC HEALTH

AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROLS, HONG KONG HAS EXCELLED IN COMPARISON WITH EVEN THE MOST ADVANCED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.

+THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS ALL THE MORE SIGNIFICANT IN THAT WE HAVE BEEN AN OASIS FREE FROM MAJOR EPIDEMICS IN THE MIDST OF TERRITORIES WHERE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE EXIST EITHER IN EPIDEMIC OR ENDEMIC FORM,* HE SAID.

THE ACHIEVEMENT IS DUE TO THE EFFECTIVE HEALTH SCREENING AND HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PORT HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

+THAT THIS SYSTEM PAS PROVEN RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT FOR A CONSIDERABLE LENGTH CF TIME I . THE PAST, HAVING WITHSTOOD THE IMPACT OF CONSTANT AS ■'LL -3 "ODEN AND REPEATED MASSIVE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS, IS STR'NG TEST • V ’HAT IT IS STILL OUR BEST DEFENCE AGAINST EPIDEMICS Or COMMUNi' _ DISEASES,* SAID THE DIRECTOR.

COMMENTING ON DR FANG’S OTHE-' SUGGESTION FOR A CORPORATE BOARD SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT IN HOSPIalO, DR THONG SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY BEEN CONS IDER IN SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS IN THE COURSE OF lTS REVIEW 'HE STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR SOME TME.

THE PROPOSED SYSTEM, KNOWN AS THE +COGWHEEL SYSTEM*, ENVISAGED THAT A REGIONAL HOSp TAL BE MANAGED B»' A MANAGEMENT TEAM CONSISTING OF A CHAIRMAN WHO * IlL ALoO BE CHAIRMAN 0? A MEDICAL COMMITTEE ELECTED AND APPOINTS '■’DM AMONGST CONSULTANTS, HE SAID.

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THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR THE CHAIRMAN WHO WILL IN EFFECT FUNCTION AS A PART-TIME ADMINISTRATOR TO THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL, SHOULD BE THREE TO FIVE YEARS AND THAT THE CHAIRMANSHIP SHOULD BE ROTATED AMONG SUITABLY QUALIFIED CONSULTANTS.

THE CHAIRMAN WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY A SENIOR HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR AND A CHIEF NURSING OFFICER.

WITHIN THIS SYSTEM THERE WILL BE OTHER SMALLER DIVISIONAL COMMITTEES CONSISTING OF CONSULTANTS AND OTHER PRACTITIONERS GROUPED INTO SPECIALTIES, DEALING WITH VARIOUS SUBJECTS IN THE HOSPITAL.

THE CHAIRMEN OF SUCH DIVISIONAL COMMITTEES WILL BE REPRESENTED ON THE MAIN MEDICAL COMMITTEE.

IN THIS WAY, ALL INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED AND COORDINATED AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MANAGEMENT IS GIVEN TO THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED.

DR THONG POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW CONCEPT IN HONG KONG AND THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUCCESS OF SUCH A SYSTEM WILL DEPEND ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS, SUCH AS SELECTING INDIVIDUALS AMONG THE CONSULTANTS AND OTHER STAFF OF THE RIGHT CALIBRE.

HE SAID IT IS THE INTENTION TO CARRY OUT A PILOT PROJECT IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL BASED ON THE COGWHEEL SYSTEM AS SOON AS IT IS PRACTICALLY POSSIBLE AND TO EXTEND GRADUALLY TO OTHER HOSPITALS IF THE SCHEME PROVES TO BE WORKABLE.

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49 BUS ONLY LANES ON PLANNING BOARD * * * *

THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTS TO DEVELOP MOST. IF NOT ALL.OF THE 49 ROUTES FOR BUS ONLY LANES, IDENTIFIED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 18 MONTHS.

THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON DEREK JONES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DEBATE ON THE MOTION OF THANKS FOR THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS.

MR JONES SAID FEASIBILITY STUDIES HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED ON FIVE SCHEMES ON THE MAINLAND, WHICH WERE AWAITING IMPLEMENTATION, AND BASIC DATA COLLECTION WORK HAD STARTED ON SIX OTHER SCHEMES.

ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THREE IMPORTANT SCHEMES AFFECTING KING’S ROAD, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL AND POK FU LAM ROAD ARE MOVING AHEAD AND THE FIRST TWO wILL BE FULLY INTRODUCED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, HE SAID.

COMMENTING ON POINTS RAISED BY THE UNOFFICIALS IN THE DEBATE, MR JONES SAID HE DETECTED A -GRUDGING RECOGNITION-, IN THEIR SPEECHES, THAT THE GOVERNMENT’S RECENT PERFORMANCE IN PROVIDING NEW FORMED LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT -MIGHT, AFTER ALL, NOT HAVE BEEN TOO BAD-. HE ASSURED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO DO ITS BEST.

/HE HEFOTEI

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HE REFUTED SOME OF THE CRITICISMS OF THE HON T.S. LO WHOSE SPEECH, HE SAID, FOR HIM AT LEAST, *HAD ABOUT IT A CURIOUSLY NOSTALGIC FLAVOUR OF DEJA VU, FOR VIRTUALLY ALL THE MATTERS HE RAISED HAVE BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT AND DEBATED LONG AND HARD OVER THE YEARS, BOTH WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION AND IN THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.+

MR JONES SAID MR LO HAD, N MAKING GREAT PLAY WITH PERCENTAGES CF TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURE DEVOTED TO ROADS AND RAILWAYS, NOT MENTIONED THAT ACTUAL EXPENDITURE ON THEM THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME HAD, IN FACT, BEEN INCREASING SUBSTANTIALLY.

FURTHERMORE, MR LO DID NOT MAKE IT CLEAR THAT BY ’RAILWAYS’ HE WAS REFERRING ONLY TO THE KCR AND OMITTED THE MTR +PERHAPS BECAUSE, TO DRAW ATTENTION TO MTR EXPENDITURE ON THIS PARTICULAR OCCASION WOULD RATHER SPOIL HIS ARGUMENT,* MR JONES SAID.

MR JONES POINTED OUT THAT TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON ROADS AND RAILWAYS, INCLUDING THE MTR, WAS ABOUT S2 800 MILLION LAST YEAR AND WOULD BE ABOUT i2 600 MILLION THIS YEAR, +NOT A BAD RECORD BY ANY STANDARDS*.

STILL ON THE ISSUE OF THE MTR, AND IN REPLY TO THE HON DAVID NEWBIGGING, MR JONES SAID A GREAT DEAL OF WORK WAS CURRENTLY BEING DONE ON THE SHAPE CF THE FUTURE TRANSPORT SYSTEM MOST SUITABLE FOR THE HONu KONG ISLAND CORRIDOR, AND IT WAS HOPED THAT A DECISION WOULD BE REACHED IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

HE ADDED THAT, IN THE LONGER TERM, CONSIDERATION WAS BEING GIVEN TO POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE HARBOUR CROSSINGS, AND MR NEWBIGG ING’S IDEA OF A RAIL LINK FROM EASTERN HONG KONG ISLAND TO THE EXISTING MTR AT KWUN TONG WAS NOT BEING LOST SIGHT CF.

ON OTHER TRANSPORT MATTERS, MR JONES SAID A CONSULTANCY WAS JUST ABOUT TO BE LET ON MEANS TO IMPROVE THE OPERATIONS Oc THE CONTAINER TRADE GENERALLY, TO INCREASE THE THROUGHPUT AT THE CONTAINER PORT AND TO ALLEVIATE CONGESTION IN ITS ENVIRONS.

CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN TO DEVELOPMENTS SIMILAR TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE JUBILEE STREET PIER RECENTLY APPROVED, WHERE PRACTICABLE, AND ANY ARRANGEMENTS MADE WOULD PROBABLY BE INCLUDED IN FRANCHISES TO BE ISSUED UNDER THE NEW FERRIES SERVICES BILL UNDER PREPARATION.

HE SAID PROVIDING MORE CAR PARKING SPACES AS WOULD MEET DEMAND IN VERY CONGESTED AREAS WOULD ONLY WORSEN CONGESTION, AND aHAT SHOULD BE DONE WAS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT OFF-STREET SPACES TO MATCH THE CAPACITY OF THE ROADS. EXCESSIVE ILLEGAL PARKING ON THE STREETS * ILL HA E ”0 BE DEALT WITH BY MORE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, HE AID.

HE AGREED WITH MR LO THAT A LARGE PART, +IF NOT THE GREATER PART OF -‘ONG KONO’S 'P-NSPCFT PROBLEMS* STEM FRO”' TH GROWING NUMBERS OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD PARTICULARLY PRIVATE CARS — THERE *A AN’ NCREASE OF 7 --.P CENT OR SOME 27 □□□ CARS REGISTS ED OV-k THE L> T .. 'ON' -- AND MEASURES WOULD NEED TO

BE TAKEN B F LON \ Cu E T ROWTH.

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AS TO MR LO’S CALL FOR *A STRONG TRANSPORT SECRETARIAT*, MR JONES SAID THERE WAS UNDER-ESTIMATION OF THE MEASURES THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN TO IMPROVE THE CO-ORDINATING MACHINERY AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS.

APART FROM THE TAC, THERE WAS A STRONG OVERALL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AT HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OR HEAD OF DIVISION LEVEL, UNDER WHICH WAS A NETWORK OF INTER-RELATED INTER-DEPARTMENTAL GROUPS DEALING WITH PARTICULAR SUBJECTS.

THE SYSTEM IS NOW WORKING WELL AND IT IS PERIODICALLY EXAMINED TO SEE WHETHER FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE, HE SAID.

MR JONES ALSO WELCOMED THE SUPPORT GIVEN FOR THE NEW 'KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN’ CAMPAIGN AND SAID WAYS AND MEANS FOR STRONGER ENFORCEMENT AND HEAVIER FINES WERE BEING EXPLORED.

THE POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE REFUSE STORAGE CHAMBERS IN ALL NEW BUILDINGS, AS SUGGESTED BY THE HON F.K. HU, WAS ALSO BEING GIVEN SERIOUS CONSIDERATION, HE SAID.

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MEASURES TO DEAL WITH JUVENILE OFFENDERS

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THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME JUVENILE COURTS WILL BE INCREASED TO FOUR BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JOHN GRIFFITHS TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

SPEAKING IN THE DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS, MR GRIFFITHS SAID SINCE SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, A NEw JUVENILE COURT STARTED SITTING TWO DAYS A WEEK IN TSUEN WAN MAGISTRACY TO DEAL WITH ALL JUVENILE CASES ARISING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES EXCEPT FOR SAI KUNG.

THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO THE ONE IN THE SAN PO KONG MAGISTRACY, SITTING FULL-TIME AND DEALING WITH CASES ARISING IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND THE ONE IN CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY, SITTING THREE DAYS A WEEK AND DEALING WITH HONG KONG AND OUTLYING ISLANDS.

FURTHERMORE, MR GRIFFITHS SAID, A NEW COURT ROOM IS PRESENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE TOP FLOOR OF CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY AND IN DUE COURSE THIS wILL BECOME A FULL-TIME JUVENILE COURT.

HE ALSO HOPED THAT ANOTHER JUVENILE COURT IN NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY WOULD BEGIN TO SIT BY THE END OF 1980, BRINGING TO FOUR, THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME JUVENILE COURTS IN OPERATION.

THIS, MR GRIFFITHS SAID, WOULD HELP TO REDUCE THE WORKLOAD OF THE MAGISTRACIES DEALING WITH JUVENILE CASES tq MANAGEABLE PROPORTIONS AND AVOID THE PROBLEMS TO WHICH THE HON MISS JOYCE BENNETT HAD EARLIER IN THE DEBATE MADE REFERENCE.

+0P COURSE THE PRIME OBJECT OF THE GOVERNMENT MUST BE TO PREVENT JUVEN LE CRlwE OCCURRING AT AlL, FOR PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. BUT TC H’PE TO PREVENT 1T ENTIRE-* IS PERHAPS TO WISH -?’ PAR AD ISE.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980

♦ SO THE JUVENILE COURTS MUST INEVITABLY CONTINUE TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT TWO-FOLD ROLE, BOTH ’0 PUNISH OFFENDERS AND AT THE SAME TIME, =>OSSIBLE, TO PREVENT THE REPETITION OF

^FENCES BY YOUNG PEOPLE. TO FULFIL THESE ROLES THEY MUST BE PROPERLY STAFFED AND ACCOMMODATED,+ HE SAID.

MR GRIFFITHS NOTED THAT THE JOB OF DEALING WITH JUVENILE OFFENDERS WAS A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT AND DELICATE ONE. *IT REQUIRES SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INSIGHT IN THE MAGISTRATE ENTRUSTED WITH THE TASK, SO THAT THE RIGHT BLEND OF FIRMNESS AND UNDERSTANDING, OF AUTHORITY AND INFORMALITY IS ACHIEVED.*

HOWEVER, HE SAID, THERE ARE, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, ONLY LIMITED NUMBER OF MAGISTRATES AVAILABLE WHO HAVE THE REQUIRED QUALITIES AND TEMPERAMENT SUITABLE FOR THE SPECIALISED wORK OF THE JUVENILE COURTS.

ON COURT ACCOMMODATION, MR GRIFFITHS REVEALED THAT IT wAS PROPOSED THAT AS AND WHEN NEW COURT BUILDINGS WERE BUILT, FOR INSTANCE DURING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO AT KWUNG TONG, TUEN MUN, SHA TIN AND wAN CHAI, SEPARATE JUVENILE COURT FACILITIES WOULD BE INCLUDED IN EACH.

REPLYING TO OTHER POINTS RAISED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, MR GRIFFITHS SAID A NEW DRAFT BILL ON PROPERTY LAW WAS PREPARED EARLY LAST MONTH AND SINCE THEN HAD BEEN CIRCULATING FOR COMMENTS. THE BILL REPLACED THE ONE WHICH WAS DROPPED ON THE ADVICE OF THE LAW SOCIETY THAT IT WAS LIKELY TO CAUSE CHAOS AND WOULD REQUIRE ALL SOLICITORS DOING CONVEYANCING IN HONG KONG TO BECOME FAMILIAR /,ITH A TOTALLY NEW SYSTEM.

THE PROGRESS OF THE NEW BILL NOW DEPENDS ON THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF COMMENTS FROM VARIOUS INTERESTED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OUTSIDE BODIES SUCH AS THE LAw SOCIETY, HE SAID.

HE ALSO DISCLOSED THAT THE FIRST DRAFT OF A NEW STAMP BILL WAS COMPLETED AND WAS NOW OUT FOR CONSULTATION.

THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION AIMS TO REMOVE THE MANY ANOMALIES PRESENTLY EXISTING IN THE LAW WITHOUT CHANGING THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE PRESENT ORDINANCES. +FOR THE INTENTION IS TH£’ THE LIABILITY TO DUTY AND THE PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH THIS IS BASED WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS AT PRESENT,* HE SAID.

MR GRIFFITHS ALSO OUTLINED THE CAUSES OF SO-CALLED DELAYS IN BRINGING FORWARD LEGISLATION.

*A GROWING VOLUME OF LEGISLATION HONG KONG CERTAINLY HAS, AND THAT IS ONE THING- BUT THE TREND IN ADDITION IS TOWARDS INCREASINGLY MORE COMPLEX AND SOPHISTICATED LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS F0R THE INCREASING COMPLEX SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS WITH WHICH WE HAVE TO DEAL.

♦THIS TREND, WHICH AFFECTS ThE WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT AND NOT JUST LAWYERS, PLACES INCREASING DEMANDS ON EVERYBODY’S TIME AND AB IL IT IES.

♦MOREOVER UNLESS -IMITLESS RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, IT ALSO NECESSITATES A BALANCING OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES AGAINST COMPETING NEEDS,* HE SAID.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVQffiER 1?, 198c

MR GRIFFITHS ALSO NOTED THAT IF LEGISLATION WAS TO BE EFFECTIVE, IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT AS WIDE A CONSULTATION AS POSSIBLE SHOULD TAKE PLACE NOT ONLY AT THE POLICY-MAKING STAGE BUT ALSO WHEN POLICY HAD BEEN ENSHRINED IN A DRAFT BILL. SUCH CONSULTATION AS WELL AS THAT wITHIN GOVERNMENT TOOK TIME.

♦ALL THIS BEING SAID, NEVERTHELESS A SHORTAGE OF OLDER AND MORE EXPERIENCED STAFF DOES EXIST IN THE DRAFTING DIVISION AND THIS INEVITABLY CAUSES SOME DELAY,♦ HE ADDED.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF MORE EXPERIENCED DRAFTSMEN. IN THE MEANTIME THEREFORE IT WAS NECESSARY FOR HIS DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE THE SLOWER PROCESS OF PRODUCING THEIR OWN SENIOR AND EXPERIENCED DRAFTSMEN BY IN-SERVICE TRAINING OF THE JUNIOR MEMBERS OF THE DRAFTING DIVISION BY THEIR SENIOR COLLEAGUES, SO THAT THEY MAY EXPAND AND DEVELOP THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES WHILST ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCE TO TACKLE THE MORE DEMANDING AND DIFFICULT DRAFTING WORK.

♦BUT SUCH SUPERVISION AND TRAINING IN ITSELF IS THE CAUSE OF SOME DELAY. MOREOVER, SOME, WHEN THEY ARE TRAINED, MAY NOT REMAIN IN HONG KONG FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS, SO IT «ILL HAVE TO BE A CONTINUING PROCESS.

♦ONE AIM OF THE REORGANISATION OF MY CHAMBERS RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE FINANCE AND ESTABLISHMENT COMMITTEES OF THIS COUNCIL, WAS TO CREATE A CAREER STRUCTURE DESIGNED TO HOLD IN HONG KONG SOME OF THE VERY ABLE BUT COMPARATIVELY INEXPERIENCED YOUNG LAWYERS PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AS MEMBERS OF MY CHAMBERS* HE SAID.

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PROBLEMS FORESEEN IN EXTENDING COMPULSORY EDUCATION

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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON KEN TOPLEY, ADMITTED TODAY THAT SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE BEGINNING TO ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS OF DISCIPLINE AND INDIFFERENCE AND THE CONNECTION WITH COMPULSORY EDUCATION SEEMED OBVIOUS.

SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE MOTION OF THANKS TO THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS, MR TOPLEY POINTED OUT THAT THE EXTENSION OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION WAS NOT EXPECTED TO BE PAINLESS.

♦WE HAVE, WITH OUR EYES OPEN, TAKEN PROBLEMS FROM OUR STREETS AND TRANSFERRED THEM TO THE CLASSROOM.

♦WE HAVE GIVEN OURSELVES A HARD TASK BY LENGTHENING THE SPAN OVER WHICH CHILDREN ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN SCHOOL AND NOT AT WORK,* HE SAID.

THE INCREASE IN JUVENILE CRIME, MR TOPLEY THOUGHT, COULD NOT BE DUE TO THE EXTENSION OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION. THE TREND ESTABLISHED ITSELF BEFORE COMPULSORY EDUCATION wAS INTRODUCED.

/Mi< TOPLEY .

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1Q«C

MR TOPLEY BELIEVED THAT THE MAIN THRUST TO RESOLVING THE MANY PROBLEMS SHOULD BE TOWARD MAKING SCHOOL MORE ATTRACTIVE RATHER THAN A PRISON FOR THE UNWILLING.

♦WE ARE AT PRESENT SEEING TO THE STRENGTHENING OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK. WE ARE'CONTEMPLATI NG A WHOLESALE RESTRUCTURING OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND SHALL TRY TO FIND OTHER WAYS OF MAKING MORAL EDUCATION MORE EFFECTIVE,+ HE SAID.

THE DIRECTOR SUGGESTED THAT THERE MAY BE NEED OF SPECIAL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CLOSE TO THE SCHOOLS FOR PUPILS WHO ARE, HOPEFULLY, TEMPORARILY RECALCITRANT.

A REGISTER OF ALL PUPILS, HE SAID, WOULD BE EXPENSIVE BUT A POWERFUL GUIDE FOR TRACKING THEIR PROGRESS THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

SPEAKING ON THE ROLE OF PARENTS, MR TOPLEY SAID: +WE

HOPE BY REQUIRING ALL CHILDREN TO STUDY UNTIL THEY ARE 15 THAT THEY WILL BE BETTER PREPARED FOR LIFE BUT NOT ALL PARENTS SEE THE I* CHILDREN AS OTHER THAN A KIND OF INVESTMENT IN THE FAMILY.

♦THERE ARE OTHER ASPECTS. SOCIETY AND THE CHILDREN THEMSELVES HAVE THEIR OWN CLAIMS. NOT ALL CHILDREN WISH TO OR ARE CAPABLE OF MEETING THEIR PARENTS’ AMBITIONS. THEY NEED A DIFFERENT KIND OF EDUCATION TO ENABLE THEM TO REALISE THEMSELVES AND TO FIND THEIR OWN PLACE IN SOCIETY. THEIR PARENTS NEED TO RECOGNISE THIS. ONLY THEN CAN THE SCHOOL SYLLABI FIT THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN.+

TURNING TO SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK, MR TOPLEY SAID IT SHOULD BE SEEN IN CONTEXT WITH THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS:

FOR THE SIX TO 11 AGE GROUP, ATTENDANCE IN DAY SCHOOLS ROSE FROM 98 PER CENT IN 1975 TO 99 PER CENT IN 1977, AND REACHED 100 PER CENT IN 1978.

IN 1977, BEFORE THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION WAS ABOLISHED, THE PROPORTION OF PRIMARY 6 LEAVERS WHO PROCEEDED TO FORM 1 WAS 85 PER CENT. THIS ROSE TO 96 PER CENT IN 1978 WHEN JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION BECAME FREE, AND TO 97 PER CENT IN 1979 WHEN JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION BECAME COMPULSORY. IN 1979, THE OVERALL PROPORTION OF 12 AND 13 YEAR OLDS ATTENDING DAY AND EVENING SCHOOLS WAS 96 PER CENT.

DURING THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1979 TO AUGUST 1980, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED MORE THAN 13 000 CASES OF NON-ATTENDANCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND 3 000 CASES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

EXCLUDING 2 000 PRIMARY AND 2 300 SECONDARY PUPILS WHO WERE UNTRACEABLE, OVER-AGED OR SICK, ABOUT WHOM NO FURTHER ACTION COULD BE TAKEN, 93 PER CENT OF THE PRIMARY PUPILS AND 72 PER CENT OF THE SECONDARY PUPILS WERE FOUND TO HAVE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER SCHOOL OR WERE BROUGHT TO SCHOOL AS A RESULT.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1980

ON THE DEPARTMENT’S STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS, MR TOPLEY SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR DEDICATION AND THE EFFECTIVE WORK THEY WERE DOING AND HE WAS CONFIDENT OF THE VERY FORCEFUL CONTRIBUTION WHICH THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE WHEN AT FULL STRENGTH.

THE NUMBER OF SUCH OFFICERS IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO 148 BY JANUARY 1981 AND TO 180 BY SEPTEMBER 1981.

♦AS REGARDS SECONDARY SCHOOLS, OUR PLANS CALL FOR WORKERS AND IN FACT THERE ARE 87 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS WE SHALL KEEP A CAREFUL CHECK UPON THE PROGRESS OF THE TOPLEY SAID.

90 SOCIAL IN POSTS. SCHEME,*

COMMENTING ON THE HON ALEX WU’S REMARKS ABOUT THE TEACHING OF MANDARIN, HE SAID A PILOT SCHEME WAS NOW UNDER WAY.

THE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING TRAINING COURSES THIS YEAR FOR SOME 160 SERVING TEACHERS TO ENABLE A START TO BE MADE ON THE SCHEME IN 20 PILOT SCHOOLS AND ABOUT 80 VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS IN PRIMARY 4 IN SEPTEMBER 1981 AND GRADUALLY EXTEND TO FORM 3.

UPSURGE OF JUVENILE CRIME UNDER FULL STUDY

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THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON DENIS BRAY, SAID TODAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD ADOPTED A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO STUDY THE SUDDEN UPSURGE IN JUVENILE CRIME IN THE LAST TwO YEARS.

THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE HAD INSTITUTED A +MULTl-PRONGED INVESTIGATION* AND HAD ALREADY CONSULTED WIDELY ON THE SUBJECT, HE SAID.

MR BRAY WAS SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE MOTION OF THANKS FOR THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AGED

SEVEN TO 15 PROSECUTED PER 100 009 OF THE POPULATION IN THAT AGE GROUP HAD RISEN FROM A STEADY 150-290 ANNUALLY IN 1964-78 TO 300 LAST YEAR AND PROBABLY 500 THIS YEAR.

THE STATISTICS CLEARLY NEED FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOR wE ARE NOT MUCH NEARER TO IDENTIFYING THE CAUSES OF THE UPSURGE YET, HE SAID.

MR BRAY SAID THE HEAD OF A TEAM FROM THE SOCIAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY WHICH IN 1973 UNDERTOOK A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY ON THE CAUSES OF JUVENILE CRIME AND DELINQUENCY HAD BEEN CONTINUING WORK IN THIS AREA AND HAD JUST THIS YEAR PRODUCED A cOLLOw-UP STUDY ON +FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR*.

THE HEAD OF THE TEAM, DR AGNES NG, HAD ALSO HELPED TO DRAW UP A PROGRAMME OF STUDY AIMED SPECIALLY AT THE NEW SITUATION REVEALED BY THE 1970 AND 1080 FIGURES.

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REFERRING TO THE REPORT OF THE SOCIAL RESEARCH CENTRE PUBLISHED IN 1975 SUBSEQUENT TO THE SURVEY, MR BRAY SAID SOME VERY IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS ON REMEDIAL ACTION WERE ENDORSED BY THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND A PROGRAMME PLAN HAD BEEN DRAwN UP TO ESTABLISH THE VARIOUS SERVICES IN A CO-ORDINATED AND SYSTEMATIC MANNER.

♦THE PROGRAMME PLAN FOR PERSONAL SERVICES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IS IN ITS SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION. IT HAS ONLY BEEN POSSIBLE TO AIM FOR A VERY BASIC STANDARD OF SERVICE IN THE THREE MAIN AREAS WHICH ARE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK, OUTREACH ING SOCIAL WORK AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION.

♦ONCE THIS IS ACHIEVED, IN MOST CASES BY NEXT YEAR, THE PLAN ENVISAGES AN IMPROVEMENT IN STANDARDS AND THE QUALITY OF SERVICES,+ MR BRAY SAID.

HE ADDED THAT THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE NOW FELT THE TARGETS AND RESOURCE PRIORITIES OF THAT PLAN SHOULD BE REVIEWED, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ANY FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ARISING FROM THE COMMITTEE’S FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS.

♦IT IS ALSO HOPED THAT SUFFICIENT RESOURCES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN TIME TO STRENGTHEN THE EFFORT IN THIS FIELD,+ W BRAY SAID.

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IMPROVEMENTS TO EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS *****

THE MOST IMMEDIATE PRIORITY FOR IMPROVEMENT TO THE PRESENT EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION SYSTEM IS TO STREAMLINE PROCEDURES TO ENABLE INJURED EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS MORE SPEEDILY.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON JOHN HENDERSON, SAID THIS AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY IN RESPONSE TO POINTS RAISED BY FOUR UNOFFICIALS IN THE DEBATE ON THE MOTION OF THANKS FOR THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS.

THE POINTS CONCERNED LABOUR RELATIONS, LABOUR DISPUTES, RECREATION FOR INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES, WELFARE OF INJURED WORKERS, IMPROVEMENT TO THE EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.

MR HENDERSON ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS NO MARKED DETERIORATION IN THE PRESENT POSITION OF LABOUR DISPUTES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

SPEAKING OF IMPROVEMENT TO THE EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION SYSTEM, NR HENDERSON SAID HE INTENDED TO INTRODUCE SEVERAL FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION ORDINANCE LATER IN THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE COUNCIL.

ONE OF THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WOULD DISPENSE WITH THE NEED FOR EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS CONCERNING THE AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION IN CASES INVOLVING TEMPORARY INCAPACITY OF LESS THAN 14 DAYS AND NO PERMANENT DISABILITY. INSTEAD, SUCH CASES WOULD BE DEALT WITH BY CERTIFICATES ISSUED DIRECTLY BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

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ANOTHER AMENDMENT WOULD STIPULATE THAT IN MORE SERIOUS

CASES WHERE THE EMPLOYER DID HAVE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, THE EMPLOYER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO THIS WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EMPLOYEE’S DISABILITY BY THE COMPENSATION ASSESSMENT BOARD.

THE NEXT PRIORITY AFTER THESE MEASURES MUST BE THE ENACTMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY OF COMPULSORY INSURANCE TO WHICH THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL REFERRED IN HIS POLICY SPEECH, MR HENDERSON SAID.

NEVERTHELESS, HE POINTED OUT, EVEN UNDER THE PRESENT SYSTEM ONLY A VERY SMALL PROPORTION OF INJURED WORKERS HAD TO GO TO DEPARTMENTS OTHER THAN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR NEEDS TO BE MET.

ONLY FATAL CASES AND DISPUTED NON-FATAL CASES HAD TO BE REFERRED TO THE COURTS FOR SETTLEMENT. IN SUCH CASES THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HELPED THE INJURED PERSON OR HIS DEPENDANTS TO OBTAIN ASSISTANCE FROM THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, WHERE NECESSARY, AND CLOSE LIAISON WAS MAINTAINED WITH ALL THESE DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE CASES WERE DEALT WITH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

IN COMMENT ON LABOUR RELATIONS AND THE +SPATE OF LABOUR DISPUTES*, THE COMMISSIONER SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD SET UP A PROMOTIONAL UNIT WITHIN THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE TO ADVISE EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES ON SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS AND MACHINERY FOR IMPROVING LABOUR RELATIONS AND EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS.

THE +SPATE OF LABOUR DISPUTES* SHOULD BE VIEWED IN PERSPECTIVE, HE STRESSED. THERE WAS NO MARKED DETERIORATION IN THE POSITION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS SOME PEOPLE APPEARED TO THINK WAS THE CASE.

THE NUMBERS OF WORK STOPPAGES AND WORKING DAYS LOST UP TO THE END OF OCTOBER THIS YEAR WERE LESS THAN THE EQUIVALENT FIGURES FOR 1978 AND 1979 WITH THE FIGURE FOR THE NUMBER OF TRADE DISPUTES ONLY MARGINALLY HIGHER.

IN COMPARATIVE TERMS THESE FIGURES WERE IN ANY CASE LOW, AND FOR EXAMPLE THE 20 000 WORKING DAYS LOST SO FAR THIS YEAR - 14 000 WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO ONE DISPUTE ONLY.

+HOWEVER WE ARE DRAWING CONCLUSIONS FROM THE PATTERN AND COURSE OF DISPUTES OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS FOR SEVERANCE PAY ON REDUNDANCY TO SEE WHERE IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS MAY BE NECESSARY.

♦THERE IS A CLEAR NEED TO EXAMINE THE FIELD OF ’UNREASONABLE DISMISSALS’ AND THIS WE ARE ALSO UNDERTAKING WITH A VIEW TO MAKING PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION AND CONSULTAT ION, ♦ SAID MR HENDERSON.

ON RECREATION FOR INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES, MR HENDERSON SAID HE WOULD WISH TO SZE FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS FIELD WITHIN OUR RESOURCES. HOWEVER HE DID NOT THINK IT WOULD BE PRACTICABLE TO MAKE PRIORITY ARR NGEMEHTS FCR INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES IN THE USE OF FACILITIES.

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IN HIS VIEW, THIS POINT AROSE FROM THE DIFFERENCE IN HOLIDAYS AVAILABLE TO INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES AS OPPOSED TO OFFICE WORKERS OR STUDENTS, AND THIS DISPARITY SHOULD BE TACKLED IN THE LONGER TERM.

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD THEREFORE BE CARRYING OUT A MORE DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE GENERAL HOLIDAY AND STATUTORY PAID HOLIDAY POSITION NEXT YEAR.

ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, MR HENDERSON PLEDGED TO DO HIS BEST TO SEE THAT, AFTER THE NECESSARY CONSULTATIONS, THE REQUIRED LEGISLATION TO SET UP A STATUTORY INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AUTHORITY TO BE FINANCED FROM THE GENERAL REVENUE WOULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL LATER IN THE CURRENT SESSION.

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GOOD HOUSING NEWS FOR TWO DESERVING GROUPS *****

THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON DONALD LIAO, TODAY ANNOUNCED GOOD NEWS ON TWO FRONTS FOR DESERVING GROUPS — FAMILIES LIVING IN OLD ESTATES AND THE ELDERLY.

REPLYING TO POINTS RAISED BY HIS UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES AT THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS, MR LIAO ANNOUNCED A SPECIAL QUOTA OF 4 000 ADDITIONAL FLATS FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN OLD RESETTLEMENT ESTATES PLUS ANOTHER SPECIAL QUOTA OF 300 FLATS FOR THE ELDERLY.

CONCERNING OLD ESTATES, HE SAID THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME HAD ALREADY REHOUSED MORE THAN 100 000 PEOPLE IN MODERN SELF-CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION AND WAS STEADILY CONTINUING IN THE ESTATES CONCERNED.

IN ADDITION, FAMILIES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER TO NEW AND BETTER FLATS UNDER VARIOUS ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING RELIEF OF OVERCROWDING.

ALSO THERE WAS THE ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION THIS YEAR OF 4 000 NEW FLATS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRIMARY HOUSING SCHEME.

♦AS A RESULT OF ALL THESE EFFORTS, THE OVERALL POPULATION OF ALL THE MARK I AND I I ESTATES HAS ALREADY BEEN REDUCED DURING THE LAST EIGHT YEARS BY MORE THAN 36 PER CENT AND THIS MOVEMENT WILL ACCELERATE IN THE COMING YEARS,+ HE SAID.

REFERRING TO THE CURRENT PRODUCTION OF 35 COO FLATS A YEAR, MR LIAO SAID THIS HAD MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE IN ITS ALLOCATION POLICIES AND MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS Or SPECIAL GROUPS SUCH AS ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING IN POOR CONDITIONS.

+ 1 AM F "?Y TO REPORT T'AT IN ADDITION TO EXISTING PROGRAMMES FOR THIS G P, THE HOUS1 SO JTH.RI.'Y RECENTLY AGREED TO SET ASIDE A QUOTA OF FLATS '.AC' AR FOT PR i RITY Au-OCATION TO GROUPS CF THREE ELDERLY 3 S NS ' •' - - •.I RED JN T ■' AUTHORITY'S

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ON A SUGGESTION THAT THE PRODUCTION OF PUBLIC HOUSING BE FURTHER INCREASED, HE SAID IT must BE REMEMBERED THAT 35 000 FLATS WAS VERY HIGH BY ANY STANDARDS AND +ANY INCREASE MUST BE GRADUAL AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES+.

TURNING TO THE GENERAL HOUSING SITUATION, MR LIAO SAID THAT THE LATEST REVIEW OF THE SUPPLY OF AND DEMAND FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING, AND OF CURRENT HOUSING POLICIES, SHOWED A STEADILY IMPROVING HOUSING SITUATION SINCE 1973 AND FORECAST FURTHER IMPROVEMENT TO CONTINUE INTO THE MID-80’S.

♦GIVEN THE RECENT MEASURES INTRODUCED BY GOVERNMENT TO CONTAIN IMMIGRATION AND ASSUMING THE CURRENT HIGH LEVEL OF PRODUCTION OF 65 000 FLATS PER YEAR OVERALL IS MAINTAINED, THEN THE PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS IN PERMANENT DOMESTIC ACCOMMODATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY,* HE SAID.

♦IF THIS LEVEL OF PRODUCTION CAN BE IMPROVED BY A STEADY GROWTH OF SAY FIVE PER CENT ANNUALLY FROM THE MID-1980’S, THE SHORTFALL OF SELF-CONTAINED HOUSING WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED BY THE END OF THE PRESENT DECADE.

♦EVERY EFFORT IS NOW BEING MADE TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT LAND AND OTHER RESOURCES TO THIS END.+

IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR HOME OWNERSHIP IN HONG KONG AND TO SUPPLEMENT THE PRIVATE SECTOR’S OUTPUT CF 30 000 FLATS, MR LIAO SAID GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO CONTINUE ITS HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 5 000 FLATS A YEAR.

♦A NEW PROGRAMME FOR MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES WILL BE INTRODUCED FROM 1983/84 ONWARDS AS AN EXTENSION TO THE CURRENT HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME,+ HE SAID.

♦ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS NEW SCHEME WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEARER THE TIME OF COMPLETION OF THE FLATS AND THIS WILL MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS SOLVING THE HOUSING PROBLEMS OF taHAT HAS EECONE KNOWN AS THE ’SANDWICHED’ SCOIETY.+

THIS PROGRAMME WOULD EE CARRIED OUT BY PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ON THE LINES OF THE SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEMES, HE ADDED.

FINALLY MR LIAO WARNED THAT IN WORKING TOWARDS A SOLUTION TO HONG KONG’S HOUSING PROBLEMS +IT IS CLEAR THAT THE CONTINUED APPLICATION OF RESOURCES BY BOTH OVER NT AND PRIVATE DEVELOPERS WILL BE NEEDED FOR "’ANY YEARS TO COME.*

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GOVERNMENT WILL PRESS CASE FOR HK STUDENTS IN UK ******

THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE HON ERIC HO TODAY ASSURED THAT HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO PRESS ITS CASE ON THE STATUS OF HONG KONG STUDENTS PURSUING STUDIES IN UK ALTHOUGH +WE HAVE LOST OUT FOR THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR+-.

SPEAKING IN THE DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR HO SAID HE SHARED THE HON ALEX WU’S REGRET THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD NOT DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN STUDENTS FROM DEPENDENT TERRITORIES FROM OTHER OVERSEAS STUDENTS IN THEIR REVISED FEE CHARGING POLICY COMMENCING THIS AUTUMN, PARTICULARLY AS SOME FOREIGN STUDENTS WERE GRANTED HOME STUDENT STATUS.

HOWEVER HE NOTED THAT THE STRONG REPRESENTATIONS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAD BEEN RECEIVED WITH SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING.

MR HO SAID IT WOULD NOT BE EASY TO DETERMINE THE PRECISE EFFECT OF THE HIGHER FEES ON NEW ADMISSIONS AS THE EXACT NUMBERS OF HONG KONG STUDENTS TAKING DEGREE COURSES IN BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS OR ELSEWHERE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

WITH THE CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION IN STATUS FROM +HOME+ TO +OVERSEAS+, WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 1980, OF HONG KONG STUDENTS WHO HAD BEEN ATTENDING UK SCHOOLS FOR THREE YEARS OR MORE BEFORE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE, BRITISH STATISTICS MAY WELL SHOW LITTLE CHANGE, OR EVEN AN INCREASE IN NEW ADMISSIONS OF HONG KONG STUDENTS TO BRITISH UNIVERSITIES THIS AUTUMN.

HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR UK STUDENT VISAS IN RESPECT OF FIRST DEGREE COURSES FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1980 SHOW A DROP OF 256, OR 39 PER CENT FROM THE FIGURE FOR THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF LAST YEAR, MR HO SAID.

+THIS REDUCTION IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PROCEEDING TO BRITAIN IS ROUGHLY OFFSET BY A PROPORTIONAL INCREASE IN STUDENT VISA APPLICATIONS FOR PLACES IN NORTH AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS,* HE ADDED.

MR HO SAID WHAT WAS APPARENTLY HAPPENING WAS A SIGNIFICANT MOVE AWAY FROM UK TO CANADA AND USA AND IF THIS TREND CONTINUED IN THE LONGER TERM IT COULD ONLY MEAN A FURTHER WEAKENING OF OUR LINKS WITH UK.

COMMENTING ON OTHER POINTS RAISED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ON HIGHER EDUCATION, MR HO SAID WHILE A REVIEW OF POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WAS ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL, THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) WAS ASKED AT THE SAME TIME TO WORK ON A FOUR PER CENT ANNUAL GROWTH RATE IN UNIVERSITY PLACES FOR THE 1981/84 TRIENNIUM AND TO ADVISE ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS IN TERMS OF RESOURCES.

THE U°GC WAS ALSO ASKED TO RATE FOR THE 1984/87 TRIENNIUM. INCREASE OF OVER 700 UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC YEAR.

ASSUME THIS FOUR PER CENT GROWTH THIS SHOULD RESULT IN AN

PLACES BY THE 1986/87

/+IT WILL....

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980

+IT WILL, OF COURSE, BE OPEN TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE TO INCREASE OR MODIFY THIS GROWTH RATE FOR THE 1984/87 TRIENN I UM BUT PRELIMINARY PLANNING TO PROVIDE FOR THESE EXTRA NUMBERS NEED NOT BE DELAYED,* HE SAID.

ON THE HON S.L. CHEN’S SUGGESTION THAT TUITION FEES AT THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE POLYTECHNIC SHOULD REFLECT THE FULL COSTS, PROVIDED THAT THE NEEDY WERE SUBSIDISED UNDER AN ADJUSTED STUDENT FINANCE SCHEME, MR HO EXPRESSED DOUBT OVER ITS PRACTICABILITY.

HOWEVER, HE SAID, ON THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IT HAD BEEN DECIDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD REVIEW EACH YEAR THE LEVEL OF FEES TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY THE UPGC FOR GRANT PURPOSES IN FOUR YEARS T4ME.

ON SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, MR HO SAID THE QUALIFYING AGE FOR THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE, NOW AT 70, COULD WELL BE LOWERED AS OUR SOCIETY BECAME MORE AFFLUENT AND OUR SOCIAL SERVICES MORE DEVELOPED.

HE POINTED OUT THAT AT PRESENT THE ELDERLY WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED ALREADY QUALIFY FOR AN EQUIVALENT OLD AGE SUPPLEMENT FROM THE AGE OF 60 THROUGH THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME.

HE AGREED WITH DR THE HON HARRY FANG THAT THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO BUILD MORE CARE AND ATTENTION FACILITIES OR INFIRMARIES FOR THE ELDERLY.

MR HO SAID AT PRESENT 11 SITES HAD ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 400 SUCH PLACES WERE EXPECTED TO BECOME AVAILABLE BY 1982. HE ALSO ASSURED THAT EFFORTS AT LOCATING SUITABLE SITES WOULD BE SUSTAINED IN ORDER THAT THE TARGET OF MEETING FULL DEMAND MIGHT BE ACHIEVED BY ABOUT 1983.

ON DR FANG’S PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THE MIDDLEINCOME ELDERLY, MR HO AGREED THAT THIS RELATIVELY LESS VULNERABLE GROUP SHOULD ALSO DESERVE SOME ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, BUT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THERE WERE ENOUGH SITES TO MEET THE ESSENTIAL DEMAND OF OTHER TYPES OF WELFARE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS UNDER PLANNING, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO JUSTIFY THE GRANT OF LAND TO THEM ON CONCESSIONARY TERMS.

♦HOWEVER, I CAN SEE NO REASON WHY A PUBLIC CHARITY SPONSORING A PROJECT FOR THE ELDERLY OF MIDDLE-INCOME BACKGROUND WHO HAVE A CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED SOCIAL NEED FOR THESE FACILITIES SHOULD NOT APPLY TO THE LOTTERIES FUND FOR A BUILDING LOAN, PROVIDED THEY OBTAIN THE NECESSARY LAND ON WHICH TO BUILD SUCH HOMES THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS,* HE SAID.

IN REPLY TO OTHER SUGGESTIONS BY DR FANG, MR HO SAID WORK ON PROVIDING MORE DROPPED KERBS ALONG THE PAVEMENTS IN CENTRAL DISTRICT FOR THE CROSSING OF PERSONS IN WHEELCHAIRS WAS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.

FURTHER CONSIDERATION WOULD ALSO BE GIVEN TO HIS PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE BUILDING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW BUILDERS AN INCREASE IN BUILDING VOLUME TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR WHEELCHAIRS, WHEN THE FINAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT’S REVIEW COMMITTEE ON THE CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE ACCESS FOR THE DISABLED TO BUILDINGS WAS SUBMITTED.

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PROPOSALS FOR AID TO INDUSTRY HANDLED BY DIVERSIFICATION COMMITTEE * * * *

THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON POINTED OUT TODAY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT PROPOSALS BY THE HON WONG PO-YAN AND THE HON S.L. CHEN IN THE DEBATE ON THE MOTION OF THANKS FOR THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS HAD BEEN COVERED BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION.

THE POINT OF MR WONG’S SUGGESTION FOR +INCREASED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BETTER COORDINATION* TOWARDS *PROMOTING AND COORDINATING OUR OWN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN A MORE ACTIVE MANNER* HAD BEEN CONSIDERED IN DETAIL BY THE COMMITTEE, MR JEAFFRESON SAID.

+THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCORDINGLY ESTABLISHED A STANDING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY WITH THE TERMS OF REFERENCE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED.

+ THE BOARD IS SPECIFICALLY CHARGED WITH DRAWING UP PROGRAMMES IN RESPECT OF TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK, IN RESPECT OF TRANSFERS OF TECHNOLOGY, AND IN RESPECT OF APPLIED RESEARCH OF RELEVANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG’S INDUSTRIES- AND IT WILL MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PROGRAMMES,* HE SAID.

AS TO THE SUGGESTION, MENTIONED BY MR CHEN, FOR THE CREATION OF A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION TO ASSIST INDUSTRIES, NR JEAFFRESON SAID THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD CONSIDERED THE RATE OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG AND CONCLUDED ON THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO IT THAT HONG KONG’S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WERE NOT UNDER CAPITALISED.

+SUBSEQUENT EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT, IF ANYTHING, HONG KONG’S INDUSTRIES ARE NOW BETTER CAPITALISED,* HE SAID.

HE SAID THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE POINTED OUT THAT INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG HAD RELIED MAINLY ON THE COMMERCIAL BANKS TO PROV IDE CAP ITAL FINANCE.

+IT CONCLUDED THAT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE BUSINESSES DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULTY IN RAISING CAPITAL FINANCE FROM THIS SOURCE, A VIEW .HICH THE MAIN INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS HAD GENERALLY ENDORSED,* MR JEAFFRESON SAID.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980

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REASONS FOR PROPOSED CHANGES TO ABORTION LAW * * * *

THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE HON ERIC HO, IN INTRODUCING THE OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON'(AMENDMENT) BILL 1980 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY STRESSED THAT THE PROPOSED PERMISSION FOR ABORTION OF AN ABNORMAL FOETUS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SAVING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, WHICH HAS BEEN SUGGESTED BY SOME NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS.

+1 WISH TO ASSURE THIS COUNCIL THAT THIS PROPOSAL ARISES WHOLLY FROM A DESIRE TO SAVE A WOMAN FROM THE STRESS OF BEARING AN ABNORMAL CHILD SHE WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE, AND A FAMILY FROM THE DISTRESS AND BURDEN OF HAVING AN UNWANTED HANDICAPPED MEMBER WHICH WITH ADVANCES IN MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE CAN BE PREDICTED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES,+ HE SAID.

HE STRESSED FURTHER THAT IF A PREGNANT WOMAN WISHES TO TAKE THE RISK OF CARRYING THE CHILD, +THE GOVERNMENT FULLY ACCEPTS THE BABY’S AND THE FAMILY’S ENTITLEMENT TO SCREENING AND SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY ALLOWANCE, WHERE APPROPRIATE, ARISING FROM OUR POLICY FOR INTEGRATING THE DISABLED IN THE COMMUNITY AND FROM OUR SOCIAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS.+

AS FOR THE OTHER TWO CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH IT WAS PROPOSED TO ALLOW ABORTION — PREGNANT GIRLS UNDER 17, AND PREGNANCY RESULTING FROM RAPE OR RAPE-RELATED OFFENCES REPORTED TO THE POLICE — MR HO EXPLAINED THAT THE FIRST RECOGNISED THAT CONTINUATION CF THE PREGNANCY, IF UNWANTED, WOULD INVOLVE RISK OF INJURY TO THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE YOUNG WOMAN GREATER THAN IF PREGNANCY WERE TERMINATED, AND IT WAS SELF-EVIDENT IN THE SECOND THAT THE VICTIM OF SUCH HEINOUS CRIMES SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO SUFFER A DOUBLE PENALTY OF HAVING AN UNWANTED PREGNANCY AS WELL.

MR HO POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PROPOSALS TO PROTECT A VIABLE FOETUS (PREGNANCY OF MORE THAN 24 WEEKS’ DURATION), AND AN UNBORN CHILD CAPABLE OF BEING BORN ALIVE (CARRIED BY A WOMAN PREGNANT FOR 28 WEEKS OR MORE), THE TIME LIMITS HAD BEEN GENERALLY ENDORSED BY THE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL AS THE PROFESSOR OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

ON THE UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1980 WHICH WAS ALSO INTRODUCED INTO 'THE COUNCIL, MR HO POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO SAFEGUARD THOSE WOMEN +WHO ARE ENTITLED TO A THERAPEUTIC ABORTION BY STIFFENING THE LAW AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK TO LURE THEM INTO TAKING AN APPARENTLY EASY, BUT ACTUALLY DANGEROUS, WAY OUT.+

DEBATE ON THE SECOND READING OF THE TWO BILLS WAS ADJOURNED.

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TRIBUTE TO MR BREMRIDGE * * * *

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TODAY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HON JOHN BREMR IDGE AT HIS LAST SITTING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

+ HE HAS BEEN UNSPARING IN THE DEVOTION OF HIS TIME TO THE COUNCIL’S AFFAIRS, AS HE HAS TO ALL PUBLIC BUSINESS HE HAS TAKEN UP, AND HE HAS ENLIVENED AND ENRICHED OUR PROCEEDINGS WITH BOTH SOUND ADVICE AND WIT,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.

SIR MURRAY SAID MR BREMR IDGE, WHO WILL SHORTLY LEAVE HONG KONG ON RETIREMENT, FIRST CAME IN 1949.

HE WAS FIRST APPOINTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1974 AND THEN TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN 1977 AND HAD A VERY LONG RECORD CF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE, INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, AS ITS CHAIRMAN, ADVISORY COMMITTEE CF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION, TRADE AND INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD, TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION, AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD, PORT COMMITTEE, TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD.

THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, THE HON OSWALD CHEUNG JOINING IN THE TRIBUTE SAID MR BREMR IDGE HAS ONE ATTRIBUTE FOR WHICH UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM, +AND THAT IS HIS SUPREME ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY*.

+ANYONE CAN TELL BLACK FROM WHITE, FIRST CLASS FROM STANDBY, BUT IT WAS GIVEN TO MR BREMR IDGE TO PICK HIS WAY DEFTLY BETWEEN THE NICETIES OF A THREE PER CENT, OR A FOUR PER CENT, GROWTH IN STUDENT NUMBERS IN THE UNIVERSITIES, BETWEEN PRIORITY Al OR A2 FOR THE FLYOVER IN STUBBS ROAD, D3 OR D4 FOR THE NEW POST OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PRESERVATION AND APPLICATION OF THE WISE COUNSEL CONTRIBUTED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS- AND THE L IKE,+ MR CHEUNG SAID.

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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR KING’S ROAD SCHEME ******

A SERIES OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR THE KING’S ROAD BUS AND TRAM PRIORITY SCHEMEi

TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING

FROM 13 AM ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 21),

* SHELL STREET BETWEEN MERLIN STREET AND KING’S ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY TO Oi.E-WAY WESTBOUND-

* BOAT STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM ONE-WAY NCRTHWESTBOUND TO ONE-WAY SOUTHEASTBOUND-

/# FVK YUEN ...

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1°, 1980

* FUK YUEN STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM ONE-WAY SOUTHEASTBOUND TO ONE-WAY NORTHWESTBOUND-

* ALL VEHICLES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM TURNING RIGHT FROM KING’S ROAD INTO CHEUNG HONG STREET.

NEW URBAN CLEARWAYS

THE FOLLOWING URBAN CLEARWAYS WILL BE DESIGNATED

FROM FRIDAY,

* THE SOUTHBOUND SECTION OF CHEUNG HONG STREET BETWEEN KING’S ROAD AND FORT STREET-

* THE NORTHBOUND SECTION OF NORTH VIEW STREET BETWEEN FORT STREET AND KING’S ROAD-

FROM TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 25),

* THE WESTBOUND SECTION OF KING’S ROAD BETWEEN MERCURY STREET AND A POINT 36 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH LAU LI STREET.

WITHIN THESE CLEARWAYS, ALL MOTOR VEHICLES EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM AND FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM DAILY.

EXTENSION OF URBAN CLEARWAYS

FROM 10 AM ON TUESDAY, EXISTING URBAN CLEARWAYS WILL BE EXTENDED AS FOLLOWS«

* THE EASTBOUND SECTION OF KING’S ROAD BETWEEN A POINT 77 METRES EAST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH JAVA ROAD AND FUK YUEN STREET WILL BE EXTENDED WESTWARD TO A POINT 25 METRES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH LAU LI STREET-

* THE WESTBOUND SECTION OF KING’S ROAD BETWEEN MANSION STREET AND FUK YUEN STREET WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE WEST BY 117 METRES.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980

SHA TIN TO HOLD FIRST DANCE CONTEST

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THE FIRST DISTRICT-WIDE DANCE CONTEST IS TO BE HELD IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN NEXT JANUARY TO PROMOTE THE ART OF DANCE AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS.

THE EVENT IS BEING ORGANISED BY SHA TIN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND SHA TIN ARTS AND SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.

THERE WILL BE THREE SECTIONS: THE CHILDREN’S SECTION IS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AGED BELOW SIX AND THE JUNIOR SECTION IS FOR CHILDREN AGED FROM SIX TO 12. THOSE AGED OVER 12 CAN TAKE PART IN THE OPEN SECTION.

IN THE JUNIOR AND OPEN SECTIONS, THERE WILL BE FIVE CLASSES OF COMPETITION - ORIENTAL CLASSICAL DANCE, ORIENTAL FOLK DANCE, WESTERN FOLK DANCE, ORIENTAL DUET DANCE AND WESTERN DUET DANCE.

THE CONTEST WILL BE HELD IN KIANGSU-CHEKIANG COLLEGE ON JANUARY 4 AND WINNERS WILL PERFORM IN A SHOW TO BE HELD THE SAME EVENING.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A SOUVENIR AND THOSE WHOSE PERFORMANCE IS JUDGED EXCELLENT WILL BE AWARDED TROPHIES AND PRIZES. WELL-KNOWN DANCERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ADJUDICATE.

THE DEADLINE FOR ENTRY IS DECEMBER 1. APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE OFFICE AT LEK YUEN ESTATE.

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POK FU LAM WATER INTERRUPTION ******

WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN POK FU LAM WILi EE TURNED OFF FROM 8 PM ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 21) TO 8 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

HONG KONG'S PART IN PROMOTION OF MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES .... 1

EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY - SEPTEMBER .................... 3

MILITARY SERVICE CORPS HAS IMPORTANT ROLE ................. 7

BAN ON USE OF UNSAFE MACHINE .............................. 8

HIGHER INTEREST ON TkX RESERVE CERTIFICATES ............... 9

FIRST KWAI CHUNG FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED ....................... 10

PROJECT DESIGN COMPETITION ON FIRE PREVENTION ............. 11

CAS EXERCISE AT +SUICIDE WALL+ ............................ 12

PERFORMANCE BY NT DANCE TROUPES ........................... 12

SENIOR FORM STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT DRUG PROBLEM .......... 1J

NEW MAXICAB ROUTES TO NAM SHAN ESTATE ..................... 14

AP LEI CHAU MAXICAB FARE INCREASE ......................... 14

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR JOINT DISTRICTS WALK ............. 14

WATER CUT IN DIAMOND HILL

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 198Q

HONG KONG’S PART IN PROMOTION * * * *

OF MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES * *

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TODAY URGED THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, WHICH WILL SOON BE ORGANISING A PROGRAMME FOR A SMALL GROUP FROM PEKING, TO ALSO FOSTER THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GUANGDONG.

SPEAKING AT THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE ASSOCIATION AT NEW WORLD CENTRE THIS EVENING, SIR MURRAY SAID AS GUANGDONG EMBARKS ON ITS PLANS FOR MODERNISATION IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE A GREAT NUMBER OF TRAINED MANAGERS.

♦CHINESE LEADERS IN GUANGDONG HAVE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY ARE SHORT OF SUCH PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL TURMOILS OF THE PREVIOUS DECADE.

♦THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE USE OF HONG KONG’S EXPERIENCE TO HELP TRAIN THE PEOPLE THEY NOW NEED.

+l HAVE SAID I AM SURE THAT, IF THIS IS WHAT THEY WISH ORGANISATIONS LIKE THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION WOULD BE ABLE AND WILLING TO RUN SEMINARS ON MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES OR TO SHARE IN OTHER WAYS THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE BUILT UP + SIR MURRAY SAID. ’

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR’S SPEECH:

+l AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR INVITATION TO THIS EVENING’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. LIKE MR TUNG I WOULD LIKE TO PAY A TRIBUTE TO THE GIANTS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT WHO INITIATED FOSTERED AND ARE CONTINUALLY STRENGTHENING THE WORK OF THIS ' ASSOCIATION.

♦I AGREE WITH YOU, MR TUNG, THAT AS FROM THE EARLY 60’S A SORT OF SEA-CHANGE COMMENCED IN HONG KONG. BY THEN THE MIRACLE OF MODERN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL HONG KONG HAD BEEN CREATED. IT HAD BEEN CREATED BY PERSONAL FLAIR AND EVEN GENIUS AND BY ENERGY, IMAGINATION, BUSINESS ACUMEN, HARD WORK, AND FINANCIAL COMPETENCE. IT WAS THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT OF A REMARKABLE GENERATION OF ENTREPRENEURS. BUT AT THE TIME THIS ASSOCIATION WAS FOUNDED A POINT HAD BEEN REACHED AT WHICH SOMETHING MORE WAS NEEDED TO PROMOTE FURTHER PROGRESS. THIS +SOMETHING MORE + CAME ALRIGHT. IT HAD MANY INGREDIENTS, AND THEY INCLUDED FAVOURABLE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS BOTH POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC, BUT ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL ADDITIONS WAS A NEW STYLE OF MANAGEMENT BASED ON MORE SCIENTIFIC METHODS THAN IN THE RUGGED FORMATIVE YEARS.

♦THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED HAVE BECOME SOMETHING OF A LEGEND. IT HAS NOT ONLY BEEN A QUESTION OF VISIBLE PROSPERITY BUT OF STEADY PROGRESS IN EVERY FACET OF OUR COMMUNITY’S LIFE, WHICH HAS TRANSFORMED HONG KONG INTO A GREAT INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, KNOWN AND RESPECTED ALL OVER THE WORLD, LIVING IN FRIENDSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND ABLE AND WILLING TO PLAY A PART IN ITS MODERNISATION.

/♦THE CCNTRIBUTTDN

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+THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION IN THIS TRANSFORMATION HAS BEEN SUBTLE BUT PERVASIVE. TRAINING COURSES, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS, THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, THE SHARING OF EXPERIENCE, THE EXAMINATION WITH A PRAGMATIC AND CRITICAL EYE CF THE APPLICABILITY OF NEW TECHNIQUES IN THE LOCAL CONTEXT, THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BY EMPLOYERS, LIBRARY FACILITIES AND THE PUBLICATION OF A JOURNAL- ALL THESE ARE TANGIBLE SIGNS OF A HEALTHY AND ACTIVE ASSOCIATION. WHAT IS LESS READILY QUANTIFIABLE IS THE ETHIC OF RESPONSIBLE AND ENLIGHTENED MANAGEMENT WITH WHICH THE ASSOCIATION HAS IMBUED ITS MEMBERS AND PARTICULARLY THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF MANAGERS.

+IF OUR PROSPERITY IS TO BE SUSTAINED FIRST OF ALL WE MUST TEND TO DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY, AND IMPROVE THE CAPACITY OF OUR MANAGERS AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS OF OUR WORKFORCE. THE GOVERNMENT IS ACTING QUICKLY ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION. THE NEW REVIEW OF POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN PART SPRANG FROM THIS, AND IT WILL CONSIDER HOW THE DEMAND FOR THE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED MANAGERIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNOLOGICAL STAFF IN HONG KONG CAN BE MET.

+WE MUST ALSO REMEMBER THE GREAT CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBOUR, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THESE PRESENT AND THE CHANGE OF FOCUS FROM ALL OF US THEY REQUIRE. AS GUANGDONG EMBARKS ON ITS PLANS FOR MODERNISATION IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE A GREAT NUMBER OF TRAINED MANAGERS. CHINESE LEADERS IN GUANGDONG HAVE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY ARE SHORT OF SUCH PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL TURMOILS OF THE PREVIOUS DECADE. THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE USE OF HONG KONG’S EXPERIENCE TO HELP TRAIN THE PEOPLE THEY NOW NEED. I HAVE SAID I AM SURE THAT, IF THIS IS WHAT THEY WISH, ORGANISATIONS LIKE THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION WOULD BE ABLE AND WILLING TO RUN SEMINARS ON MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES OR TO SHARE IN OTHER WAYS THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE BUILT UP. A START HAS, I KNOW, ALREADY BEEN MADE WITH LAST YEAR’S SEMINAR AND THE ASSOCIATION WILL SOON BE ORGANISING A PROGRAMME FOR A SMALL GROUP FROM PEKING. BUT I WOULD URGE THE ASSOCIATION ALSO TO FOSTER THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GUANGDONG. THE GREATEST INPUT FROM HONG KONG IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION DEALS, JOINT VENTURES AND INVESTMENT IS LIKELY TO BE IN THIS NEIGHBOUR PROVINCE, AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON MANAGEMENT WITH PERSONS FROM THAT PROVINCE COULD BE OF GREAT MUTUAL BENEFIT.

+MR CHAIRMAN, THESE 20 YEARS OF YOUR ASSOCIATION’S LIFE HAVE COINCIDED WITH A REMARKABLE PERIOD OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG - PROBABLY THE FASTEST AND MOST EXTENSIVE GROWTH THAT HAS EVER BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE WORLD WITHOUT EXTERNAL AID. DURING THIS REMARKABLE PHENOMENON YOU HAVE STEADILY INCREASED YOUR INFLUENCE, UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE BECOME THE YEAST THAT LEAVENS THE LOAF. I CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE DEDICATION AND ENTHUSIASM THAT HAS RESULTED IN THIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION. HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS IT HAS IN THE PAST, AND SO TOO WILL THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR OWN CONTRIBUTION. I HAD NOT HEARD THE ROBUST WORDS OF MY PREDECESSOR AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES AND THE FORMATION OF THIS ASSOCIATION, BUT THEY ARE AS APPLICABLE AND TRUE TO-DAY AS THEY WERE 20 YEARS AGO. THERE IS STILL MUCH TO BE DONE AND THERE IS STILL A LONG AND BRIGHT FUTURE, AND IT IS STILL ESSENTIAL THAT YOU PLAN YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO IT. LIKE SIR ROBERT, I AM CONVINCED THAT YOU CAN AND WILL DO THE JOB, AND CERTAINLY YOU CAN COUNT ON THE VERY FIRM SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT IN DOING IT.+ -_____0_______

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1980

EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY - SEPTEMBER %%%%%%

TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1980, VALUED AT $150 989 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 31 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1979.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 26 PER CENT TO $49 933 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 31 PER CENT TO $79 927 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 47 PER CENT TO $21 129 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 32 PER CENT.

THE DETAILED STATISTICS WERE RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

JAN - SEPT 80 (HKSM) JAN - SEPT 79 (HK$M) INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$M) PERCENTAGE CHANGE

U.S.A. 16 933 13 461 + 3 472 + 26

F.R. OF GERMANY 5 425 4 450 + 975 + 22

U.K. 4 856 4 261 + 595 + 14

JAPAN 1 674 2 008 - 334 - 17

AUSTRALIA 1 434 1 266 + 168 ♦ 13

SINGAPORE 1 321 1 023 + 298 + 29

CANADA 1 289 1 167 + 122 + 10

NETHERLANDS 1 144 972 + 172 + 18

CHINA 1 049 331 ♦ 718 +217

FRANCE 965 653 + 312 + 48

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. CONTINUED TO GROW. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (BY $890 MILLION OR 17%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY 0498 MILLION CR 47%), BATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $425 MILLION OR 6'3%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY S352- MILLION OR 51%), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $330 MILLION OR 44M).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO WEST GERMANY, MAINLY OF CLOTHING (BY $571 MILLION OR <i2%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $98 MILLION OR ^9%) AS WELL AS E-ECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $78 MILLION OR 67,J.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K., INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY 8202 MILLION OR IOS), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $58 MILLION OR 23%). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY 5109 MILLION OR 25%).

THE DOWNWARD TREND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN CONTINUED. DECREASES WERE NOTED MAINLY FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND THEIR PREPARATIONS (BY $95 MILLION OR 37%) AND CLOTHING (BY $120 MILLION OR 19%).

AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS AS FOLLOWS:

JAN - SEPT 80 (HK8M) JAN - SEPT 79 (HK$M) INCREASE (HKSM) PERCENTAGE CHANGE

ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES 17 139 14 603 + 2 536 ♦ 17

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS) 8 353 6 732 + 1 621 + 24

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS 4 981 3 453 + 1 528 + 44

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT 3 675 2 769 + 906 + 33

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS 3 270 2 849 + 421 + 15

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLU’.CES (M.INLY T "'AS AND DIODE. -N. H U.t T 'PE AP L „:S 3 261 D 2^ * --7 * 42

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS«

TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE

JAN - SEPT 83 (HK$M) JAN - SEPT 79 (HK8M) INCREASE (HK8M) PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JAPAN 18 166 13 873 + 4 293 * 31

CHINA 15 273 10 345 + 4 928 + 48

U.S.A. 9 854 7 482 + 2 372 + 32

TAIWAN 5 557 4 218 + 1 339 + 32

SINGAPORE 5 371 3 467 + 1 904 + 55

U.K. 3 876 3 192 + 684 + 21

R. OF KOREA 2 666 1 807 + 859 ♦ 48

F.R. OF GERMANY 2 157 2 019 + 138 + 7

SWITZERLAND 2 055 1 845 + 210 + 11

AUSTRALIA 1 212 1 133 + 79 + 7

IN CONTRAST WITH DECLINING DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN, LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE NOTED PARTICULARLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY 8747 MILLION OR 90%), TEXTILES (BY 8541 MILLION OR 26%), IRON AND STEEL (BY 8426 MILLION OR 49%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY 8409 MILLION OR 35%), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $366 MILLION OR 26%).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA, INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY 3784 MILLION OR 75%), CLOTHING (BY 8782 MILLION OR 118%), TEXTILES (BY 8691 MILLION OR 33%), LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD (BY 8232 MILLION OR 26%), AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY 8164 MILLION OR 42%).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE LARGELY OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $346 MILLION OR 51%), ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY 8301 MILLION OR 70%), TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $243 MILLION OR 40%), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY 8146 MILLION OR 22%).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE SUPPLY OF PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 555 MILLION OR 79%) FROM SINGAPORE, AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY 3239 MILLION OR 51%), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY 8139 MILLION OR 46%) CROM TAIWAN.

/THE following ..

THUBSDaY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

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THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECT IC': :

IMPORTANT CHANGES

UAN - SEPT 89 (HKSM) JAN - SEPT 79 (HKSM) INCREASE (H v) PERCENTAGE CHANGE

MANUFACTURED GOODS CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL (MAINLY TEXTILE PRODUCTS, DIAMONDS, IRON AND STEEL, AND PAPER) 23 736 19 089 ♦ 4 697 + 25

MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT 17 942 13 433 4 509 + 34

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY WATCHES AND CLOCKS, ARTICLES OF APPAREL) 12 199 8 722 + 3 477 4- 40

FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS CHIEFLY FOR FOOD 8 208 6 858 +■ 1 350 4- 20

CHEMICALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 5 987 4 842 ♦ 1 145 4- 24

MINERAL FUELS, LUBRICANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS 5 953 3 588 + 2 365 4- 66

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH

WAS

RECORDED IN

INDONESIA (Bv 748

AS FOR RE-EXPORTS, o

THOSE TO CHIS (BY s>2 129 ILL'GN OR 28J%), INDON=.oIa (B* .748 MILLION C o2 ) . U.S.A. (BY 593 MILLION CP. 4C%), SINGAPORE (’Y .*84 . I LION OP 3~%' , 'AlhAN 'EY i402 ILL IC OR 21%). THE U . iBY S'-.O <ILLIO. O' 157%), h uERIA (BY $302 MI-L.O. .’R 135*), MaCA (BY GC7- MILLIrN OR 6"%), -ND THE ■EDERAL RtP BLIC c RNU\Y ,EY $18" ILL I ON OR .ON T-E OTHER -ANv, EC-I E -AS REGISTERED IN E-EX^ORTS TO JA AN ( Y $355 M ..LION OF: 1*% .

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MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $949 MILLION OR 46%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $621 MILLION OR 71%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $588 MILLION OR 69%), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $454 MILLION OR 143%), CLOTHING (BY $435 MILLION OR 66%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY 419 MILLION OR 98%), AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $241 MILLION OR 113%).

+THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY*, A REPORT ON HONG KONG’S EXTERNAL TRADE IN SEPTEMBER, 1980, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $3 A COPY.

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE*, WITH DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MONTH’S IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY DECEMBER AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE CENTRE AT $10.

ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE MADE TO THE SALES OF PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPA'.TMELT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375).

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MILITARY SERVICE CORPS HAS IMPORTANT ROLE % % % %

THE MILITARY SERVICE CORPS HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR LEWIS DAVIES, SAID TODAY AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE OF THE HONG KONG MILITARY SERVICE CORPS AT LYEMUN BARRACK.

BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION HE POINTED OUT THAT 12 DOG-HANDLERS AND SIX DOGS HAD OVER A PERIOD OF 15 MONTHS APPREHENDED 3 472 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

APART FROM BEING DOG-HANDLERS, SOLDIERS OF THE HKMSC ARE ALSO ACTIVELY ENGAGED ON OPERATIONS AS DRIVERS, SAILORS, MECHANICS, INTERPRETERS, CLERKS, COOKS, MEDICAL STAFF, SIGNALLERS, STOREMEN, INSTRUCTORS, MILITARY POLICE AND THE GUARD COMPANY.

*THERE IS HARDLY A UNIT IN THE GARRISON IN WHICH A MEMBER OF THE HK MILITARY SERVICE CORPS IS NOT TO BE FOUND,* MR DAVIES SAID.

HE SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HONG KONG TO HAVE A PERMANENT GARRISON OF HER MAJESTY’S FORCES.

+IT EMPHASISES THE BRITISH COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG, IT SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT IN THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER WITHIN HONG KONG AND ON ITS BORDERS, AND IT ASSISTS THE GOVERNMENT IN TIMES OF DISASTER,* SAID MR DAVIES.

THE NEW DEFENCE COST AGREEMENT WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDES FOR THE STATIONING OF A FFTH BATTALION IN HONG KONG, AS WELL AS AN IMPORTANT AND MAJOR EXPANSION OF THE HKMSC.

+IT WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN EXCITING AND SATISFYING CAREEF WITH EXCELLENT PROSPECT FOR PROMOTION, WHILST MAINTAINING THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG,* ADDED MR DAVIES.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

BAN ON USE OF UNSAFE MACHINE

* X- * * *

THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED A COURT ORDER PROHIBITING THE USE GF A HAZARDOUS MACHINE INVOLVED IN AN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT IN WHICH A WORKER LOST A FOREARM.

+THE ONLY WAY THAT THE OwNER CAN USE THE MACHINE AGAIN IS TO INSTALL GUARDS TO ALL ITS DANGEROUS PARTS,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN A SAI CHO WAN FACTORY WHEN THE WORKER’S HAND WAS CAUGHT BY AN UNGUARDED REVOLVING SPIRAL WORM OF A PLASTIC EXTRUDING/GRANULATI NG MACH INE.

♦HAD THE REVOLVING SPIRAL WORM BEEN EFFECTIVELY GUARDED THE TRAGIC HUMAN SUFFERING WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED,* HE STATED.

AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED FOR AN INTERIM ORDER UNDER SECTION 11(2) OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE CAP. 59 TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF THE PLASTIC EXTRUDING MACHINE UNTIL ITS DANGEROUS PARTS HAD BEEN EFFECTIVELY GUARDED.

+THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR BREACH OF SECTION II OF THE ORDINANCE IS 350 000 AND SIX-MONTH IMPRISONMENT,* HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE WOULD CONTINUE ’0 A = PLY FOR COURT ORDERS TO DEAL WITH STUBBORN FACTORY OPERATORS WHO CHOSE TO IGNORE SAFETY REGULATIONS.

MEANWHILE, THE SPOKESMAN AGAIN URGED BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES 0- INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINERY THEY OPERATE.

UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS 1976, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROPRIETORS OF INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS TO GUARD EFFECTIVELY ALL DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINERY.

+THOSE WHO FAIL TO COMPLY * ITH SAFETY REGULATIONS ARE LIABLE TO BE PROSECUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT,* SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

HE PORTED OUT THAT THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE *AS ALWAYS READY *0 ADVISE ON GUARDING HAZARDOUS MACHINERY AND THAT COP ES OF A ,-E. L-ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK ON GUARDING AND ?ERA7I OF MACH NE-Y wERE AVAILABLE TO THE FUEL IC FREE OF CHARGE.

+.UA-: WHICH ARE PRO=ERL DESIGNED, NSTALLED AND MAI-TA E. 2-N HELP ELIMINATE MEZHANICAc HAZARDS, INCREASE PRODUCT' *v AND ENSURE THE SA^E’ OF 'RELATORS,* HE TRESS’D.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

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HIGHER INTEREST ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES *****

THE NEW ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES WILL BE 9.84 PER CENT FROM TOMORROW (NOVEMBER 21), AGAINST THE CURRENT RATE OF 8.16 PER CENT.

AN AUTHORISATION NOTICE WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TOMORROW.

INTEREST ON TAX RESERVE CERTIFICATES IS TAX-FREE AND IS CALCULATED IN MONTHLY STEPS -- THE NEW RATE WILL BE 82 CENTS PER MONTH PER $100.

IT WILL BE CREDITED AS BEFORE IN RESPECT OF COMPLETED MONTHS BETWEEN PURCHASE AND SURRENDER WHEN CERTIFICATES ARE USED TO PAY TAX.

NO INTEREST IS DUE WHERE THE PRINCIPAL VALUE OF A CERTIFICATE IS REPAID IN CASH.

THE NEw RATE WILL APPLY TO ALL CERTIFICATES ISSUED FROM TOMORROW.

CERTIFICATES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WILL CONTINUE TO EARN INTEREST AS FOLLOWS:

ISSUE DATE RATE PER ANNUM

19.9.75 - 16.2.77 4.2%

17.2.77 - 21.9.78 3%

22.9.78 - 23.11.78 3.24%

24.11.78 - 15.2.79 5.04%

16.2.79 - 3.5.79 5.76%

4.5.79 - 25.10.79 8.04%

26.10.79 - 10.4.80 8.4%

11.4.80 - 29.5.80 10.5%

30.5.80 - 26.6.80 9%

27.6.80 - 29.7.80 7.2%

30.7.80 - 15.10.80 6.24% '

16.10.80 - 20.11.80 8.16%

HOWEVER INTEREST CEASES TO ACCRUE AFTER 36 COMPLETED MONTHS WITHOUT SURRENDER OF CERTIFICATE FOR PAYMENT OF TAX.

/THE FOLLOWING

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF INTEREST CALCULATION:

51 000 CERTIFICATES BOUGHT ON 2.12.80, 2.1.81 AND 2.2.61

RESPECTIVELY, SURRENDERED IN PAYMENT OF TAX DUE ON 2.3.81

ON $1 000 (2.12.80 - 2.3.81)

3 COMPLETE MONTHS AT 38.20 PER MONTH - 3 24.60

ON $1 000 (2.1.81 - 2.3.81)

2 COMPLETE MONTHS AT 38.20 PER MONTH - £ 16.40

ON 31 000 (2.2.81 - 2.3.81)

1 COMPLETE MONTH AT £8.20 PER MONTH - 3 8.20

INTEREST ACCRUED 5 49.20

(ROUNDED TO $50)

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FIRST KWAI CHUNG FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED

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KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FRED TING, APPEALED TODAY TO LOCAL PEOPLE TO GIVE THEIR FULL SUPPORT TO A FESTIVAL TO EE HELD IN THE DISTRICT SHORTLY.

MR TING WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING THE FESTIVAL WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 30 AND DECEMBER 14.

HE SAID THE IDEA OF A FESTIVAL HAD GROWN OUT OF A SERIES CF ESTATE DAYS HELD IN THE SIX DISTRICTS OF KWAI CHUNG FOR THE past three years.

THEY HAD BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS, BUT IT WAS FELT THAT A LARGER-SCALE FESTIVAL WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE AT ACHIEVING COMMUNITY BUILDING AND A GREATER SENSE OF IDENTITY WITH THE AREA AS IT WOULD BRING PEOPLE FROM ALL THE DISTRICTS TOGETHER.

+1 HOPE THE NEW EVENT, BASED ON THE OLD, WILL GET MORE SUP°ORT FROM KWAI CHUNG PEOPLE,* MR TING SAID.

HE SAID KWAI CHUNG WAS A SPECIAL DISTRICT WHERE, BECAUSE OF VARIOUS FACTORS, A SENSE OF BELONGING OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISTRICT HAD NOT BEEN VERY STRONG.

ON THE ONE HAND THERE WERE 100 000 INDUSTRIAL WORKtRS, WHO ALTHOUGH NOT LIVING IN KwA I CHUNG PROBABLY REGARDED THEMSELVES AS A PART OF THE AREA. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RESIDENTS WERE MOSTLY NEWCOMERS WHO BECAUSE 0F VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL BARRIERS HAD FORMED THEMSELVES INTO SEVERAL SMALL AND SEPARATE COMMUNITIES.

+1 APPEAL TO ALL KWAI CHUNG PEOPLE TO GIVE THE FESTIVAL THEIR FULL SUPPORT, THEREBY HELPING TO DO AWAY WITH THE BARRIERS WHICH FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER HAVE EXISTED IN THE PAST AND PREVENTED A COMMUNITY FEELING FROM BEING FUl.LY ESTABLISHED,* NR TING SAID.

/THS FESTIVAL ...

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

THE FESTIVAL IS EEING ORGANISED BY A PREPARATORY COMMITTEE WHOSE PRESIDENT IS MR TING AND WHOSE CHAIRMAN IS MR LAM YAU-KWONG.

MORE THAN 33 ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD DURING THE TWO-WEEK PERIOD, INCLUDING FOOTBALL MATCHES, TABLE TENNIS GAMES, MARTIAL ARTS, LONG-DISTANCE RUNNING EVENTS AND CANTONESE OPERA PERFORMANCES.

TSL'EN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD HAS PROVIDED $60 000 TOWARDS FESTIVAL COSTS AND ANOTHER 570 000 IS BEING RAISED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS FROM LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

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r HJECT DESIGN COMPETITION ON FIRE PREVENTION *****

JUDGIN. OF THE INTER-SCHOOL PROJECT DESIGN COMPETITION ON FIRE PREVENTION, HELD BY THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB SECRETARIAT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, TOOK PLACE TODAY AT THE EXHIBITION GALLERY OF THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

A Panel OF FOUR JUDGES CHOSE THE WINNING DESIGNS FROM ENTRIES SUBMITTED BY 17 SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.

ENTRIES WERE IN FOUR SUBJECT GROUPS: HIGH COST OF FACTORY FIRES, FIRE PROTECTION AT HOME, PREVENTION OF HILL FIRES, AND THE FIRE SERVICES IN HONG KONG. THEY wERE ILLUSTRATED BY PICTURES, PHOTOGRAPHS, MODELS, CHARTS AND FEATURE ARTICLES.

THE JUDGES WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM FIRE SERVICES, INFORMATION SERVICES, AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS.

MARKS WERE GIVEN FOR CAREFUL AND RELEVANT RESEARCH, OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS CF THE ENTRY INCLUDING ITS LAYOUT, THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE ENTRY APTLY AND GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED THE CHOSEN THEME, AND THE ARTISTRY, SKILL AND INGENUITY OF PRESENTATION.

THE FIRST THREE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE BOOK AND STATIONERY TOKENS, VALUED AT SI 030, 5900, AND 5500. THERE ARE ALSO FIVE MERIT PRIZES OF $330 EACH.

RESULTS OF THE JUDGING WILL EE ANNOUNCED AND THE PRIZES PRESENTED TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT THE START OF A THREE-DAY EXHIBITION AT TSUEN WAN TCaN HALL WHERE ALL THE ENTRIES WILL BE DISPLAYED.

THE EXHIBITION wILL BE OPENED BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF - IRE OFFICER, MR LAM LOK-BUN, AND TH- DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR CF SCHOOLS ffiS LOUISE MOK.

IT WILc BE OPEN ’0 THE =JELIC ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY F = — 10 AM TO 7 aND ON SUNBA* v 13 AM TO - -M.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

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CAS EXERCISE AT +SUICIDE WALL* * * * *

THE A SER IES KONG THE

CIVIL AID SERVICES MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT WILL CARRY OUT OF EXERCISES IN HILLY AND COUNTRYSIDE AREAS THROUGHOUT HONG WHOLE OF NEXT WEEK AS PART OF ITS BIENNIAL INSPECTION.

THE INSPECTOR OF LAND RESCUE FROM THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, SQUADRON LEADER GORDON BLACKBURN ARRIVED YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) TO CONDUCT THE INSPECTION.

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EXERCISES WILL BE A TWO-HOUR MOCK CLIFF RESCUE AT +SUICIDE WALL* ON KOWLOON PEAK ON NOVEMBER 25, TUESDAY.

THERE WILL BE DEMONSTRATIONS OF ROCK CLIMBING AS WELL AS VARIOUS CLIFF RESCUE TECHNIQUES.

OTHER EXERCISES INCLUDING A CROSS-COUNTRY EXPEDITION AND A NIGHT NAVIGATION WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CLIFF RESCUE EXERCISE BY THE CAS MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT AT -t-SU IC IDE WALL* ON KOWLOON PEAK.

THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 25) BEGINNING AT 10.30 AM. TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED, BUT THERE WILL BE A 45-MINUTE WALK OVER FAIRLY ROUGH HILL PATHS TO THE DEMONSTRATION AREA.

THOSE WISHING TO MAKE USE OF THE FACILITY ARE REQUESTED TO MEET THE ASSISTANT COMMANDER OF THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE UNIT, MR HO KAI SHEK AT CAS KOWLOON TRAINING CENTRE, 204 ARGYLE STREET (NEXT TO KOWLOON CITY POLICE STATION) AT 9.15 AM. THEY ARE ADVISED TO PUT ON PROPER FOOTWEAR AND TO CARRY TELE-LENSES FOR THEIR CAMERAS.

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PERFORMANCE BY NT DANCE TROUPES

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DANCE TROUPES FROM TAI PO, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN WILL GIVE A JOINT PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 22) TO REFINE THEIR ART.

THE EVENT, ORGANISED BY TAI PO ARTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION AND SPONSORED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, WILL BE HELD AT TAI PO VALTORTA COLLEGE.

TWO LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL ALSO SEND TEAMS TO PARTICIPATE.

PROGRAMMES WILL INCLUDE CHINESE, JAPANESE, SPANISH AND BANGLADESHI DANCES DEPICTING RURAL LIFE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TAI PO DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD SAID THE TROUPES WERE BACKED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE DAB’S AND THE JOINT PERFORMANCE WAS TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE.

/ADMISSION IS ..

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

ADMISSION IS FREE. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM TAI PO DISTRICT OFF ICE.

THE TAI PO DANCE TROUPE, WHICH HAS 20 MEMBERS, WAS FORMED BY THE ARTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION SET UP MORE THAN SIX MONTHS AGO. TRAINING IS HELD EVERY SUNDAY AT A LOCAL SCHOOL.

A DRIVE IS BEING LAUNCHED IN THE DISTRICT TO RECRUIT NEW NEMBERS TO EXPAND THE TROUPE. ANYONE WISHING TO JOIN SHOULD APPLY TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

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SENIOR FORM STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT DRUG PROBLEM

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WORKSHOPS ON DRUG ABUSE ARE BEING PLANNED FOR STUDENTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY FORMS TO ACQUAINT THEM WITH THE SERIOUSNESS CF THE DRUG PROBLEM IN HONG KONG.

A TEAM COMPRISING A MEDICAL DOCTOR, POLICE INSPECTOR AND PRISON OFFICER WILL VISIT SCHOOLS TO GIVE TALKS ON THE EFFECTS, TREATMENT, REHABILITATION AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF DRUG ABUSE.

THE TALKS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SLIDE SHOW AND A QUEST ION— AND-ANSWER SESSION, AND THE WHOLE PROGRAMME WILL LAST ABOUT TWO HOURS.

HEADS OF SCHOOLS WISHING TO HOLD THE WORKSHOP FOR THEIR STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT THE ORGANISER, THE DRUG ABUSE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, FOR THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS.

FURTHER DETAILS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION, MRS JOY OTTwAY, AT 3B HAY WAH BUILDING, 10TH FLOOR, 72-86 LOCKHART ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG, TEL NO. 5-283061.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

NEW MAX I CAB ROUTES TO NAM SHAN ESTATE

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TWO NEW MAXICAB ROUTES WILL BE STARTED FROM SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 23) TO SERVE RESIDENTS OF NAM SHAN ESTATE IN KOWLOON.

ROUTE NO. 9 FROM THE ESTATE TO JORDAN ROAD FERRY PIER WILL OPERATE FROM 6 AM TO 11 PM ON MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS AND FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

THE FULL FARE IS FIXED AT $1.50 WHILE SECTIONAL FARES WILL BE $1 FOR OUTWARD JOURNEYS FROM WATERLOO MTR STATION TO JORDAN ROAD FERRY, AND FOR INWARD JOURNEYS FROM THE STATION TO NAM SHAN ESTATE.

THE SERVICE WILL BE RUN AT 10-MINUTE INTERVALS DURING PEAK HOURS.

THE OTHER NEW ROUTE, NO. 10 FROM NAM SHAN ESTATE TO SHAM SHU I PO FERRY PIER, WILL OPERATE FROM 6 AM TO 10.45 PM DAILY AT FIVE-MINUTE INTERVALS DURING PEAK HOURS.

A FLAT FARE OF 70 CENTS WILL BE CHARGED.

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AP LEI CHAU MAXICAB FARE INCREASE ******

THE FARE FOR MAXICAB ROUTE NO. 29 BETWEEN AP LEI CHAU AND WONG CHUK HANG WILL INCREASE BY 20 CENTS FROM SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 23) DUE TO RISING OPERATING COSTS.

THE REVISED FULL FARE WILL BE 70 CENTS. SECTIONAL FARES WILL BE 50 CENTS FOR OUTWARD JOURNEYS FROM ABERDEEN TECHNICAL SCHOOL TO WONG CHUK HANG AND GRANTHAM HOSPITAL, AND FOR INWARD JOURNEYS FROM AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE (SOUTH) TO AP LEI CHAU ESTATE.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE ROUTE WILL BE EXTENDED TO GRANTHAM HOSPITAL DURING VISITING HOURS TO SERVE HOSPITAL VISITORS.

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TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR JOINT DISTRICTS WALK

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TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 23) FOR THE YUEN LONG/TUEN MUN JOINT DISTRICTS WALK:

ROAD CLOSURE

TAI LAM CHUNG ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO VEHICLES EXCEPT THOSE WITH SPECIAL LABELS BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 5 PM.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980

SUSPENSION OF CAR PARK/PLB STAND

THE CAR PARK OPPOSITE SHEK KONG PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STAND ON KAM SHEUNG AND USED FOR RESERVED PARKING.

BUS TERMINUS AND THE ROAD WILL BE SUSPENDED

SPECIAL BUS SERVICES

SPECIAL BUS SERVICES WILL BE OPERATED AS FOLLOWS:-

* THROUGH ROUTE 61S FROM TUEN MUN HEUNG SZE WUI ROAD VIA YUEN LONG TO SHEUNG TSUEN EVERY 10 MINUTES BETWEEN 8.10 AM AND 10.30 AM AT $1.50 FLAT FARE-

* ROUTE 52S FROM TAI LAM EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL TO TUEN MUN EVERY 10 MINUTES BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3.20 PM AT $1 FLAT FARE-

* ROUTE 50S FROM TAI LAM EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL TO YUEN LONG EVERY 10 MINUTES BETWEEN 1.30 PM AND A PM AT $1.50 FLAT FARE.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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WATER CUT IN DIAMOND HILL * * * * *

WATER SUPPLY TO DIAMOND HILL IN KOWLOON WILL EE TURNED OFF FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 22) TO ALLOW FOR REPAIRS TO WATER MAINS.

TAI HOM VILLAGE AND SHEUNG YUEN LING WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THE INTERRUPTION OF SUPPLY.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG TEL: 5-233191

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO

POLICE TO PROSECUTE ID CARD DEFAULTERS ........................ 1

REVISION OF FEES FOR VISAS AND NATURALISATION.................. 2

MR HAYE: ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS ...................... 2

SOCIAL WORK MANPOWER PLANNING NEEDS NEW INITIATIVES ........... 3

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS APPOINTED ...................... 4

CAREERS SHOW OPENED AT CITY HALT, ............................. 5

BUS ONLY LANE ON CONNAUGHT RD CENTRAL ......................... 6

SITES FOR JOINT VENTURE DEVELOPMENTS .......................... 7

SECOND TSUEN WaN SPORTS FESTIVAL CLOSES ON SUNDAY ............. 8

TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS RECEIVING ATTENTION ...................... 8

CONTRACT FOR LAND FORMATION ON TSING YI ....................... 9

SEMINARS ON METRICATION FOR TEACHERS ......................... 10

FIRING PRACTICE IN DECEMBER................................. -j-]

CHAI WAN WATER CUT

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980

POLICE TO PROSECUTE ID CARD DEFAULTERS

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WITH EFFECT FROM NEXT TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 25) THE POLICE WILL TAKE PROSECUTION ACTION AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO FAIL TO CARRY THEIR IDENTITY CARD OR OTHER ACCEPTABLE PROOF OF IDENTITY.

SINCE THE NEW LEGISLATION CAME INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 30, MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WARNED FOR FAILING TO PRODUCE THEIR PROOF OF IDENTITY.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES EASILY WOULD BE OF IMMENSE ASSISTANCE IN DETECTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

+AT THE SAME TIME, THEY CAN AVOID INCONVENIENCE TO THEMSELVES IF THEY ARE STOPPED AND ASKED FOR PROOF OF IDENTITY,* HE ADDED.

+THE NEW LAW HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR NEARLY A MONTH AND IT IS HOPED THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY THEIR PART AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS TO ASSIST THE POLICE IN THEIR

TASK.*

FAILURE TC CARRY AN IDENTITY CARD, OR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIED ALTERNATIVE DOCUMENTS, IS AN OFFENCE AND MAY INCUR A FINE OF UP TO $1 000.

* AN OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW ID CARD OR A REPLACEMENT, OR

* A CURRENT DRIVING LICENCE, OR

* A SERVICE IDENTITY CARD OF THE BRITISH FORCES, OR

* A VALID TRAVEL DOCUMENT, OR

* A VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CARD, OR

* A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION ISSUED UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ORDINANCE TO THE AGED, THE BLIND AND THE INFIRM.

THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICES AT CAUSEWAY BAY, CANTON ROAD AND TSUEN WAN, WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF ON DUTY TOMORROW (SATURDAY) UNTIL 5 PM TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR IDENTITY CARDS.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1983

REVISION OF FEES FOR VISAS AND NATURALISATION

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THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT)(NO.4) REGULATIONS 1980 AND THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE) ORDER 1980 WERE PUBLISHED TODAY IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT)(NO.4) REGULATIONS 1980 PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN VISA FEES.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE FEES FOR HONG KONG WOULD BE REVISED FROM $32 TO $48 FOR AN ORDINARY VISA, AND FROM $12 TO $18 FOR A TRANSIT VISA.

THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE) ORDER 1980 SPECIFIES A NEW TABLE OF FEES FOR VARIOUS SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT RELATED TO REGISTRATION AND NATURALISATION AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED MATTERS.

-•-PROVISION IS ALSO MADE FOR CONCESSIONARY OR REDUCED PAYMENT CF FEES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES,* THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE SAID ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE FEE INCREASES FOR NATURALISATION AND REGISTRATION, WHICH RESULT FROM INCREASING COSTS OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES.

FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF CITIZENSHIP AND FOR THE GRANTS OF CERTIFICATES OF NATURALISATION MADE PRIOR TO THIS ORDER BECOMING EFFECTIVE WOULD BE PAYABLE ON THE OLD SCALE.

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MX HAYEi ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS * M * *

♦DO AS I DO, NOT AS I SAY*, IS NOT A BAD MOTTO FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS WISHING TO RAISE THE MORAL TONE OF CHILDREN, MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, SAID AT THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF CARMEL ENGLISH SCHOOL TODAY.

REFERRING TO THE CURRENT GROWING CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY WITH AN APPARENT INCREASE IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND THE URGENT DEMANDS OF COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR MORE MORAL EDUCATION, MR HAYE EMPHASIZED THAT THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE MUCH SENSE IN PREACHING TO CHILDREN. + IT IS FAR MORE EFFECTIVE TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE,* HE SAID.

♦CHILDREN HAVE FAR GREATER RESPECT FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS WHO DEMONSTRATE BY EXAMPLE.*

ONE HAS ONLY TO LOOK AT HISTORY, LITERATURE, FILM, TELEVISION AND POPULAR SONG TO SEE THAT THE GREAT HEROES IN CHILDREN’S MINDS ARE THOSE WHO ARE GIVEN TO DEEDS, NOT WORDS.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 198O

A POPULARITY contest were to be staged for teenage idols, MJ HAYE REMARKED, PREACHERS AND PHILOSOPHERS WOULD BE SOMEWHERE .P0LL- EVEN ALLOWING FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY ANTICS OF SOME POP SINGERS AND KUNG FU HEROES, MOST BOYS AND GIRLS WOULD CONFESS TO AN ADMIRATION FOR THE DOERS OF GREAT DEEDS?

+THE HEROES ARE REMEMBERED NOT FOR WHAT THEY SAID BUT FOR WHAT THEY DID,* MR HAYE DECLARED.

IT FOLLOWED THAT IF TEACHERS AND PARENTS WERE TO IMPRESS CHILDREN IN SCHOOL AND AT HOME, THEY SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE BY THE LIVES THEY LED RATHER THAN BY THE MORAL PLATITUDES THEY MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO PREACH, HE SAID.

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SOCIAL WORK MANPOWER PLANNING NEEDS NEW INITIATIVES X * * X

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, SAID TODAY THE WHOLE AREA OF SOCIAL WORK MANPOWER PLANNING TO MEET DEMAND WAS ONE THAT CALLED FOR NEW INITIATIVES.

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE HONG KONG SOCIAL WORKERS’ ASSOCIATION, HE SAID THERE WAS AN ACUTE SHORTAGE OF TRAINED PERSONNEL AND BELIEVED THIS WAS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME.

HE ATTRIBUTED IT TO THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF WELFARE SERVICES AND PLANNED PROVISIONS, AND THE CORRESPONDING NEED FOR TRAINED STAFF TO PROVIDE THEM.

MR ALLEYNE SAID THE WELFARE CLASS REVIEW, BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC AND SUBVENTED SECTOR, TRIED TO DIFFERENTIATE JOBS THAT REQUIRED TRAINING AT THE GRADUATE AND NON-GRADUATE LEVEL.

IT ALSO ATTEMPTED TO IDENTIFY THOSE JOBS THAT COULD BE DONE BY UNTRAINED WORKERS UNDER SUPERVISION SO AS TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES, HE ADDED.

WITHIN THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, THE REVIEW HAD RESULTED IN THE REDUCTION OF REQUIREMENT FOR TRAINED GRADUATE SOCIAL WORKERS BUT HAD INCREASED THE NEED FOR NON-GRADUATE TRAINED STAFF IN THE COMING YEARS.

+THE SHORTFALL IS NOW FELT AT BOTH LEVELS- EVEN WITH SOME INCREASES IN THE OUTPUT FROM THE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE SHORTFALL CAN BE MET IN THE NEAR FUTURE IF WE CONTINUE TO REQUIRE TRAINED WORKERS TO OCCUPY EVERY SOCIAL WORK JOB,* HE SAID.

MR ALLEYNE SAID PERHAPS IT WAS TIME NOW TO HAVE A SECOND LOOK TO SEE WHAT LESS COMPLICATED JOBS COULD BE CARRIED OUT BY UNTRAINED WORKERS UNDER SUPERVISION, OR WHETHER THE USE OF UNTRAINED STAFF AT VARIOUS LEVELS SUPPORTED BY IN-SERVICE TRAINING COULD BE TOLERATED AS AN INTERIM MEASURE.

/HCWEVE3 HE .....

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980

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HOWEVER HE STRESSED THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE WAS, THE STANDARD OF WORK MUST BE MAINTAINED SO AS TO PROVIDE A REASONABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE CLIENTS.

HE SAID THE DEMAND ON THE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED BECAME EVEN HIGHER -- TO CONCENTRATE DIRECT SERVICES IN MORE COMPLICATED SITUATIONS AND PROVIDE MORE GUIDANCE TO THE UNTRAINED.

+WHILE WE CERTAINLY DO NOT WISH TO DILUTE THE QUALITY OF WORK OF THE PROFESSIONAL, WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY UNDER PRESSURE TO MEET THE URGENT NEEDS OF THE LESS FORTUNATE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE TO GO ON LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FULFIL ALL OUR COMMITMENTS,+ HE SAID.

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DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS APPOINTED

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THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR T.G. GARNER, TODAY ANNOUNCED THE PROMOTION OF MR CHAN WA-SHEK TO THE RANK OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS -- THE NUMBER TWO POST IN THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT.

MR CHAN, AGED 49, HAS BEEN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS SINCE 1978. HE JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AS A +WARDER+ ON LEAVING SCHOOL IN 1951 AND WAS PROMOTED TO OFFICER RANK FIVE YEARS LATER.

IN 1966, HE BEGAN TO SPECIALISE IN THE TRAINING OF YOUNG OFFENDERS AND HIS FIRST OPERATIONAL COMMAND WAS AS THE CHIEF OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE THEN SHEK PIK TRAINING CENTRE (NOW THE SHA TSUI DETENTION CENTRE).

HE LATER HELPED TO ADMINISTER THE VERY SUCCESSFUL DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND HAD BEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE OF THE TAI LAM DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE. HE HAD ALSO BEEN THE PRINCIPAL OF THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE AT STANLEY.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT IN 1976 AND WAS POSTED TO HEADQUARTERS CONCENTRATING ON REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS AND CONVICTED DRUG ADDICTS.

DURING HIS CAREER, MR CHAN ATTENDED A NUMBER OF COURSES AT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ON SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK.

IN 1972, HE ATTENDED THE MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING COURSE AT THE PRISONS SERVICE STAFF COLLEGE IN ENGLAND, AND LATER OBTAINED A POST SECONDARY COLLEGE DIPLOMA IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AT SHUE YAN COLLEGE IN HONG KONG. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, HE READ CRIMINOLOGY AND PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO TAKING A MASTER DEGREE.

HE WAS AWARDED THE COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDAL IN 1969 AND THE FIRST CLASP TO THE MEDA_ IN 1976.

/Mx CHAN .....

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980

MR CHAN IS MARRIED WITH TWO SONS. HE IS A KEEN AND ACTIVE FOLLOWER OF THE WING CHUN SCHOOL OF CHINESE BOXING AND A KARATE BLACK BELT. HE IS ALSO AN AMATEUR ARTIST SPECIALISING IN CHARCOAL SKETCHES AND OILS, AND ENJOYS CLASSICAL MUSIC AND SINGING IN LIGHT OPERETTA.

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CAREERS SHOW OPENED AT CITY HALL

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR A. DE 0. SALES, TODAY PRAISED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT’S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE FOR HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THEIR CAREERS.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION AT THE CITY HALL, MR SALES SAID THE SERVICE CARRIED OUT ITS WORK WITH GREAT DEDICATION AND WITH FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

IN A FEW MONTHS’ TIME, ABOUT 72 000 SCHOOL LEAVERS WILL BE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND THE SERVICE WILL BE HELPING TO MATCH THEIR ABILITY AND SUITABILITY WITH JOBS IN SOCIETY.

EARLIER, IN HIS INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, MR HENDERSON POINTED OUT THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION WAS BEING CO-SPONSORED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.

♦I MUST THANK MR SALES, THE HON HU FA-KUANG AND THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS VENTURE. THE STAFF, TOO, OF THE URBAN COUNCIL LIBRARIES ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN OF THE GREATEST HELP TO US IN PROCESSING THE EXHIBITION,+ HE SAID.

MR HENDERSON SAID THE INCREASING INTEREST SHOWN BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CHOICE OF A CAREER HAD PROMPTED THE GOVERNMENT AND EMPLOYERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DEVOTE GREATER EFFORTS TO ASSIST THEM TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD OF WORK.

+0N THIS OCCASION I WISH TO THANK ALL THOSE EXHIBITORS, PAST AND PRESENT, WHO HAVE OVER THE YEARS GIVEN THE DEPARTMENT SUCH TREMENDOUS SUPPORT IN THIS TASK.+

EXPRESSING HIS APPRECIATION TO THIS YEAR’S EXHIBITORS, MR HENDERSON SAID THEY HAD NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTED FINANCIALLY TO THE MOUNTING OF THE EXHIBITION BUT ALSO DEVOTED CONSIDERABLE TIME AND RESOURCES TO MAKE THEIR STANDS IMPRESSIVE AND MEANINGFUL.

HE ALSO THANKED THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE, ’ 'E CIVIL AID SERVICES AND THE MING PAO DAILY FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE, AND THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE THE CITY HALL.

THIS YEAR, 20 EXHIBITORS FROM COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, THE SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT ARE TAKING PART IN THE EXHIBITION.

/AN ADDED .....

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980

AN ADDED FEATURE IS THE STAGING OF LIVE CAREERS SHOWS AND EXHIBITS BY THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE, FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE, KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE AT EDINBURGH PLACE DURING THE EXHIBITION PERIOD.

THESE CAREERS-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE A SKIN-DIVING PERFORMANCE TO DEMONSTRATE SEARCH FOR NARCOTICS, DEMONSTRATIONS BY THE POLICE’S SPECIALIST UNITS, PERFORMANCES BY BANDS, DOG SHOWS AND DISPLAYS OF POLICE VEHICLES AND FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 6.30 PM DAILY FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) UNTIL DECEMBER 1.

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BUS ONLY LANE ON CONNAUGHT RD CENTRAL

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A BUS ONLY LANE WILL BE INTRODUCED ON CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL FROM 7 AM ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 25).

A 355-METRE SECTION OF THE EASTBOUND KERBSIDE LANE OF THE ROAD BETWEEN CLEVERLY STREET AND PEDDER STREET WILL BE RESERVED FOR

THE USE OF BUSES FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM AND FROM 4 PM TO 7 PM DAILY.

CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER, MRS DOROTHY CHAN, POINTED OUT THAT THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL WAS NOW BEING

USED BY 21 BUS ROUTES WITH 168 BUSES PASSING EACH HOUR.

♦THE OBSERVED BUS SPEED IS LOW, AT 6.3 KPH IN THE EVENING AND 7.4 KPH IN THE MORNING.

+WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BUS ONLY LANE, IT IS EXPECTED THAT BUSES WHICH CARRY THE MAJORITY OF COMMUTERS WILL BE ABLE TO ATTAIN A FASTER SPEED DURING THE CRITICAL PERIODS.

+ INCONVENIENCE TO OTHER VEHICLES SHOULD BE LITTLE AS THE REMAINING TWO TO THREE TRAFFIC LANES ON THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD WILL STILL BE MAINTAINED,+ HE SAID.

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SITES FOR JOINT VENTURE DEVELOPMENTS ******

THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE FIRST TWO SITES IN THE GOVERNMENT LAND SALES PROGRAMME FOR JOINT VENTURE DEVELOPMENTS.

A PRIME RESIDENTIAL SITE OF 5 952 SQUARE METRES AT MOUNT KELLET ROAD IS BEING OFFERED FOR SALE ON THE BASIS THAT THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERER MUST BUILD AND HAND BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT FREE OF CHARGE FIVE TOWN HOUSES OF 350 SQUARE METRES EACH.

THESE QUARTERS WILL BE USED FOR THE HOUSING OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS.

THE REMAINING UNITS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERER FOR DISPOSAL ON THE OPEN MARKET IN THE USUAL WAY.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE SPENT ON CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS IS TO BE NOT LESS THAN $12.5 MILLION AND THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERER WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A SWIMMING POOL AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND TO LANDSCAPE THE LOT.

THE SECOND LOT OF 2 700 SQUARE METRES AT CORNWALL STREET, KOWLOON, WILL PROVIDE 1 620 SQUARE METRES OF RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION.

THREE EXISTING OBSOLETE QUARTERS ARE TO BE DEMOLISHED AND THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERER WILL BE REQUIRED TO BUILD A SMALL BLOCK OF FOUR FLATS OF 230 SQUARE METRES EACH FOR RETURN TO THE GOVERNMENT.

THE SITE CARRIES A BUILDING COVENANT OF $5 MILLION TO BE FULFILLED WITHIN 24 MONTHS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE SAID, +IT IS EXPECTED THAT THESE TENDERS WHICH ARE DUE FOR RETURN ON JANUARY 9, 1981 WILL GENERATE KEEN INTEREST BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPERS TO OBTAIN SITES FOR HIGH CLASS HOUSING WHICH ARE IN VERY SHORT SUPPLY, AND THE AMOUNT CF INITIAL CASH PREMIUM IN THESE CASES WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN USUAL TO REFLECT THE ACCOMMODATION TO BE HANDED BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT.♦

A FURTHER FOUR SITES, COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 33 500 SQUARE METRES ARE SCHEDULED FOR SALE ON THIS BASIS EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER SITES ARE ALREADY BEING PROCESSED FOR SALE AS PART OF A CONTINUING PROGRAMME FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT QUARTERS.

TENDER FORMS, TOGETHER WITH NOTICES AND CONDITIONS CF SALE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE ON THE 19TH FLOOR OF MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD” AND ON THE 10TH FLOOR OF KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 405 NATHAN ROAD.

TENDER PLANS MAY ALSO BE INSPECTED AT THESE PLACES.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980

SECOND TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL CLOSES ON SUNDAY *****

THE SECOND TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL WILL CLOSE ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 23) WITH A DEMONSTRATION FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN EASTERN AND SEA BEE.

A LARGE CROWD IS EXPECTED TO WATCH THE MATCH WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT YEUNG UK ROAD STADIUM STARTING AT 3.30 PM.

THE FESTIVAL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 1 SINCE WHEN A TOTAL OF 54 EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD, ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 100 000 RESIDENTS. THESE INCLUDED GO-KART RACES WHICH WERE ORGANISED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVENTS FOR THE HANDICAPPED, PLUS A WIDE RANGE OF OTHER SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

IT WAS ORGANISED BY A COMMITTEE COMPRISING LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND TSUEN WAN SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION. MR CHAU HOW-CHEN WAS CHAIRMAN.

THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD PROVIDED $150 000 TOWARDS FESTIVAL EXPENSES, WHILE LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ALSO DONATED MONEY.

OFFICIATING AT SUNDAY’S CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR H.T. LUI, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JAMES WILSON, AND THE PRINCIPAL RECREATION AND SPORT OFFICER, MR DICKEN YUNG.

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TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS RECEIVING ATTENTION

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IN ITS FIRST EIGHT WEEKS OF OPERATION THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT RECEIVED 626 COMPLAINTS.

OF THE TOTAL, 280 WERE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE UNIT, 310 THROUGH THE PRESS AND THE REMAINING 36 WERE REFERRED BY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE COMPLAINTS UNIT, MR JAMES KWAN, SAID TODAY HE wAS PLEASED IT wAS WORKING EFFICIENTLY BUT EXPECTED THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS TO GROW AS MORE PEOPLE BECOME AWARE OF ITS EXISTENCE.

HE SAID : +IT IS IMPORTANT FOR COMMUTERS NOT TO HESITATE TO AIR THEIR COMPLAINTS TO THE UNIT IF THEY HAVE ANY GRIEVANCE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES.

+T0 HELP MORE PEOPLE LODGE COMPLAINTS, FORMS WITH RETURN ENVELOPES ARE NOW DISTRIBUTED AT CI7Y DISTRICT OFFICES, DISTRICT OFFICES AND PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE OFFICES.

ABUT COMPLAINTS ......

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980

♦BUT COMPLAINTS CAN STILL BE PHONED IN ON THE UNIT’S HOT LINE 5-731919 DURING OFFICE HOURS,* HE SAID.

OF THE COMPLAINTS RECEIVED, THE MAJORITY WAS ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES (49 PER CENT). TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT WAS NEXT ON THE LIST, AT 34 PER CENT.

THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF COMPLAINTS SUCCESSFULLY DEALT WITH SO FAR CONCERNED MINOR ROAD WORKS AND REPAIRS.

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CONTRACT FOR LAND FORMATION ON TSI NG Yl *****

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A MAJOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACT TO KUMAGAl-GUMI (HONG KONG) LTD FOR RECLAMATION AND SITE FORMATION WORK ON TSING Yl ISLAND.

THE CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $122 MILLION, FORMS PART OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

IT WAS SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR P.D. CHE, CHIEF ENGINEER (SOUTH) OF THE PWD’S TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND W C.P. YU, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND MR T. NAKAYAMA, ADMINISTRATION MANAGER OF THE COMPANY.

MR CHE SAID THAT UNDER THE CONTRACT, 22 HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED FOR DEVELOPMENT.

♦ THE WORK WILL INCLUDE THE FORMATION OF LAND WEST OF TSING Yl LAGOON AND THE RECLAMATION OF PART OF THE LAGOON AND TSING Yl BAY.

♦ ON COMPLETION, THE NEW LAND WILL BE USED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, VILLAGE HOUSING, OPEN SPACE AND GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTE AND COMMUNITY PURPOSES.

♦ THE CONTRACT WILL ALSO INCLUDE SITE FORMATION WORK FOR A SERVICE RESERVOIR, SUBSTRUCTURE WORK OF THE NEW TSING Yl FERRY PIER, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRIPLE CELL BOX CULVERT, STORMWATER DRAINS AND SEWERS, A NEW ROAD AND EXTENSIVE EARTHWORKS,♦ HE SAID.

WORK WILL START NEXT WEEK AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 27 MONTHS.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR PWD’S TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980

SEMINARS ON METRICATION FOR TEACHERS * * * * *

A SERIES OF HALF-DAY SEMINARS WILL BE HELD FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND NOMINATIONS TO ATTEND FROM HEADS OF SCHOOLS ARE WELCOME.

THE SEMINARS ARE ORGANISED BY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AND THE MATHEMATICS TEACHING CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THEY WILL BE HELD EVERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM DECEMBER 16 TO FEBRUARY 24, EXCEPT ON FEBRUARY 3 AND 10.

EACH SEMINAR WILL LAST FROM 2.15 PM TO 4.30 PM, AND THE VENUE IS THE MATHEMATICS TEACHING CENTRE, ROOM 45 AND 46, 4TH FLOOR, LI CHENG UK GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL, TONKIN STREET, KOWLOON.

PARTICIPANTS WILL ATTEND AN INTRODUCTORY TALK AND A SLIDE SHOW FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION, AND LEARN TO USE AN AUDIO-VISUAL METRICATION PACKAGE.

THEY WILL EACH BE GIVEN A SET OF METRICATION POSTERS AND BOOKLETS PREPARED BY THE MATHEMATICS TEACHING CENTRE AND THE METRICATION COMMITTEE.

AFTERWARDS THEY MAY BORROW THE AUDIO-VISUAL METRICATION PACKAGE TO SHOW TO THEIR COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS.

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE COURSE AND THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION WILL BE CANTONESE.

EACH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MAY NOMINATE ONE OR TWO TEACHERS TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR. TEACHERS NOMINATED SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (MATHEMATICS), ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, 5TH FLOOR, LEE GARDENS, HONG KONG BEFORE DECEMBER 1.

OWING TO LIMITED FACILITIES, ONLY 20 TEACHERS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED IN EACH SEMINAR. APPLICATIONS WILL BE TREATED ON A F IRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE MATHEMATICS TEACHING CENTRE ON 5-774001 EXT. 47 OR THE METRICATION COMMITTEE SECRETARIAT ON 5-214416.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980

FIRING PRACTICE IN DECEMBER

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FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE HA TSUEN/CASTLE PEAK RANGE ON 13 DAYS NEXT MONTH.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED NOT TO ENTER THE AREA WHEN RED FLAGS ARE FLYING DURING TIMES OF PRACTICE.

PRACTICE TIMES ARE:

DAY TIME

DECEMBER 1 (MONDAY) 10 AM - 5 PM

2 (TUESDAY) 8 AM - 6 PM

3 (WEDNESDAY) 8 AM - 6 PM

4 (THURSDAY) 8 AM - 11 PM

5 (FRIDAY) 8 AM - 6 PM

13 (WEDNESDAY) 8 AM - 6 PM

15 (MONDAY) 8 AM - 6 PM

16 (TUESDAY) 8 AM - 6 PM

17 (WEDNESDAY) 8 AM - 6 PM

18 (THURSDAY) 8 AM - 6 PM

22 (MONDAY) 8 AM - 4 PM

23 (TUESDAY) 8 AM - 6 PM

24 (WEDNESDAY) 8 AM - 6 PM

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CHAI WAN WATER CUT * * * *

WATCR SUPPLY TO AN AREA CF CHAI «AN ON HONG.KONG ISLAND a ILL BE TURNED OFF FROM 13 AM TO 6 PM ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 23).

THE WATER CUT WILL AFFECT LOK MAN ROAD RESITE AREA, PAK SHA WAN RESITE AREA, CHAI WAN SECTIONS 1 AND 2, AND PREMISES ON LOK MAN ROAD AND CHEUNG MAN ROAD.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

Saturday, November 22, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

TEACHERS ATTEND METRICATION SEMINAR ...................... 1

NEW TEMPORARY MACAU FERRY WHARF OPENS NEXT TUESDAY ....... 2

MORE THAN 1 300 LITTERBUGS BOOKED IN ANTI-LITTER DRIVE IN NT .............................................. 3

CHINESE STYLE PAVILION FOR SAI KUNG VILLAGE .............. 3

POLICE TO STAGE SHOW AT EDINBURGH PLACE .................. 4

SAI KUNG DISTRICT ATHLETIC MEETING ....................... 4

$986 000 RAISED FOR CHARITY IN CAR NUMBERS AUCTION ....... 5

TWO CLERICAL OFFICERS RETIRE ............................. 6

FIRING PRACTICE REMINDER ................................. 6

PROHIBITED ZONE ON HARCOURT ROAD

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1980

TEACHERS ATTEND METRICATION SEMINAR ******

MORE THAN 200 TEACHERS FROM OVER 100 SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, TODAY (SATURDAY) ATTENDED A METRICATION SEMINAR JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE SEMINAR WAS AIMED AT ENLISTING THE SUPPORT OF TEACHERS IN PROMOTING METRICATION AND IN PREPARING THEM TO CONDUCT A METRIC QUIZ FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR IN TRUE LIGHT GIRLS’ COLLEGE, KOWLOON THIS MORNING, PROFESSOR S.Y. KING, CHAIRMAN OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE SAID, +METRICATION AND EDUCATION ARE HIGHLY CO-RELATED.

♦FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STUDENTS, BASIC METRIC KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND METRICATION IN HONG KONG CANNOT BE REGARDED AS COMPLETE UNLESS THE PUBLIC ARE SUFFICIENTLY EDUCATED SO THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF APPLYING METRIC UNITS IN EVERYDAY LIFE,* HE ADDED.

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD ACHIEVED MARKED PROGRESS IN PROMOTING THE USE OF INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI) IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, PROF KING POINTED OUT, CITING THAT TEXTBOOKS IN THE RECOMMENDED BOOKLISTS WERE PUBLISHED IN SI AND EXAMINATION QUESTIONS WERE IN METRIC UNITS.

IN ADDITION, HE SAID, TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR TEACHERS HAD BEEN DESIGNED BY THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE TO HELP TEACHERS IN THE METRIC CHANGEOVER.

TEACHERS WERE PRAISED FOR THEIR ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A METRICATION ATMOSPHERE IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR, BUT THEY WERE URGED TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND USE METRIC UNITS IN ALL DAILY EXAMPLES IN TEACHING INVOLVING MEASUREMENTS.

♦THIS+, SAID PROF KING, +IS TO REINFORCE LEARNING THROUGH CONSTANT REPETITION+.

HE DISCLOSED THAT A HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND A +METRIC GUIDE FOR STUDENTS* WILL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE SOON BY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH THE BASIC METRIC KNOWLEDGE.

AT THE SEMINAR, MR ERIC YUNG, SENIOR METRICATION OFFICER ALSO SPOKE ON THE BACKGROUND OF METRICATION IN HONG KONG AND THE ROLE OF TEACHERS IN THE METRIC CHANGEOVER.

TEACHERS WHO TURNED UP AT TODAY’S SEMINAR ARE EXPECTED TO CONDUCT A METRIC QUIZ FOR F4 AND F5 STUDENTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS NEXT THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 27).

DURING THE SEMINAR, THEY WERE BRIEFED BY MR S.M. TONG, SENIOR INSPECTOR (PHYSICS) ON WAYS TO CONDUCT AND ADJUDICATE A METRIC QUIZ.

/THE METRIC .....

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1980

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THE METRIC QUIZ, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO FAMILIARIZE STUDENTS WITH THE USE OF SI, IS EXPECTED TO DRAW 30 000 PARTICIPANTS. WINNERS WILL BE AWARDED THE PRIZE OF A METRIC SLIDE-RULE DONATED BY MOBIL OIL HONG KONG LIMITED.

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NEW TEMPORARY MACAU FERRY WHARF OPENS NEXT TUESDAY ******

TRAVELLERS TO AND FROM MACAU CAN EXPECT FASTER PROCESSING AND MUCH BETTER IMMIGRATION FACILITIES WHEN THE NEW TEMPORARY MACAU FERRY TERMINAL OPENS NEXT WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 26).

THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR P.E.J. DAVY AND THE PORT CAPTAIN OF MACAU, COMMANDANTE G. FREIRE WILL OFFICIATE AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY THE DAY BEFORE (TUESDAY) DURING WHICH THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SHUN TAK SHIPPING COMPANY LTD, MR STANLEY HO WILL HAND OVER THE TERMINAL KEYS TO MR DAVY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY PASSENGER SAILINGS TO AND FROM MACAU WILL BE SUSPENDED AT THE OLD FERRY WHARF FROM 7 PM ON TUESDAY TO FACILITATE REMOVAL WORK.

ALL SAILINGS, BOOKINGS, IMMIGRATION, CUSTOMS AND OTHER FACILITIES AT THE EXISTING TERMINAL WILL CEASE AND THE NEW TtRMINAL WITH NEW BOOKING HALLS, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS COUNTERS WILL BE OPERATIONAL FROM 7 AM ON WEDNESDAY, HE SAID.

THE NEW TEMPORARY TERMINAL, WHICH IS ALMOST TWICE BIGGER THAN THE OLD WHARF WITH 30 IMMIGRATION COUNTERS COMPARED WITH THE PRESENT 18, IS LOCATED WEST OF THE EXISTING HONG KONG AND MACAU FERRY WHARF AT RUMSEY STREET, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.

IT HAS SEVEN BERTHING QUAYS FOR HYDROFOILS AND JETFOILS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL HALLS OF THE NEW TEMPORARY MACAU FERRY TERMINAL AT 12 NOON ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 25). A GIS OFFICER WILL EE PRESENT TO ASSIST THE PRESS.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1980

MORE THAN 1 300 LITTERBUGS BOOKED IN ANTI-LITTER DRIVE IN NT

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MORE THAN 1 300 LITTERBUGS HAVE BEEN BOOKED IN RURAL AREAS DURING THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH-LONG ANTI-LITTER DRIVE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT LITTERING SUaDsuCbseTquTek? o’rF°S?EM FIRST CONVICTI0’1 AND 4 FINE °F «2 000

MEANWHILE, THE CLEAN-UP OPERATION IS STILL IN FULL SWING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN TUEN MUN, ANOTHER MASSIVE OPERATION TO CLEAN THE CANOPIES AND COMMON PLACES OF MULTI-STOREY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WAS TODAY CARRIED OUT AT THE TOWN CENTRE.

SEVERAL GROUPS OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS JOINED THE CLEANSING STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICE IN THEIR WORK.

A FREE SERVICE FOR REFUSE COLLECTION WAS ALSO PROVIDED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

ALSO TAKING PART IN TODAY’S EXERCISE WERE MEMBERS OF THE TUEN MUN COMMUNITY BUILDING CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF TUEN MUN, MR LAM CHUNG-LUN, AND THE LOCAL URBAN SERVICES OFFICER, MR YUE KAI-CHIU.

AT NAM SANG WAI AND PAK LAI OF YUEN LONG, MORE THAN 100 MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT’S COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB, JUNIOR POLICE CALL AND THREE BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATIONS MOUNTED A +CLEAN THE PICNIC SPOT* DRIVE.

THEY HELPED TO CLEAN THE PICNIC SPOTS BY REMOVING BASKETS OF EMPTY CANS AND LITTER LEFT BEHIND BY PICNICKERS.

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CHINESE STYLE PAVILION FOR SAI KUNG VILLAGE * * * *

A CHINESE-STYLE PAVILION AT SHA KWOK MEI TSUEN, SAI KUNG, HAS BEEN BUILT TO PROVIDE LOCAL VILLAGERS AND VISITORS WITH A PLACE TO REST AND SHELTER.

THE PAVILION IS SITUATED ON OPEN LAND CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE VILLAGE WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF 1 200.

THE AREA WAS FORMERLY BARREN LAND WHERE RESIDENTS MET TO SIT AND CHAT.

THEY SAW THAT IT COULD BE BEAUTIFIED TO PROVIDE A REST PLACE AND MADE A SUGGESTION TO SAI KUNG DISTR IC" OFFICE WHICH APPROVED THE PROJECT EAR_Y TH . S YEAP.

WORK ON B.'ILDING THE DAVILION, WHIC- COST S40 000 STARTED FOUR MONTHS AGO.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1980

IT IS IN TRADITIONAL CH INESE-STYLE WITH RAILINGS AND A PAGODA ROOF AND IS FURNISHED WITH CERAMIC CHAIRS.

AT ITS ENTRANCE IS A PLAQUE BEARING THE NAME OF THE PAVILION WRITTEN BY LOCAL ELDER, MR LAU TONG.

THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION ENGINEER, MR RAYMOND WONG, DESIGNED THE PAVILION.

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POLICE TO STAGE SHOW AT EDINBURGH PLACE * * * X

VISITORS TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION WILL BE GIVEN A SPECIAL TREAT BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AT EDINBURGH PLACE TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE POLICE WILL STAGE A CAREERS SHOW THERE FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM TOMORROW AS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXHIBITION TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE A CLOSE LOOK AT SOME ASPECTS OF POLICE WORK.

THE SHOW WILL FEATURE DISPLAYS OF POLICE VEHICLES AND PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING THE WORK OF THE MARINE POLICE AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL AS WELL AS EXHIBITION STALLS TO BE PUT UP BY THE FORCE’S IDENTIFICATION BUREAU AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE. THERE WILL ALSO BE DEMONSTRATIONS OF UNARMED COMBAT AND SILENT DRILL BY POLICE CADETS.

A RECENTLY-COMMISSIONED POLICE LAUNCH WILL BERTH ALONGSIDE QUEEN’S PIER AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE WELCOME TO GET ON BOARD.

THE POLICE MOBILE RECRUITMENT VAN WILL ALSO BE PRESENT TO ATTRACT POTENTIAL RECRUITS.

A VARIETY SHOW ON POLICE RECRUITMENT THEME WILL ALSO BE STAGED ON THE INFORMATION SERVICES MOBILE STREET THEATRE.

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SAI KUNG DISTRICT ATHLETIC MEETING * X * fc

MORE THAN 400 ATHLETES WILL EE TAKING PART IN THE SIXTH SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU DISTRICT ATHLETIC MEETING TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE EVENT IS ORGANISED BY SAI KUNG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEES.

ENTRANTS INCLUDE LOCAL RESIDENTS, PEOPLE STUDYING CR WORKING IN THE DISTRICT AND ATHLETES FRO* OTHER PARTS O' HONG KONG.

THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS, Dl ’IS-D ACCORDING K AGE, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1980

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A SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN REMINDED ALL THOSE TAKING PART TO ASSEMBLE AT MONG KOK STADIUM BY 8.45 AM IF THEY ARE MAKING THEIR OWN WAY, OR WAIT AT SPECIFIED SPOTS FOR THE COACH WHICH WILL LEAVE SAI KUNG FOR MONG KOK.

OFFICIATING AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER (DESIGNATE), MR CHAN SUI-CHEUNG, RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN AND LOCAL LEADERS.

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8986 OOO RAISED FOR CHARITY IN CAR NUMBERS AUCTION

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THIRTY-FIVE SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION TODAY (SATURDAY) FOR A TOTAL OF 8986 000 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.

THE AUCTION HELD IN THE RECITAL HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAW REGISTRATION NUMBER CH 888 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $130 300.

ANOTHER NUMBER CJ 88 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $120 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS SI 000 FOR AP 1132, CF 7456, CF 7555, CF 7595, CG 930, CG 9980, CG 392 AND CG 6846.

THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES :

HK7674 $1 200 CD 777 $80 000 AS 1 $130 030

BH8838 84 000 CG 633 S 4 500 BZ 88 8 90 000

CG 233 $3 800 CG8838 8 1 800 CC 36 $ 41 000

CG 143 $1 600 CC 89 325 000 AC 928 $ 31 300

CH 123 819 000 CH 345 3 5 500 CG 311 5 31 000

BK 55 320 003 CE 1 573 000 CG 125 8 1 500

CC 100 880 000 OF 333 865 000 CH 138 8 30 300

CG 707 8 8 000 CG 928 $21 000 AH 336 $ 6 000

CC 989 815 300

THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.

TODAY’S SALE, THE 58TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT TO 015 958 232 THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY RAISED SC FAR.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1980

TWO CLERICAL OFFICERS RETIRE * * *

THE SECRETARY FOR CIVIL SERVICE, MR MARTIN ROWLANDS, YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) BADE FAREWELL TO TWO SENIOR CLERICAL OFFICERS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH, MR USUF DIN AND MR MAN KAR-YAR WHO ARE RETIRING.

MR ROWLANDS PRAISED THE TWO OFFICERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE SERVICE AND PRESENTED THEM WITH FAREWELL GIFTS ON BEHALF OF THEIR COLLEAGUES.

MR ROWLANS SA ID I +THEY COMMAND RESPECT OF ALL STAFF OF THE BRANCH FOR THEIR DILIGENCE, LOYALTY AND DEDICATION TO THEIR WORK, ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR CAREER IN THE GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS BEEN SPENT ENTIRELY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH.*

MR DIN AFTER SERVING FOR 34 YEARS PROCEEDED GN PRE-RET IF:: 'ENT LEAVE ON NOVEMBER 20 WHILE MR MAN WHO HAD TWICE EXTENDED HIS SERVICE WENT ON LEAVE ON NOVEMBER 11.

FIRING PRACTICE REMINDER * * * *

FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE HA TSUEN-CASTLE PEAK RANGE NEXT WEEK FROM TUESDAY TO THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 25-27).

PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 8 AM AND 11 PM ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AND BETWEEN 8 AM AND 5 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED NOT TO ENTER THE AREA WHEN RED FLAGS ARE FLYING DURING PRACTICE TIME.

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PROHIBITED ZONE ON HARCOURT ROAD *****

WESTBOUND VEHICLES ON HARCOURT ROAD, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL BE PROHIBITED -ROM ENTERING COTTON TREE DRIVE VIA AN OPENING ON THE SLIP ROAD LEADING TO QUEENSWAY FROM 10 AM CN TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 25).

THE PROHIBITED ZONE WILL BE INDICATED BY TRAP"IC SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGS.

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2}, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

SNT STARTS COMMUNITY CHEST WALK ............................. 1

EEC DELEGATION HERE FOR TEXTILE TALKS ....................... 1

SEMINAR ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ................................ 2

HK TO ATTEND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL SEMINAR IN BANGKOK ... 3

YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND FESTIVAL ENDS .......................... 3

SWD IN FULL SUPPORT OF FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY.............. 4

COURSE ON LIGHT WEIGHT CAMPING .............................. 5

RE-ENTRY PERMIT OFFICE 014 THE MOVE ......................... 5

MARKET STALLS FOR PUBLIC AUCTION ............................ 6

WATER CUT

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1983

> SNT STARTS COMMUNITY CHEST WALK

> > < • * * *

THE FIRST OF THE 11 COMMUNITY CHEST WALKS FOR 1980/81 WAS STARTED THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING IN YUEN LONG BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.

THE WALK WAS OVER A 20-KIL0METRE COURSE FROM PAT HEUNG

SHEUNG TSUEN PLAYGROUND TO THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TRAINING SCHOOL AT TAI LAM CHUNG, TUEN MUN. THE ENTIRE ROUTE WAS WITHIN THE TAI LAM COUNTRY PARK.

TAKING PART IN THE CHARITY EVENT WERE MORE THAN 5 000 PEOPLE, MOST OF WHOM WERE YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN RESIDENTS. AMONG THEM WERE TEAMS REPRESENTING RURAL COMMITTEES, DISTRICT OFFICES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, SCHOOLS, FACTORIES AND BUSINESS FIRMS.

A COMMUNITY CHEST SPOKESMAN SAID THE S450 000 TARGET HAD BEEN REACHED, BUT THE EXACT AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED FROM THE WALK WOULD BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

JOINING MR AKERS-JONES AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING THIS MORNING . WERE THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, !*R OSWALD CHEUNG, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES COMMUNITY CHEST WALKS ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LAU WONG-FAT.

LION DANCES WERE PERFORMED BY LOCAL VILLAGERS BEFORE THE WALK STARTED.

THE COMMUNITY CHEST IS TO HOLD EIGHT CHARITY WALKS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN ADDITION TO A HONG KONG WALK, A KOWLOON > «ALK AND A WALK-FOR-THE-DISABLED.

BESIDES TODAY’S YUEN LONG-TUEN MUN WALK, THE OTHER SEVEN NEW TERRITORIES WALKS WILL BE HELD AT PAT SIN RANGE (DECEMBER 21)-LANTAU AND SAI KUNG (JANUARY 4)- TAI PO AND TSUEN WAN (JANUARY 11)-AND SHA TIN' AND NORTH DISTRICT (JANUARY 18).

LAST YEAR SIX" WALKS WERE HELD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FROM WHICH S2 MILLION WAS RAISED. IT IS EXPECTED THAT A NEW RECORD wILL BE SET THIS YEAR.

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EEC DELEGATION HERE FOR TEXTILE TALKS

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A DELEGATION FROM THE EEC COMMISSION NOW IN HONG KONG, WILL HOLD TALKS WITH THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT FROM NEXT TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 25) ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE OPERATION CF THE HK/EEC TEXTILE AGREEMENT.

THE COMMISSION’S DELEGATION IS HEADED BY MR JOHN BECK. HONG KONG’S DELEGATION WILL BE LED BY MR K.Y. YEUNG, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CF TRADE.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1980

SEMINAR ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY * * * *

INDUSTRIAL WORKERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A ONE-DAY SEMINAR ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IN THE LECTURING THEATRE OF THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ON DECEMBER 3D, 1983.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID, +ALTHOUGH THE SEMINAR IS INTENDED FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN GENERAL, IT IS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR WORKERS’ REPRESENTATIVES, FOREMEN AND FIRST LINE SUPERVISORS.+

♦ AS THERE ARE ABOUT 200 PLACES IN THE SEMINAR, INTERESTED WORKERS ARE ADVISED TO APPLY AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE,* HE ADDED.

THE REGISTRATION FEE OF THE SEMINAR WHICH INCLUDES LIGHT REFRESHMENTS, BUFFET LUNCH AND SOUVENIR STATIONERY IS SA-0 EACH.

REGISTRATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM MR HO HONG-WAI, LABOUR DEPARTMENT, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, KOWLOON OR BY TELEPHONING 3-688111 EXT. 412.

THE SEMINAR IS ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD AND IS FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY SIX MAJOR INDUSTRY AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS IN HONG KONG.

+THE AIM OF THE SEMINAR IS TO INSTIL AMONG WORKERS A SENSE OF SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS AT WORK PLACES BY EXPOSING TO THEM THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS WHICH ARE COMMONLY FOUND ON SHOP AND FACTORY FLOORS,* THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED.

THE SEMINAR FEATURES TALKS ON:

* INDIVIDUAL’S ROLE IN THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION-

M FIRE PREVENTION IN WORK PLACES-

* GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY-

* SAFE USE OF ELECTRICITY IN INDUSTRY-

* PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR EMPLOYEES IN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT- AND

* EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION.

THE SPEAKERS ARE EITHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OR PEOPLE FROM THE INDUSTRY WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SERIES OF TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS, TWO SAFETY FILMS WILL BE SHOWN HIGHLIGHTING ON MACHINE GUARDING AND' TOXIC HAZARDS IN INDUSTRY.

THE FIRST FILM IS ABOUT THE COMMON CAUSES OF MACHI ,ERY ACCIDENTS DEPICTING HO* DANGEROUS PARTS OF '-ACHiNERY CAN BE SAFELY GUARDED BY FIXED GUARDS, . .Ti~-UOCKE« GUARDS, AUTOMATIC GUARDS AND TRIPS GUARDS.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ??, 1980

THE SECOND FILM SHOhS HOW HEALTH HAZARDS DUE TO THE USE OF ^a^ER^R,ALS SUCH AS ASBESTOS, AS WELL AS wORK IN CONFINED SPACcS, COULD BE MINIMISED OR AVOIDED.

BOTH THE TALKS AND FILMS WILL BE IN CANTONESE.

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HK TO ATTEND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL SEMINAR IN BANGKOK

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A FOUR-MAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION LEFT FOR BANGKOK TODAY TO REPRESENT HONG KONG AT A REGIONAL SEMINAR ON WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT.

THE GROUP COMPRISES MR JOHN COLLIER AND MR LEUNG KAM-FAI OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND MR DAVID MACKAY AND DR CATHERINE LAM OF THE ENVIRONMENT BRANCH.

THE SIX-DAY SEMINAR, TO BE OPENED TOMORROW (MONDAY), IS ORGANISED JOINTLY BY CARL DUISBERG GESELLSCHAFT AND KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GERMANY, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES LTD., LONDON, AND THE ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BANGKOK.

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YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND FESTIVAL ENDS

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THE THIRD HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONIC BAND FESTIVAL ENDED THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING WITH AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY THE COMBINED HONG KONG YOUTH BAND.

AS THE LAST NOTE OF HANDEL’S ’HALLELUJAH’ FADED AwAY IN THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, THE 3 □□□ AUDIENCE HEADED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER, EXPRESSED THEIR APPRECIATION TO THE PERFORMERS WITH THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE.

THE PERFORMANCE WAS PRESENTED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE MUSIC OFFICE, AND SPONSORED BY TOM LEE MUSIC FOUNDATION.

EARLIER IN THE EVENING, SIR JACK COMPLIMENTED THE COMBINED YOUTH BAND FOR ITS PROGRESS IN THE MAKING OF MUSIC.

HE ALSO PRESENTED PRIZES TO WINNERS IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES.

THE BEST BAND DRILL TROPHY WENT TO BONAVENTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL BAND, THE BEST MARCHING BAND MUSIC aAS AWARDED TO HO FUNG COLLEGE BAND AND BONAVENTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL BAND RECEIVED THE BEST SPECTACLE TROPHY.

THE BUDDrilST WONG FUNG LING COLLEGE BAND wON THE BEST SYMPHONIC BAND MUSIC TROPHY.

IN COMPLIMENTING THE YOUNG MUSICIANS ON THEIP HIGH STANDARD, SIR JACK SAID, +l AM SURE THEY ARE GOING TO DC oREAT THINGS IN THE FUTURE.+

also....

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2J, 1980

HE ALSO THANKED THE MANY VISITING EXPERTS WHO HAD HELPED OUR YOUNG MUSICIANS.

THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE BAND AND THE QUEEN’S OWN HIGHLANDERS FIRST BATTALION REGIMENTAL BAND ALSO JOINED THE YOUTH BAND IN THIS EVENING’S PERFORMANCE.

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SWD IN FULL SUPPORT OF FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS ALL OUT TO BACK UP THE CURRENT FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY AND IS ORGANISING NEARLY 100 DISTRICT PROGRAMMES FOR AN ESTIMATED 18 000 OLD PEOPLE.

THE PROGRAMMES COMPRISE A WIDE VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT SPREADING OVER SEVERAL MONTHS TO PROMOTE FILIAL LOVE AND CARE FOR THE ELDERLY.

THEY INCLUDE VEGETARIAN FEASTS, NUTRITION TALKS, CARNIVALS, SOCIAL VISITS, GAMES DAYS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, FUN FAIRS AND PICNICS.

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE FESTIVAL WITH THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE FESTIVAL WAS IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT’S AIM OF ENCOURAGING CARE FOR THE AGED IN THE COMMUNITY.

HE SAID SOCIAL CASEWORK SHOWED THAT OLD PEOPLE WERE GETTING LESS FILIAL LOVE AND RESPECT WHICH THEY DESERVED.

HE SAID SOCIAL WORKERS HAD ATTRIBUTED THIS TO CHANGES IN THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY STRUCTURE AND IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE YOUNG AND THE OLD.

+ IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT THE FESTIVAL IS ORGANISED TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO CARE AND RESPECT THE ELDERLY,* HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID SERVICES FOR OLD PEOPLE HAD BEEN A CONCERN OF BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY WELFARE SECTOR.

+TOGETHER THEY HAVE DEVELOPED AREAS OF INSTITUTIONAL AND MEDICAL HOME HELP, HOUSING, RECREATION AND

SERVICES FOR THE AGED IN THE CARE, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, PERSONAL GUIDANCE,* HE SAID.

HE CALLED ON THE COMMUNITY TO FOSTER THE CHINESE TRADITION OF LOVE AND CARE FOR OLD PEOPLE.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THEY HAD IN TriEIR PRIME TIME CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND MUST THEREFORE NOT BE NEGLECTED WHEN THEY BECAME OLD AND FRAGILE.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1983

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COURSE ON LIGHT WEIGHT CAMPING * * * *

SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION ARE INVITED TO JOIN A CAMP LEADER’S COURSE OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS ON LIGHT WEIGHT CAMPING.

THE COURSE IS ORGANISED BY THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND *1LL EE HELD FROM DECEMBER 27 TO 33 IN SAI KUNG, NEW TERRITORIES.

PARTICIPANTS WILL GO ON A THREE-DAY HIKING TRIP IN THE AREA, AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO STAY OVERNIGHT AT DIFFERENT CAMP SITES EN ROUTE.

THE COURSE WILL ALSO COVER CAMP ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT, MOUNTAIN SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, MAP AND COMPASS READING, CAMP CRAFT AND CHOICE OF CAMPING EQUIPMENT.

THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WILL BE LIMITED TO 36 WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO THOSE WHO POSSESS VALID FIRST AID QUALIFICATIONS.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE RETURNED BEFORE DECEMBER 8 TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (PHYSICAL EDUCAT I ON)(ATTN MR FRANCIS CHIU), PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 6TH FLOOR, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.

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RE-E.NTRY PERMIT OFFICE ON THE MOVE * * * *

THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT’S RE-ENTRY PERMIT OFFICE AT THE tomorrowN(monday)?RAL distr,ct uill operate from A NEW OFFICE FROM

THE NEW OFFICE LOCATED AT THE WEST END OF THE TEMPORARY HONG KONG-MACAU FERRY TERMINAL IS JUST A FIVE-MINUTE WALK FROM THE OLD OFFICE AT RUMSEY STREET.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE MOVE WAS TO MAKE WAY FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE OLD MACAU FERRY *HARF.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1930

MARKET STALLS FOR PUBLIC AUCTION

*****

THIRTEEN STALLS AT THE TAI 0 AND PENG CHAU MARKETS WILL EE PUT UP FOR PUELIC AUCTION ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 25) AT 11 AM.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NE* TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT THE CLEANSING OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT SHEK CHAI STREET, TAI 0.

THE STALLS ARE FOR SELLING FISH, MEAT AND VEGETABLES.

ONLY PERSONS AGED 21 OR ABOVE CAN TAKE PART IN THE AUCTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+THEY SHOULD BRING ALONG THEIR IDENTITY CARDS AND FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS TO TriE AUCTION.+

SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS

DECEMBER 1 FOR A PER IOD

FRESH water supply WILL BE TURNED OFF FROM THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR A

CAN START OPERATING THEIR TRADES of three years.

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WATER cut * *

TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN CENTRAL DISTRICT 11 PM ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 25) TO 6 AM LEAKAGE TEST.

__ THE AREA IS BOUNDED BY REDDER STREET, MURRAY ROAD, AND QUttN’S ROAD CENTRAL. SUPPLY TO MANDARIN HOTEL AND FURAMA HOTEL WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED.

ALSO ON TUESDAY, SALT WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN MID-LEVELS AND SHEUNG WAN/WESTERN DISTRICT WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM.

T,Hw-r^EMIStS T0 BE AFFECTED ARE ON CONDUIT ROAD, KOTEWALL EYTTELT0N ROAD, BONHAM ROAD, YING WA TERRACE, ROBINSON ROAD, CASTLE ROAD, SEYMOUR ROAD, LADDER STREET, JERVOIS STREET BURD STRtET, MACDONNEL ROAD, BOwEN ROAD, KENNEDY' ROAD PEEL •STREET, MOSQUE STREET, MCSQUE JUNCTION AND

DES VOEUX ROAD wEST (FROM WESTERN STREET TO wHITTY STREET).

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG TEL: 5-233191

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

PARENTS CAN DO MOST TO STOP JUVENILE CRIME .................... 1

SPECIAL CHECK ON EMPLOYMENT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ............. J

SURVEY ON RENT AND PROPERTY VALUES ............................ 4

SNT TALKS ABOUT TAI PO DEVELOPMENT ............................ 4

REVIEW COMMITTEE WELCOMES PUBLIC VIEWS ........................ 6

PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN TSUEN WAN

RECEIVES UTMOST ATTENTION ..................................... 6

29 OOO PEOPLE VISITED CAREERS EXHIBITION ...................... 8

IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN .............. 9

SWD DIRECTOR VISITS WELFARE SERVICES IN KWUN TONG ............ 10

LOCAL FIRE ENGINEERS INVITED TO VISIT GUANGDONG .............. 10

REPEAT OF EXHIBITION ON CANCER ............................... 11

SURFACE MAIL TO IRAN RESUMED.................................. 12

POTTINGER ST BUS TERMINAL SUSPENDED .......................... 12

NIGHT CLOSURE OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD SECTION .................... 12

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1980

PARENTS CAN DO MOST TO STOP JUVENILE CRIME

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THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY TODAY CALLED ON PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN THE AGE GROUP 7 TO 15 TO CONSIDER CRITICALLY RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THEIR FAMILY TO SEE IF THE CHILDREN WERE BEING GIVEN PROPER ATTENTION.

COMMENTING ON THE UPSURGE IN JUVENILE CRIME IN THIS AGE GROUP, AT A MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PAST CHAIRMEN OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MR ERAY SAID SOCIAL WORK BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE WELFARE AGENCIES, AS WELL AS SCHOOLS WOULD HELP IN SOLVING THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY COULD NOT DO EVERYTHING.

+BY FAR THE GREATEST HELP CAN BE GIVEN BY PARENTS THEMSELVES,+ HE SAID.

HE ASKED THEM: +D0 WE TRY HARD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND OUR CHILDREN’S ASPIRATIONS AND PROBLEMS? DO OUR CHILDREN SEEK REFUGE IN FRIENDSHIPS OUTSIDE THE FAMILY BECAUSE THEY FEEL UNWANTED IN THE FAMILY? WHAT DO THEY DO IN THEIR LEISURE TIME AND IF THEY ARE MIXING IN BAD COMPANY WHAT ARE WE DOING TO CHANGE THIS? DO WE GIVE SUFFICIENT THOUGHT TO ESTABLISHING SOUND MORAL STANDARDS?*

HE REGRETTED THAT PARENTS TENDED TO FEEL THEIR CHILDREN AT THIS AGE WERE OLD ENOUGH TO LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES. YET THEY STILL NEEDED WORRYING:

+THEY ARE NOW OLD ENOUGH TO TALK TO. THEY STILL TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF NOTICE OF WHAT PARENTS HAVE TO SAY. THEIR FUTURE DEPENDS A VERY GREAT DEAL ON HOw MUCH TROUBLE WE AS PARENTS ARE PREPARED TO TAKE.

+ IT IS WELL WORTH PRESERVING JUST THOSE FEW EXTRA YEARS SO THAT OUR CHILDREN WILL GROW UP HAPPIER AND MORE USEFUL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY,* MR ERAY SAID.

HE SAID SOME PRELIMINARY STUDY HAD EEEN DONE ON THE JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS AND IF IT wAS ANY CONSOLATION THE CRIMES WERE NOT VIOLENT ONES, ALTHOUGH EVEN THE RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBERS INVOLVED IN ASSAULTS AND SEXUAL OFFENCES WERE WORRYING.

MOST OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE COMMITTED RELATIVELY MINOR OFFENCES SUCH AS SHOPLIFTING, BLACKMAILING FOR SMALL SUMS CF MONEY AND PETTY THEFTS- IN OTHER WORDS OFFENCES INVOLVING DISHONESTY AND THE URGE FOR QUICK AND EASY CASn.

THE NT NEw TOWNS SEEMED TO HAVE FARED PARTICULARLY BADLY: IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, OVER 43 PER CENT OF THOSE PROSECUTED FOR MISCELLANEOUS THEFTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES wERE UNDER 16 AND A FAIRLY LARGE PROPORTION OF THEM CAME FROM PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

THERE WAS COMPARATIVELY LESS JUVENILE CRIME DURING THE SUMMER VACATION AND MR ERAY WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE VIGOROUS ANNUAL SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME HAD i-iAD SOMETHING TO DC a I TH IT.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1980

THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL STUDENTS INVOLVED IN CRIME WAS INCREASING BUT THIS WAS NOT SURPRISING SINCE MORE AND MORE AND EVENTUALLY VIRTUALLY ALL CHILDREN WITHIN THE AGE GROUP WOULD BE STUDENTS WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF NINE YEARS OF FREE, COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

+WHAT IS OF CONCERN IS A NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN ’TRIAD’ OR TRIAD-RELATED OFFENCES -- SPECIFICALLY TRIAD MEMBERSHIP, CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION AND BLACKMAIL.

+THE NUMBERS ARE RELATIVELY SMALL STILL -- 50 PROSECUTIONS IN 1978, 113 IN 1979 AND wE EXPECT ABOUT 170 THIS YEAR -- BUT THE TREND TOWARDS GANG ACTIVITY, UNDER THE GUISE OF TRIAD AFF IL I AT IONS, IS WORRYING.

+1 AM GLAD TO SAY THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ESTABLISHED TRIAD BODIES SYSTEMATICALLY INFILTRATING SCHOOLS,+ HE ADDED.

ALSO, THE PERCENTAGE OF FIRST OFFENDERS HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED AT ABOUT TWO-THIRDS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1978 TO AUGUST 1980.

ON THE CAUSES OF THE UPSURGE IN JUVENILE CRIME, MR BRAY SAID MORE WORK STILL NEEDED TO BE DONE ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION BUT A FEW POPULAR GUESSES -- INFLUX OF LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, STATUTORY RESTRICTIONS ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN -- HAD BEEN ELIMINATED.

ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE WILLINGNESS OF VICTIMS TO REPORT MINOR OFFENCES, AND THE SETTING UP OF MORE REPORT CENTRES AND NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING UNITS AS WELL AS THE SUCCESSFUL JUNIOR POLICE CALL MOVEMENT HAD MADE THE POLICE MORE ACCESSIBLE AND APPROACHABLE.

THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS THAT INFLATION AND INCREASES IN THE COST OF LIVING, MORE THAN NEUTRALISING INCREASES IN WAGES SINCE 1979, AND THAT LARGE SPENDINGS BY SOME MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES ON HOUSING HAD DEPRIVED CHILDREN OF THE VALUE OF THEIR POCKET MONEY.

ON THE FIRST POINT, MR BRAY SAID AVERAGE REAL WAGES (ALLOWING FOR INFLATION) FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS CERTAINLY FELL BETWEEN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER 1979 BY 3.6 PER CENT, BUT THEY THEN INCREASED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1979 AND MARCH 1980, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE STILL BELOW THE MARCH 1979 FIGURE. THE PERFORMANCE COMPARED BADLY WITH A RISE IN AVERAGE REAL WAGES OF 28 PER CENT FROM MARCH 1976 TO MARCH 1979.

AS TO RENTS, MR BRAY SAID IT HAD TO BE REMEMBERED THAT NEARLY HALF THE POPULATION LIVE IN HOUSING ESTATES WHERE RENTS ARE LOW AND IN FACT IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INCREASE IN CRIME WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH IN THESE ESTATES.

HE SAID AS A RESULT OF AN EARLIER STUDY ON JUVENILE CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, A PROGRAMME PLAN OF REMEDIAL ACTION WAS DRAWN UP TO ESTABLISH VARIOUS SERVICES IN A CO-ORDINATED AND SYSTEMATIC MANNER.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1980

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THERE WERE THREE AREAS: SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK, WHICH MEANS HAVING A SOCIAL WORKER ATTACHED TO A GROUP OF SCHOOLS TO WHOM DIFFICULT CASES CAN BE REFERRED’ OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK, AIMED AT A LARGE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DO NOT MAKE USE OF FACILITIES SUCH AS YOUTH CENTRES, TO CATCH THOSE 'AT RISK’-AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, A FORM OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION TO TEACH THE INDIVIDUAL +TO KNOW ONESELF AND LEARN HOW TO BEHAVE TOWARDS OTHERS+.

+THE RECENT STATISTICS ON JUVENILE CRIME INDICATE THAT THE PROBLEM IS LARGER THAN WE THOUGHT AND GROWING.

♦THEY MEAN THE TARGETS AND RESOURCE PRIORITIES OF THE PROGRAMME PLAN WILL NEED TO BE REVIEWED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER ONCE OUR STUDY OF THE CAUSES IS FURTHER ADVANCED,+ BRAY SAID.

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SPECIAL CHECK ON EMPLOYMENT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS *****

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT LAST WEEK CARRIED OUT A THREE-DAY SPECIAL OPERATION TO CHECK ON EMPLOYMENT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT DURING THE OPERATION WHICH WAS CARRIED OUT LAST TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THE DEPARTMENT’S ENTIRE LABOUR INSPECTORATE WAS MOBILISED TO CHECK PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT IN BOTH THE INDUSTRIAL AND NON-1NDUSTRI AL SECTORS.

IN THE THREE-DAY PERIOD, LABOUR INSPECTORS VISITED A TOTAL OF 7 022 ESTABLISHMENTS AND FOUND THAT 83 EMPLOYEES IN 69 ESTABLISHMENTS DID NOT CARRY ANY IDENTITY DOCUMENT.

A TOTAL OF 503 ESTABLISHMENTS DID NOT KEEP A PROPER RECORD OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AS REQUIRED BY THE NEWLY ENACTED IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT)(N0.2) ORDINANCE.

ALL THE CASES CONCERNING EMPLOYEES WITHOUT PROOF OF IDENTITY WERE REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE MAJORITY OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES WERE COOPERATIVE TO LABOUR INSPECTORS CARRYING OUT THE SPECIAL OPERATION.

HE REITERATED THAT ANY EMPLOYER WHO EMPLOYS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IS LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND ON CONVICTION TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF £50 000 AND ONE YEAR’S IMPRISONMENT. HE MAY ALSO BE FINED 510 000 FOR FAILING TO KEEP AN UP-TO-DATE RECORD OF EACH OF HIS EMPLOYEES SHOWING HIS NAME, THE TYPE OF IDENTITY DOCUMENT AND THE NUMBER OF SUCH DOCUMENT. THE RECORD SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A LIST IF MCRE THAN 10 PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED.

AS FAR AS EMPLOYEES ARE CONCERNED, FAILURE TO PRODUCE THEIR IDENTITY DOCUMENTS FOR INSPECTION BY A LABOUR OFFICER CONSTITUTES AN OFFENCE WHICH CARRIES A FINE OF SI 000.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT MORE SPECIAL OPERATIONS wOULD EE CARRIED OUT IF AND WHEN NECESSARY.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1983'

SURVEY ON RENT AND PROPERTY VALUES * * * *

THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED SOME 330 000 FORMS TODAY (NOVEMBER 24) TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON RENT AND OTHER PARTICULARS OF PROPERTY,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE FORM (REQUISITION ' -FOR PARTICULARS OF TENEMENTS) * ILL BE DESPATCHED TO ALL THOSE WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL EXCEPT THOSE WHO OCCUPY THEIR PROPERTIES SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.

THE INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED TO UPDATE ASSESSABLE VALUES WHICH HAVE REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE THE YEAR OF ASSESSMENT 1976/77. THE UPDATED ASSESSABLE VALUES WILL BE APPLIED TO PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS FOR THE YEAR OF ASSESSMENT 1981/82.

THE FORM, IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH, MAY BE COMPLETED IN EITHER LANGUAGE. RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND RETURN IT TO THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT BY DECEMBER 23, 1980.

THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED THEM TO READ THE FORM CAREFULLY. IF THEY DO SO THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY IN COMPLETING IT, HE SAID.

IF HOWEVER AFTER READING THE FORM THERE IS STILL DOUBT, THEY CAN TELEPHONE 5-79595102 FOR ASSISTANCE OR CALL AT THE FOLLOWING OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT -- HONG KONG OFFICE: WINDSOR HOUSE, 19TH FLOOR, 311 GLOUCESTER ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY- KOWLOON OFFICE: PARK-IN COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 12TH FLOOR, 56 DUNDAS STREET, MONG KOK’ AND TSUEN WAN SUB-OFFICE: 210, 9TH FLOOR, FOU WAH CENTRE, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN.

ASSISTANCE MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED AT ANY CITY DISTRICT OFFICE OR DISTRICT OFFICE.

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SNT TALKS

ABOUT TAI PO DEVELOPMENT

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THE ACHIEVEMENT AND CHANGE OF TAI PO SO FAR HAS BEEN REMARKABLE, BUT THERE ARE THINGS WHICH ARE LACKING AND OTHERS WHICH ARE CAUSING CONCERN. THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS TODAY AT THE SHENG KUNG HUI EISHOP MOK SAU TSENG SECONDARY SCHOOL SPEECH DAY.

MR AKERS-JONES SAID TAI PO NOw HAD 6 500 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT NO FOOTBALL FIELD OR RUNNING TRACK'- TOC MANY CHILDREN HAD TO TRAVEL 20 MILES TC SCHOOL AND BACK ON CROWDED TRAINS AND BUSES- PUBLIC TRANSPORT HAD DIFFICULTY IN KEEPING UP a I TH THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE- AND THE WATERS OF TOLO HARBOUR wERE BECOMING INCREASINGLY POLLUTED FROM DOMESTIC SEWAGE AND FARM AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER.

♦WE NEED A NEW MARKET- AND THERE ARE MANY MATTERS wHICri REQUIRE THE ATTENTION AND PARTICIPATION OF THE PEOPLE IN THE EETTER MANAGEMENT OF THE TOwN, ITS BUILDINGS AND GENERAL ENVIRONMENT,* HE SAID.

/-♦■ALL THESE ..........

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1980

♦ALL THESE ARE OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF TAI PO= BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS YOU YOUNG PEOPLE WHO «ILL LIVE HERE *HO w ILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE FUTURE TAI PO WILL EE PROSPEROUS AND LIVELY, wHERE PEOPLE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, OR wILL tE DULL, DIRTY, AND SELFISH.*

MR AKERS-JONES SAID IT WAS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE THAT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR THE POPULATION OF TAI PO WOULD BE DOUBLE WHAT IT *AS TODAY - FROM 30 000 TO 60 000.

MOREOVER PILING FOR THE NEXT HOUSING ESTATE AT YUEN CHAU TSAI HAD STARTED AND IN THREE YEARS’ TIME ANOTHER 35 000 PEOPLE WOULD MOVE IN.

A MASTER PLAN FOR THE CENTRE OF TAI PO NEW TOWN HAD BEEN PREPARED AND wOULD BE IMPLEMENTED BY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT STARTING NEXT YEAR.

TEN FACTORIES WOULD BE OPERATING' IN THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND MORE NEw FACTORIES PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT *ERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

MR AKERS-JONES SAID RECLAMATION OF TAI PO HOI *AS RAPIDLY PROCEED ING.

+BEHIND YOUR SCHOOL, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NE* TAI PO STATION FOR THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY WILL START SHORTLY AND SC WILL THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW COASTAL ROAD FROM SHA TIN TO TAI PO AND AROUND TAI PO TO FANLING,* HE SAID.

HE TOLD THE STUDENTS THEY WOULD REMEMBER 1980 AS THE YEAR OF THEIR PRIZE-GIVING: THEY WOULD REMEMBER IT AS THE YEAR THE SEA WAS FILLED IN, THE LAST YEAR wHEN, PERHAPS, THEY COLLECTED CLAMS FROM THE SEASHORE.

+THESE NEED NOT EE SAD MEMORIES, IF WE SUCCEED IN BUILDING AT TAI PO A TOWN TO BE PROUD OF AND A HAPPY, HEALTHY SOCIETY.*

MR AKERS-JONES SAID PROPOSALS TO GIVE GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL AFFAIRS WOULD OPEN UP NEw AVENUES FOR THE STUDENTS TO JOIN IN THE SEARCH FOR NEW SOLUTIONS TO OLD PROBLEMS IN A NEw ENVIRONMENT.

+ YOUR SCHOOL AND TEACHERS HAVE GIVEN YOU A SOLID PREPARATION FOR YOUR NEw ROLE IN SOCIETY, AND I AM SURE YOU WILL MEET THE NEw CHALLENGE wITH COURAGE, UNSELFISHNESS AND CONCERN FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY,* HE SAID.

THE BISHOP MOK SAU TSENG SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS IN TAI PC MARKET, OPENED IN 1975 AND NOW HAS MORE THAN 1 103 STUDENTS IN 30 CLASSES.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1983

REVIEW COMMITTEE WELCOMES PUBLIC VIEWS

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INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS ARE WELCOME TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEwS TO THE NEWLY SET UP +COMMITTEE TO REVIEW POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.+

THEY SHOULD FORWARD THEIR VIEWS TO THE COMMITTEE SECRETARY, GPO BOX 7373, HONG KONG.

MR KENNETH TOPLEY, WHO HEADS THE 12-MEMBER COMMITTEE, SAID TODAY:

+1 AM EAGER THAT EDUCATORS AND ALL WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF POST-SCHOOL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THEIR VIEWS TO THE COMMITTEE AT AN EARLY STAGE.

+wE WELCOME NEW IDEAS AND ALL VIEWS WE RECEIVE WILL EE STUDIED CAREFULLY. THE COMMITTEE MAY DECIDE AT A LATER STAGE TO INVITE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS TO AMPLIFY THEIR VIEwS.+

THE COMMITTEE’S TERMS OF REFERENCE REQUIRE IT TO LOOK AT THE FULL RANGE OF RPOVISION FOR VOCATIONAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNIC, POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

THE COMMITTEE WILL BE TAKING A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE TOTAL PROVISION OF PLACES, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXISTING INSTITUTIONS, THE POSSIBLE CREATION OF NEW INSTITUTIONS, AND THE USE IN EDUCATION OF DISTANCE LEARNING TECHNIQUES.

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PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN TSUEN WAN RECEIVES UTMOST ATTENTION ******

THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN TSUEN WAN NEw TOWN IS RECEIVING THE UTMOST ATTENTION OF MANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY LEADERS AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS.

KwAI CHUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FRED TING, TOLD THE ROTARY CLUE OF TSUEN WAN Tn IS TODAY.

+WHEN ONE LOOKS BACK AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN NE« TOWN ONE WILL NO DOUBT AGREE THAT IT HAS NOT ONLY GROWN AT ENORMOUS SPEED BUT ALSO IN SIZE FOR THE PAST FEw DECADES,* HE

SAID.

IN 1930 THE POPULATION WAS IN THE REGION OF 5 030. EVEN BY 1961 IT STOOD AT ONLY 84 000.

+HOWEVER, TODAY THE POPULATION IS 730 300. MORc SIGNIFICANT STILL AS FAR AS THE PLANNING OF COMMUNITY SERVICES IS CONCERNtD, TrIS IS A RELATIVELY YOUNG POPULATION AS ABOUT 233 003 OF THE RESIDENTS ARE IN THE SIX TO 23 YEARS AGE GROUP AND ABOUT 68 3EF CENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION rRE RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.*

'7C I-.ATCH.........

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1980

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TO MATCH THIS RAPID GROWTH IN POPULATION A GREAT MANY NE* RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES HAD BEEN PROVIDED.

+HOWEVER, SINCE THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HOUSING IS ALwAYS GIVEN TOP PRIORITY AMONGST THE GOVERNMENT’S VARIOUS PROGRAMME AREAS AND BECAUSE OF OTHER CONTRAINTS, WE HAVE TO ADMIT THAT AS FAR AS THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES IS CONCERNED wE ARE STILL FAR BEHIND THE ACTUAL NEED, THOUGH I MUST ALSO POINT OUT THAT TSUEN WAN, IN THIS ASPECT, COMPARES VERY FAVOURABLY wI TH SOME OTHER DISTRICTS IN HONG KONG.+ MR TING SA ID.

EXISTING MAJOR FACILITIES IN THE NEW TOWN INCLUDED YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTS GROUND, SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND, KWAI SHING Swimming pool complex, kwai chung sports ground, wo yi hop ROAD SPORTS GROUND, EIGHT GAZETTED BEACHES ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD, AND THE NEWLY COMPLETED O.R. SADICK MEMORIAL GAMES HALL.

THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUS SITTING-OUT AREAS AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACES WITHIN TSUEN WAN FOR PASSIVE RECREATION, PLUS COMMUNITY HALLS IN SOME ESTATES.

AS FOR THE FUTURE, MAJOR PROJECTS IN MIND INCLUDED CONVERSION OF YEUNG UK ROAD SPORTS GROUND INTO A STADIUM, CONSTRUCTING NORTH KwA I CHUNG SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX NEXT TO wO YI HOP ROAD SPORTS GROUND, GIN DRINKERS BAY PARK OF WHICH ABOUT 26 HECTARES OF LAND WAS EXPECTED TO BE DEVELOPED AS A BOTANICAL GARDEN, TSING YI SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, A CULTURAL AND SPORTS COMPLEX ON TSUEN WAN SOUTH RECLAMATION, AND TSO KUNG TAM PARK WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A RECREATION AND SPORTS CENTRE AND A LANDSCAPED PARK.

+ALL THESE NEW PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FULLY OR SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS DECADE, wHILE SOME SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY THE MID-EIGHTIES,+ MR TING SAID.

+IN ADDITION TO THESE MAJOR FACILITIES, IT IS EXPECTED TnAT MORE LOCAL AND DISTRICT OPEN SPACES, PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN FOR EITHER PASSIVE OR ACTIVE RECREATION BY THE RESIDENTS.

+ AS FAR AS THE DISTRICT OFFICE IS CONCERNED, AND IN LINE WITH THE THINKING OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, WE ALWAYS CONSIDER THAT TEMPORARY SPORTS FACILITIES SHOULD BE PROVIDED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE IN THE INTERIM PERIOD WHEN PERMANENT FACILITIES ARE NOT YET READY FOR PUBLIC USE,* HE SAID.

IT WAS WITH THIS CONVICTION IN MIND THAT THE CHAI WAN KOK TEMPORARY SPORTS CENTRE WAS ESTABLISHED. IN THE- F INANC I AL YEAR 1973-79, THE RECORDS SHOWED THAT 72 395 PERSONS HAD USED THE FACILITIES PROVIDED AT THIS CENTRE. FROM APRIL 1 TILL THE END OF OCTOBER THIS YEAR, THE ATTENDANCE FIGURE TOTALLED S3 998.

+WE ARE SAD THAT THIS CENTRE WILL SOON HAVE TO BE CLOSED TO MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT, BUT I CAN ASSURE THAT VERY ACTIVE CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TC ESTABLISHING A SIMILAR SPORTS CENTRE IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ONE,* MR TING SA ID.

/A SPECIAL ...

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2A, 1?8O

A SPECIAL COMMITTEE HAD ALSO BEEN ESTABLISHED TO LOOK INTO HO* EXISTING RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES COULD BE IMPROVED AND BETTER UTILISED AND HOW NEw FACILITIES SHOULD BE =ROV IDED.

COMMENDING LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND GENUINE SENSE OF COMMITMENT IN PROMOTING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, MR TING SAID: +wHILST RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES IN TSUEN WAN HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN TYPE AND SCOPE, THEIR FULL UTILISATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE ENTHUSIASTIC PROMOTION OF SPORTS AND ORGANISED GAMES BY LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.*

THE SUCCESS OF THE TWO TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVALS, BOTH UNDER THE INSPIRING LEADERSHIP OF MR CHAU HOW-CHEN, IS A LIVING EXAMPLE OF LOCAL PEOPLE’S ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PROMOTION CF SPORTS ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.

TURNING TO THE CULTURAL SCENE, MR TING SAID THE COMPLETION AND OPENING OF TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL WAS AN OBVIOUS LANDMARK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN TSUEN WAN.

IT WAS NOW WELL PATRONISED BY THE PUBLIC AND RECORDS SHOwED THAT THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL AND THE AUDITORIUM WERE FULLY BOOKED EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TILL THE END OF MARCH NEXT YEAR.

HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES DID NOT BEGIN WITH THE OPENING OF TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

WELL BEFORE THAT THE TSUEN WAN CULTURE AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATING ASSOCIATION HAD ALREADY BEEN PLAYING A LEADING ROLE. ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE LAST TWO TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVALS wOULD ALWAYS BE A MEMORY THAT MANY RESIDENTS WOULD RELISH.

IN ADDITION, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ASSOCIATION, ITS FOUR PROMOTION COMMITTEES (MUSIC, DANCE, DRAMA AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES) HAVE BEEN MOST ACTIVE IN ORGANISING PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS, MR TING SAID.

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29 OOO PEOPLE VISITED CAREERS EXHIBITION ******

MORE THAN 29 000 PEOPLE VISITED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT’S NINTH ANNUAL CAREERS EXHIBITION AT THE CITY HALL LOw BLOCK EXHIBITION HALL IN THE TwO DAYS FOLLOWING ITS OPENING LAST FR IDAY.

IN THE SAME PERIOD, MORE THAN 70 000 PEOPLE wATCHED THE CAREERS SHOwS STAGED BY THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE AT EDINBURGH PLACE.

+THE RESPONSE TO THE EXHIBITION SO FAR IS QUITE ENCOURAGING INDEED, wHICH SHOwS THAT THE ANNUAL EVENT IS MEETING A NEED CF TttE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KCNG.+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY.

/HE SAID ...

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2U, 1980

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HE SAID MORE CAREERS SHOWS WOULD BE STAGED AT EDINBURGH PLACE BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AND WEDNESDAY, BY KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY ON THURSDAY, THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON SATURDAY AND THE POLICE ON SUNDAY.

THE CENTRE WOULD GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION CRAFT SUCH AS BRICK-LAYING AND CARPENTRY.

THE EXHIBITION OPENS IN THE EXHIBITION HALL FROM 9.30 AM TO 6.30 PM DAILY UNTIL DECEMBER 1.

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IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR FISHERMEN’S CHILDREN

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THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION FORESAW THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING FORMAL EDUCATION FOR FISHERMEN’S CHILDREN AS LONG AS 33 YEARS AGO, UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR ALLEN LEE SAID TODAY.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE FMO SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL.

THE FMO CURRENTLY HAS 13 PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND ONE SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH A TOTAL ENROLMENT OF MORE THAN 3 900 PUPILS, MR LEE SAID.

+WHAT IS MORE ENCOURAGING IS THAT SINCE 1978, THE SECONDARY SCHOOL HAS BEEN CONVERTED FROM A THREE-YEAR PRACTICAL SCHOOL TO A FIVE-YEAR TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND WILL PROVIDE SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR THE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION IN 1983,+ HE SAID.

HE ATTRIBUTED THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOLS TO THE EFFORTS OF THOSE CONCERNED WITH EDUCATION FOR THE FISHERMEN’S CHILDREN. THIS AT THE SAME TIME REFLECTS THE IMPORTANCE THE GOVERNMENT HAS PLACED ON THIS FIELD, MR LEE SAID.

MR LEE ALSO PRESENTED PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES AND THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR J.M. RIDDELL-SWAN PRESENTED FMO SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE PUPILS.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1933

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SWD DIRECTOR VISITS WELFARE SERVICES IN KWUN TONG *****

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, TODAY VISITED A CENTRE FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND A NURSERY OPERATED BY THE PO LEUNG KUK IN KWUN TONG.

THE VISIT WAS THE FIRST IN A SERIES IN WHICH THE DIRECTOR WOULD SEE FOR HIMSELF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES RUN BY GCVERNMENT-SUBVENTED VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

MR ALLEYNE FIRST CALLED ON THE KO CHIU ROAD CENTRE WHERE HE INSPECTED THE HOSTEL AND SHELTERED WORKSHOP FACILITIES FOR MENTALLY RETARDED YOUNG ADULTS AGED OVER 16.

ACCOMPANIED BY OFFICIALS OF THE KUK, HE TOURED THE CENTRE WHICH OCCUPIES A FLOOR SPACE OF 1 253 SQUARE METRES IN KO CHIU ROAD CENTRE.

HE SAW THE DISABLED PEOPLE DOING SIMPLE JOBS, MOSTLY ASSEMBLING PLASTIC TOYS, UNDER SUPERVISION AND GUIDANCE.

LIKE OTHER SHELTERED WORKSHOPS, THE CENTRE PROVIDES REMUNERATIVE JOBS IN A SHELTERED ENVIRONMENT FOR DISABLED PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT READY FOR OPEN EMPLOYMENT AND ENABLES THEM TO CARRY ON A USEFUL WORKING LIFE.

MR ALLEYNE LATER VISITED THE NEARBY YAU TONG NURSERY WHICH PROVIDES DAY CARE FOR CHILDREN AGED TWO TO SIX. THE NURSERY HAS A CAPACITY OF 100.

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LOCAL FIRE ENGINEERS INVITED TO VISIT GUANGDONG

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THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE INSTITUTION OF FIRE ENGINEERS (IFE) HAS BEEN INVITED TO VISIT GUANGDONG EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THIS WAS DISCLOSED AT THE 17TH ANNUAL DINNER OF THE BRANCH BY ITS PRESIDENT MR J.H. MARCH, LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.

MR MARCH, WHO IS A DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE OFFICER IN THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SAID THE INVITATION CAME FROM THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

+AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEY ARE INTERESTED IN FIRE PROTECTION IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS AND FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS ADOPTED IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.

♦WE UNDERSTAND THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM SOME OTHER PROVINCES IN CHINA WILL MEET AND EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH THE DELEGATION.+

MR MARCH SAID THERE WERE ALSO PLANS TO SEND AN ADVANCE PARTY OF THREE BRANCH MEMBERS — TwO FROM THE FIRE SERVICES — TO CHINA TO DISCUSS THE FORMAT AND FORMALITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFICIAL VISIT.

/IN HIS...

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1980

IN HIS SPEECH AT THE DINNER, MR MARCH ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE LATE FIRE OFFICER LEUNG SHIU-KAY WHO DIED WHILE INSPECTING A FIRE AT THE MTR SITE IN CHEUNG SHA WAN EARLY LAST MONTH. MR LEUNG WAS THE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE IFE.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR S.L. CHEN, WHO WAS THE GUEST OF HONOUR, SPOKE OF THE URGENT NEED FOR SPECIALIST CONSULTANTS IN FIRE PROTECT ION.

+TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE ARE FEW, IF ANY, SPECIALIST CONSULTANTS IN THE FIRE PROTECTION FIELD,+ HE SAID.

+ADVICE WHICH IS FREELY AVAILABLE FROM THE INSTITUTION APTLY ILLUSTRATES THE GENERAL LACK OF SUCH EXPERTISE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

+AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER MYSELF, I AM WELL AWARE THAT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERT ADVICE AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES ARE READILY AVAILABLE REGARDING ELECTRICAL MATTERS.

+THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THE CASE WITH FIRE PROTECTION, ALTHOUGH PERSONS wHO ARE COMPETENT IN DOING FIRE PROTECTIVE WORK ARE REQUIRED BY LAw TO QUALIFY AS REGISTERED PERSONS.

+SUCH PERSONS ARE OF COURSE CAPABLE OF OFFERING EXPERT ADVICE BUT, AS CONTRACTORS THEMSELVES IT WOULD BE ETHICALLY IMPROPER FOR THEM TO ACT AS CONSULTANTS AT THE SAME TIME,* MR CHEN SAID.

HE SAID THAT AT PRESENT, EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD OF FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND IN THE INSTITUTION OF FIRE ENGINEERS, A MAJORITY OF WHOSE MEMBERS ARE SERVING FIRE OFFICERS.

+IT SEEMS TO ME THEREFORE THAT THERE IS A NEED AND JUSTIFICATION FOR A FULL-TIME EXPANSION OF EXPERTISE INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR SO THAT THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE THE BENEFIT OF AN INDEPENDENT ADVICE AND SERVICE ON MATTERS CONCERNING FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION,+ MR CHEN ADDED.

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REPEAT OF EXHIBITION ON CANCER

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AN EXHIBITION DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT CANCER, THE TOP KILLER DISEASE IN HONG KONG, wILL BE HELD AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL NEXT wEEK BY POPULAR DEMAND.

THE EXHIBITION IS JOINTLY ARRANGED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND THE STOMA ASSOCIATION CF HONG KONG.

A SIMILAR EXHIBITION HELD AT THE CITY HALL IN AUGUST WAS EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED AND ATTRACTED SOME 70 DOO VISITORS IN THREE DAYS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THERE WAS STILL wIDE MISCONCEPTION AMONG THE PUBLIC THAT THE DISE«SE IS DEADLY AND INCURABLE.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, -198'

THIS IS BECAUSE CANCER HAS CLAIMED MOST LIVES IN HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS, HE SAID.

LAST YEAR ALONE ITS DEATH TOLL ROSE TO 6 203, IN OTHER WORDS AN AVERAGE OF 17 PEOPLE DIED OF THE DISEASE EVERYDAY.

+WHAT PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW IS THAT MANY FORMS OF CANCER CAN EE CURED IF DETECTED EARLY AND TREATED IN TIME,* SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

HE FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST CERTAIN FORMS OF THE DISEASE,SUCH AS ABSTAINING FROM SMOKING.

+THROUGH THIS EXHIBITION, WE HOPE THE MESSAGE OF PREVENTIVE ACTION AND EARLY TREATMENT IS PUT ACROSS TO THE PUBLIC,* HE SAID.

VISITORS WILL SEE DISPLAYS ON COMMON FORMS OF CANCER IN HONG KONG, ILLUSTRATIONS ON PREVENTIVE AND TREATMENT METHODS, AND FEATURES ON RECENT ADVANCES IN TREATMENT AND RESEARCH.

THERE WILL ALSO BE FILM SHOWS AND SLIDE SHOWS ON VARIOUS TOPICS OF CANCER.

TWO LEAFLETS, ONE ON EARLY CANCER SIGNS AND THE OTHER_ON THE WAY TO EXAMINE BREAST CANCER ONESELF WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN BETWEEN 10 AM AND 5 PM FROM FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 28) TO MONDAY (DECEMBER 1).

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SURFACE MAIL TO IRAN RESUMED

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THE POST OFFICE TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT SURFACE LETTER AND PARCEL SERVICES TO IRAN, WHICH wERE SUSPENDED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1979, HAD BEEN RESUMED.

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POTTINGER ST BUS TERMINAL SUSPENDED

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CHINA MOTOR BUS ROUTE NO. 20 (SHAU KEI WAN TO CENTRAL) WILL BE DIVERTED FROM POTTINGER STREET TO QUEEN VICTORIA STREET FROM WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 26) FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO FACILITATE TRAM TRACK RENEWAL WORKS.

THERE WILL BE A TEMPORARY BUS STOP ON QUEEN’S ROAD CENTRAL OUTSIDE LANE CRAwFORD TO REPLACE THE EXISTING BUS TERMINAL IN POTTINGER STREET.

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NIGHT CLOSURE OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD SECTION

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THE SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN YIP SHING STREET AND KWAI CHUNG ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 1 AM TO 5.30 AM FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 26-28) FOR WORK ON A FOOTBRIDGE.

KWAI CHUNG ROAD MAY BE USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE DURING THE CLOSURES.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1980

CONTENTS PaGE NO.

8 MILLION PASSENGERS EXPECTED TO USE MACAU FERRY WHARF ..... 1

PROPER ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMES TO NAM SHAN EEI VILLAGE .... 1

CONSULTANTS ON HK’S CONTAINER TRaDE APPOINTED .............. 2

TRAINING STaRTS FOR CENSUS ENUMERATORS ..................... 3

GOVERNMENT DOCTORS WaNT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS ............ 4

OPENING OF NEW SCHOOL IN SAI KUNG .......................... 5

TAX-FREE INTEREST CEILING RAISED ........................... 5

NEW STANDING COMMISSION MEMBER ............................. 5

150 PEOPLE SEEK FREE LEGAL ADVICE SERVICE IN TSUEN WAN...... 6

HAWKER RE-ORDERING EXERCISE IN YUEN LONG ................... 6

SCHOLARSHIP FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN ENGLAND ............ 7

AIRMAIL TO IRA^ RESUMED .................................... 8

vacancies for hospital orderlies ........................... 8

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1980

> 8 MILLION PASSENGERS EXPECTED TO USE MACAU FERRY WHARF * * * *

THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS TRAVELLING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MACAU IS EXPECTED TO REACH 8.3 MILLION A YEAR BY 1985, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR P.E.J. DAVY SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW TEMPORARY MACAU FERRY WHARF ON THE CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL WATERFRONT, MR DAVY SAID IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT IN 1964, THE YEAR OF OPENING OF THE OLD TERMINAL, THERE WERE ONLY 1.7 MILLION PASSENGERS. LAST YEAR 6.5 MILLION PEOPLE WERE PROCESSED.

THE NEW TEMPORARY TERMINAL, WHICH WILL COME INTO USE AT 7 AM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY), WILL PROVIDE BETTER PASSENGER PROCESSING FACILITIES, MR DAVY SAID.

IT HAS AN AREA OF MORE THAN 8 000 SQUARE METRES AND 30 IMMIGRATION COUNTERS, COMPARED WITH 18 PREVIOUSLY.

LOCATED WEST OF THE EXISTING FERRY WHARF IN RUMSEY STREET, IT HAS TWO BERTHS FOR FERRIES AND SEVEN QUAYS FOR HYDROFOILS AND JETFOILS.

AT THE OPENING CEREMONY TODAY, MR HENRY FOK, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SHUN TAK ENTERPRISES LTD., HANDED OVER THE TERMINAL KEYS TO MR DAVY WHO, TOGETHER WITH THE PORT CAPTAIN OF MACAU, COMMANDANTE J.G. FREIRE, DECLARED THE NEW TEMPORARY TERMINAL OPEN BY CUTTING A RIBBON.

COMMANDANTE FREIRE AND MR STANLEY HO, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SHUN TAK ENTERPRISES LTD., ALSO ADDRESSED A GATHERING OF SOME 150 GUESTS.

AFTER THE CEREMONY, THE GUESTS WERE TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE NEW TERMINAL AND A TOUR OF HONG KONG HARBOUR ON A JETFOIL.

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PROPER ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMES TO NAM SHAN MEI VILLAGE

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MORE THAN A HUNDRED FAMILIES LIVING IN NAM SHAN MEI VILLAGE, NGAU CHI WAN WILL HAVE PROPER ELECTRICITY SUPPLY FROM SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 29) WHEN A BUTTON IS PRESSED TO MAKE IT THE FOURTH SQUATTER AREA IN WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT TO COME UNDER THE ELECTRIF I CAT I ON SCHEME.

RESIDENTS PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED THEIR ELECTRICITY BY TAPPING CABLES NEARBY. NOT ONLY wAS THIS ILLEGAL, IT ALSO GAVE RISE TO FIRE AND ELECTROCUTION RISKS AND PLAYED HAVOC WITH THE SUPPLY TO THE WHOLE AREA.

APPLICATION FOR INSTALLATION OF LEGAL SUPPLY wAS CC-CRDINATED BY THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE AND WAS MADE TO CHINA LIGHT AND POwER COMPANY THROUGH THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE.

/A CCMMTTTtr;...

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1980

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A COMMITTEE COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CDO, THE POWER COMPANY, HOUSING DEPARTMENT, CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS STUDIED THE APPLICATION TOGETHER WITH OTHERS AND SET UP PRIORITIES FOR INSTALLATION.

LION ROCK VILLAGE, LUNG YIN HANG VILLAGE AND CHUNG SHAN VILLAGE HAVE ALREADY BENEFITTED FROM THE SUPPLY. NEXT IN LINE FOR IMPROVEMENT ARE HEUNG YEUNG VILLAGE, TAI HOM WOR VILLAGE AND NAM SHAN NEW VILLAGE.

THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY THIS SATURDAY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NAM SHAN MEI VILLAGE MAC OFFICE. THE MAC CHAIRMAN, MR LEUNG TAT MAN, THE WONG TAI SIN CDO, MR STEPHEN SELBY AND THE DISTRICT ENGINEER OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, MR T.F. TSE WILL OFFICIATE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE NAM SHAN MEI VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME SWITCH-ON CEREMONY AT 3 PM THIS SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 29) AT THE MAC OFFICE. THOSE WHO WISH TO BE CONDUCTED TO THE VILLAGE ARE REQUESTED TO MEET CDO STAFF IN FRONT OF a ILL IAN BOOTH SECONDARY SCHOOL IN YUK *AH STREET, TSZ WAN SHAN BEFORE 12.30 PM.

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CONSULTANTS ON HK’S CONTAINER TRADE APPOINTED * * * *

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT HAS APPOINTED PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS HALCROW FOX AND ASSOCIATES IN ASSOCIATION WITH DJH CONSULTANTS LTD. TO UNDERTAKE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE HONG KONG CONTAINER TRADE.

THE ASSIGNMENT WILL INCLUDE AN EXAMINATION OF THE STRUCTURE, OPERATION AND ECONOMICS OF THE CONTAINER TRADE AND THE LAND AND LOCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF CONTAINER PORT RELATED USERS.

AN EVALUATION WILL ALSO BE MADE OF FUTURE TRENDS IN TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH TRENDS FOR HONG KONG’S CONTAINER BUSINESS.

THE STUDY WILL PROVIDE A BASIS ON WHICH THE GOVERNMENT CAN DECIDE HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL BACK-UP LAND WILL NEED TO BE ALLOCATED AT KWAI CHUNG OR ELSEWHERE TO INCREASE THE CONTAINER PORT’S THROUGHPUT TO THE POINT WHERE ITS WATERSIDE FACILITIES ARE BEING USED TO MAXIMUM CAPACITY.

THE CONSULTANTS WILL ST^RT WORK ON DECEMBER 1, 1980 AND ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THEIR REPORT WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, I960

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TRAINING STARTS FOR CENSUS ENUMERATORS

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PREPARATIONS FOR THE 1981 POPULATION CENSUS HAVE PROGRESSED FURTHER wITH THE TRAINING OF ENUMERATORS BEGINNING LAST (MONDAY) EVENING.

SOME 15 OOO TRAINEES FOR ENUMERATORS, SELECTED FROM SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS, WILL UNDERGO A ONE-WEEK EVENING TRAINING COURSE STAGGERED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 24 AND DECEMBER 12.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID THE TRAINING COURSES WERE ARRANGED IN SOME 40 SCHOOL CENTRES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

PART IC PANTS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO ATTEND CLASSES IN CENTRES AS CLOSE TO THEIR RESIDENCE AS POSSIBLE.

THE COURSE COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF THE CENSUS INCLUDING THE QUESTIONNAIRE CONTENTS, ENUMERATION PROCEDURES AND INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES. SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS PUT ON COLLECTING GOOD QUALITY CENSUS DATA.

+A NEw FEATURE OF THE COURSE IS THE USE OF AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS TO STANDARDIZE TRAINING. A NINE-EPISODE INSTRUCTION FILM HAS BEEN PRODUCED FOR VIEwING IN CLASSES TO HELP TRAINEES UNDERSTAND THE COURSE CONTENTS BETTER,+ HE SAID.

AT THE END OF THE COURSE, PARTICIPANTS WILL SIT FOR A TEST AND APPOINTMENT AS ENUMERATORS IS BASED ON THE TEST RESULTS. ENUMERATORS WILL RECEIVE A TRAINING BONUS FOR PASSING THE TEST AND AN HONORARIUM OF 3600 FOR THEIR SERVICE DURING THE CENSUS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE TRAINING COURSES WOULD BE CONDUCTED BY CHIEF ENUMERATORS WHO ARE TEACHERS OR POST-SECONDARY COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND WHO THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY TRAINED IN THE CENSUS OPERATION.

SOME 800 CHIEF ENUMERATORS, 1 600 FIELD EDITORS AND 11 000 ENUMERATORS WILL BE ENGAGED IN THE 1981 POPULATION CENSUS, WHICH wILL TAKE PLACE DURING FEBRUARY 1 TO 4 FOR THE MARINE POPULATION, AND DURING MARCH 6 TO 15 FOR THE LAND POPULATION.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1980

GOVERNMENT DOCTORS WANT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS *****

A SENIOR GOVERNMENT DOCTOR HAS CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO VOICE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE AND NOT TO HURL MALICIOUS ACCUSATIONS AT THE HARD-PRESSED MEDICAL STAFF.

FRIVOLOUS COMPLAINTS AGAINST DOCTORS WILL ONLY DRIVE THEM OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE AND IN THE END IT IS THE PUBLIC WHO WILL SUFFER, DR K.H. LO, CONSULTANT SURGEON AT PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL, TOLD THE LIONS CLUB OF THE NEW TERRITORIES THIS EVENING.

SPEAKING ON THE USE OF PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES, DR LO SAID THE GOVERNMENT MEDICAL SERVICE IS NOT PERFECT AND THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

BUT HE POINTED OUT THAT COMPARED WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, THE MEDICAL SERVICE IN HONG KONG IS UNIQUE.

IT OFFERS A PRACTICALLY FREE SERVICE AND THE STANDARD OF THE SERVICE IS COMPARABLE TO THAT IN THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, HE SAID.

THE HIGHER TRAINING IN EVERY SPECIALTY IS RECOGNISED BY FAMOUS MEDICAL CENTRES IN THE COMMONWEALTH, THE COMMON MARKET COUNTRIES AND IN THE UNITED STATES, HE ADDED.

AS FOR QUANTITY, DR LO SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROVIDED SERVICES WHICH ARE +OVERSTRETCHED BY THE UNDULY LARGE STRAIN*.

+YOU SHOULD NOT ASK FOR SHARK’S FIN AND SEA FOOD FOR EACH MEAL BY GIVING YOUR WIFE $10 DAILY MEAL EXPENSES,* HE QUIPPED.

HE SAID THE STRAIN ON THE SERVICES WAS REFLECTED BY OUTPATIENT ATTENDANCES, WHICH CAME TO MORE THAN 13 MILLION IN 1979.

IN ORDER TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE SERVICE, SAID DR LO, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD VOICE CONSTRUCTIVE OPINION AND NOT MALICIOUS ACCUSATIONS.

♦AN OPEN-MIND GOVERNMENT WILL ALWAYS ACCEPT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS WHICH IN TURN LEAD TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE SERVICE,* HE SAID.

HE ASKED THE PUBLIC TO SHOW SYMPATHY AND GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE MEDICAL OFFICERS WHO WORK QUIETLY LIKE A +WORKING BEE+, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING OVERTIME WITHOUT COMPENSATION.

DR LO ALSO URGED THE PUBLIC NOT TO ABUSE THE CASUALTY SERVICE WHICH IS MEANT FOR EMERGENCIES AND ACCIDENTS.

PATIENTS WITH MINOR AILMENTS ATTENDING CASUALTY WILL ONLY CAUSE SERIOUS DELAYS IN THE TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY CASES, AND VERY OFTEN THE PATIENTS THEMSELVES MAY ALSO BE KEPT WAITING UNDULY AS DOCTORS WILL NATURALLY GIVE PRIORITY TO MORE URGENT CASES, HE SAID.

+LIFE OF THE EMERGENCY CASES IS IN YOUR HAND. DO NOT USE THE CASUALTY DEPARTMENT AS A GENERAL CLINIC,* HE STRESSED.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1980

NOTE TO EDITORS:

OPENING OF NEW SCHOOL IN SAI KUNG *****

WILL OFFICIATE AT THE

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, OPENING OF THE CHENG CHEK CHEE SECONDARY THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 27) AT 2.30 PM. YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF TO COVER THE CEREMONY. LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 1.15 PM. MR NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION PRESS UNIT TO ASSIST MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.

SCHOOL

SAI KUNG, ON

TRANSPORT WILL

DONALD STRANGE OF THE WILL BE AT THE SCHOOL

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TAX-FREE INTEREST CEILING RAISED *****

INTEREST PAYABLE BY LICENSED BANKS, BY CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITIES AND BY THE GOVERNMENT AT RATES OF UP TO 10 PER CENT PER ANNUM WILL BE EXEMPT FROM INTEREST TAX FROM TODAY, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED.

HE SAID THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 1-1/2 PER CENT IN THE EXEMPTION LIMIT, AND FOLLOWED THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE EXCHANGE BANKS’ ASSOCIATION ON SATURDAY THAT THE RATES OF INTEREST PAYABLE ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS WOULD BE INCREASED TO 10 PER CENT WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY.

A NOTICE SIGNED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY UNDER SECTION 28(1) OF THE INLAND REVENUE ORDINANCE WAS PUBLISHED IN AN p^traORDINARY GAZETTE TODAY.

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NEW STANDING COMMISSION MEMBER

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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF M* ANDREW SO KWOK-WING AS AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.

THE APPOINTMENT WILL TAKE EFFECT ON DECEMBER 1, 19'30.

MR SO HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SINCE SEPTEMBER 1, 1978. HE HAS CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THE CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT AND HAS MANY CONTACTS WITH A WIDE CROSS-SECT ION OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE APPOINTMENT OF MR SO BRINGS THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING COMMISSION, CHAIRED EY SIR S.Y. CHUNG, TO 10.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, I960.

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150 PEOPLE SEEK FREE LEGAL ADVICE SERVICE IN TSUEN WAN * * * *

MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE HAVE SO FAR MADE USE OF THE FREE LEGAL ADVICE CENTRE SET UP BY THE LAW SOCIETY IN TSUEN WAN SIX MONTHS AGO.

PRACTISING LAWYERS, WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO ADVISE MEMBERS CF THE PUBLIC ON STEPS WHICH MAY BE OPEN TO THEM IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS, ATTEND THE CENTRE EVERY TUESDAY FROM 6.30 PM TO 9.30 PM. HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT REPRESENT CLIENTS IN COURT.

THEY MAY, IF APPROPRIATE, DIRECT THE CLIENT TO THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT.

THE SCHEME IS ADMINISTERED BY THE LAW SOCIETY WITH FUNDS FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO MEET THE COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION.

A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF CASES HANDLED WERE LANDLORD-TENANT DISPUTES AND COMMERCIAL AND PROPERTY DISPUTES.

OTHERS WERE CONNECTED WITH MATRIMONIAL MATTERS, COMPENSATION CLAIMS, LAND DISPUTES AND ESTATE ADMINISTRATION.

ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SEEK ADVICE UNDER THE SCHEME SHOULD APPROACH STAFF OF THEIR DISTRICT OFFICE OR PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, WHO WILL TAKE DETAILS OF CASES AND MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH LAWYERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE TSUEN WAN CENTRE, WHICH IS IN THE TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE, HOI PA STREET, SERVES RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

THE LAW SOCIETY OPERATES FOUR OTHER CENTRES IN THE URBAN AREA IN MONG KOK, WONG TAI SIN, WAN CHAI AND EASTERN DISTRICT AND MAY EXTEND TO THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES EVENTUALLY.

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HAWKER RE-ORDERING EXERCISE IN YUEN LONG *****

THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY LAUNCHED A HAWKER RE-ORDERING EXERCISE AT YUEN LONG TOWN CENTRE TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA.

MORE THAN 150 HAWKERS FORMERLY PLYING THEIR TRADES ALONG TAI TONG ROAD, NEW STREET AND MAU TAN STREET TODAY MOVED INTO THE YUEN LONG HAWKER BAZAAR. THEY HAVE EARLIER TAKEN PART IN A BALLOT FOR SITES IN THE MARKET.

ANOTHER 100 FARMER HAWKERS ALSO MOVED TO A FENCED-OFF AREA OF ABOUT 210 SQUARE METRES NEXT TO THE HAWKER BAZAAR. THIS AREA IS SPECIALLY SET ASIDE FOR THEM TO TRADE ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

THE FARMER HAWKERS ARE ONLY ALLOWED-TO SELL SMALL QUANTITIES CF VEGETABLES, EGGS AND POULTRY, AND ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SET UP ANY STRUCTURES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

/BEFORE ...

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1980 - 7 - 'r *

BEFORE CARRYING OUT TODAY’S CLEARANCE, THE YUEN LONG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE HAD CONSULTED THE HAWKERS, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE POLICE OF YUEN LONG DISTRICT.

♦BEGINNING FROM TODAY, STRICT CONTROL WILL BE ENFORCED TO PREVENT HAWKERS FROM TRADING ALONG THESE STREETS AGAIN,* THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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DURING THE EXERCISE, THREE GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS AND TWO SPECIAL CLEANSING SQUADS WERE DEPLOYED.

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SCHOLARSHIP FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN ENGLAND *****

A NOEL CROUCHER ENGLISH STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP HAS BEEN SET UP TO ENABLE HONG KONG RESIDENTS TO FOLLOW A MASTER’S DEGREE COURSE, PREFERABLY IN SHAKESPEAREAN STUDIES, AT A UNIVERSITY IN ENGLAND.

THE SCHOLARSHIP IS OFFERED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ST GEORGE, AND WILL BE TENABLE FOR ONE OR TWO YEARS DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF THE COURSE.

ONE AWARD WILL BE MADE EACH YEAR, AND THIS WILL BE EITHER A NEW AWARD OR A RENEWAL. IT IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE SELECTED CANDIDATE OBTAINING A PLACE IN AN ENGLISH UNIVERSITY.

ITS VALUE WILL BE HKS60 090 PER YEAR, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO COVER TUITION FEES, AIR PASSAGES, AND PART OF THE LIVING EXPENSES.

CANDIDATES SHOULD BE RESIDENTS NORMALLY HAVING BEEN IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS, AND PREFERABLY BETWEEN 22 AND 35 YEARS OF AGE.

THEY SHOULD BE GRADUATES OF EITHER THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG OR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, PROFICIENT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, AND ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION TO THE INTENDED COURSE OF STUDY.

APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TWO UNIVERSITIES OR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT’S OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION.

COMPLETED FORMS TOGETHER WITH REQUIRED DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SECTION, ROOM 1522, LEIGHTON CENTRE, 77 LEIGHTON ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG BY DECEMBER 13.

SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE INVITED FOR INTERVIEW IN HONG KONG IN EARLY JANUARY, 1981.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1980

AIRMAIL TO IRAQ RESUMED * * *

THE POST OFFICE TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT AIR LETTER AND PARCEL SERVICES TO IRAQ, WHICH WERE SUSPENDED ON OCTOBER 2, 1980, HAD RESUMED.

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VACANCIES FOR HOSPITAL ORDERLIES *****

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS INVITING APPLICATIONS TO FILL A NUMBER OF VACANCIES FOR HOSPITAL ORDERLIES AND LABOURERS IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT. MONTHLY SALARIES START AT $1 375, PLUS AN ALLOWANCE OF $105.

APPLICANTS SHOULD BE MALE AND SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST A PRIMARY EDUCATION. THEY SHOULD CALL AT ANY BRANCH OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT’S LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, BRINGING WITH THEM THEIR IDENTITY CARD.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON TELEPHONE 3-666615, 5-270276 OR 12-420154.

THOSE SUCCESSFUL WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN VARIOUS HOSPITALS.

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL 5-233191

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1980

CONTENTS PaGE NO.

SIR MURRAY: WORK SAFETY IS A TRIPARTITE RESPONSIBILITY ... 1

REPORT ON LATEST QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY ................ J

GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES POTENTIAL OF FERRY SERVICES......... 5

HONG KONG/AUSTRIA TEXTILE TALKS START TOMORROW ............ 5

YOUNG SEAMEN URGED TO DO WELL FOR HONG KONG ............... 6

SHA TIN STUDENT ATHLETES MEET FOR FIRST TIME ON OWN SPORTSGROUND .............................................. 6

CAS STRENGTH INCREASED BY 200 ............................. 7

LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS PROSECUTED ........................... 8

YAN CHAI HOSPITAL EXTENSION STONE-LAYING CEREMONY ......... 8

SUNDAY DANCE CLASSES FOR TEACHERS ......................... 9

SHORTER HOURS FOR BUS ONLY LANE............................ 9

CONTRACT FOR WATERWORKS IMPROVEMENT ...................... 10

WONG TAI SIN WATER CUT

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1980

SIR MURRAY: WORK SAFETY IS A TRIPARTITE RESPONSIBILITY * * * * *

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE EMPHASISED TODAY THAT SAFETY IS A RESPONSIBILITY EQUALLY SHARED BETWEEN EMPLOYERS, WORKERS AND THE GOVERNMENT.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE ASIAN REGIONAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION CONGRESS AT THE SHERATON HOTEL, SIR MURRAY SAID THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WAS PLAYING ITS PART BY THE PROGRESSIVE ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF SAFETY LEGISLATION AND BY PAYING INCREASING ATTENTION TO SAFETY EDUCATION.

+FOR THIS TO BE EFFECTIVE EMPLOYERS MUST ENSURE THAT THE LAW IS OBSERVED BOTH IN LETTER AND IN SPIRIT AND THAT THEIR WORKERS DO NOT FLAUNT THE RULES OUT OF EITHER SLACKNESS, BRAVADO OR LACK OF INSTRUCT ION,+ HE SAID.

HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE WELCOME SIGNS THAT BOTH EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS WERE BECOMING MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED FOR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND MORE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN ITS PROMOTION.

♦ A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED ON A TRIPARTITE BASIS AND MORE ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.

LAST YEAR IN HONG KONG, THERE WERE ABOUT 46 000 INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS OR ABOUT 45 IN EVERY THOUSAND WORKERS.

THE ACCIDENTS RESULTED IN 163 MAN-DAYS, CLAIMED HK$35 MILLION IN COST SOME $150 MILLION DUE TO WORK NOT COUNTING THE INCALCULABLE TOLL MISERY.

FATALITIES, LOST 552 000

STATUTORY COMPENSATION AND

STOPPAGE OF HUMAN

AND MACHINE DAMAGE

SUFFER ING AND

HONG KONG IS A CITY INTENSELY PROUD OF ITS DEVELOPMENT BUT WE CANNOT TAKE PRIDE IN THE SITUATION, SIR MURRAY SAID.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR’S SPEECH:

+IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO OPEN THIS ASIAN REGIONAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION CONGRESS — THE FIRST IN ASIA. ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG I EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO ALL THE DISTINGUISHED VISITORS AND PARTICIPANTS.

+THE SUBJECT OF THE CONFERENCE, 'SAFETY AT WORK’, IS WELCOME AND TIMELY. THE ASIAN REGION IS ONE OF RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS. IT IS A REGION OF SUCCESS AND A REGION IN A HURFY, AND PIGHTLY SO. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW- PRECIOUS HUMAN LIVES ARE BEING PLACED AT RISK WHETHER THROUGH NEGLIGEN" OR UN INSTRUCTED USE OF MACHINERY AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES OR THROUGH THE PRESSURE C- DESIRE F0R SPEED. IN A WORLD WHERE LIFE LIVED A’ A FRENETIC PACE, IT IS INEVITABLE THAT SOME ACCIDENTS *ILL OCCUR AT wORK OR AT PLAY, BUT IT IS ESSENTIA. IF =E 3.E --E TO £N- v -O0PERL’' THE STRIKING ECONOMIC AND SCSI AL DEVELOPMENT '■ S REG I MORE CARE MUST BE INSTILLED.

♦STATISTICS ARE BALD BUT THEY ARE A USEFUL GAUGE TO BOTH THE SERIOUSNESS WITH WHICH PEOPLE REGARD SAFETY AND THE SOCIAL COST OF NEGLIGENCE. CAREFULLY PREPARED STATISTICS HELP TO IDENTIFY THE AREAS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS MOST SERIOUS AND POINT THE DIRECTION WHICH PREVENTIVE OR REMEDIAL MEASURES MUST TAKE.

♦IN HONG KONG THE INCIDENCE OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IS HIGH. LAST YEAR THERE WERE ROUGHLY 46 □□□ ACCIDENTS OR ABOUT 45 IN EVERY THOUSAND INDUSTRIAL WORKERS, THIS INCLUDED 163 FATALITIES. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS LOST 552 030 MAN-DAYS, HK$35 MILLION WERE PAID IN STATUTORY COMPENSATION, AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT $150 MILLION WERE LOST AS A RESULT OF WORK STOPPAGE AND MACHINE DAMAGE. BUT FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS IS THE INCALCULABLE TOLL OF THE SUFFERING AND MISERY OF THE INJURED, THE GRIEF OF THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED AND THE LIFELONG HARDSHIP OF THOSE WHOSE PRINCIPAL BREAD WINNERS HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY DISABLED. NO ONE CAN COUNT THE COST OF THIS.

♦ HONG KONG IS A CITY INTENSELY PROUD OF ITS DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE CANNOT TAKE PRIDE IN THE SITUATION I HAVE JUST DESCRIBED. SAFETY IS A RESPONSIBILITY EQUALLY SHARED BETWEEN EMPLOYERS, WORKERS AND THE GOVERNMENT. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS PLAYING ITS PART BY THE PROGRESSIVE ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF SAFETY LEGISLATION AND THE INCREASING ATTENTION WHICH IT IS PAYING TO SAFETY EDUCATION. FOR THIS TO BE EFFECTIVE EMPLOYERS MUST ENSURE THAT THE LAW IS OBSERVED BOTH IN LETTER AND IN SPIRIT AND THAT THEIR WORKERS DO NOT FLAUNT THE RULES OUT OF EITHER SLACKNESS, BRAVADO OR LACK OF INSTRUCTION. HAPPILY THERE ARE WELCOME SIGNS THAT BOTH EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS ARE BECOMING MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED FOR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND MORE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN ITS PROMOTION. A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED ON A TRIPARTITE BASIS AND MORE ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW.

♦AS REGARDS ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, THE PICTURE IS ALSO NOT A HAPPY ONE. LAST YEAR THERE WERE SOME 15 000 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THREE IN EVERY THOUSAND OF OUR POPULATION. 456 PEOPLE DIED- THREE TIMES THE NUMBER WHO DIED AT WORK. WE ARE A CROWDED TERRITORY WITH A VERY HIGH DENSITY OF OVER 200 VEHICLES FOR EVERY KILOMETRE OF ROAD. WHILE CONGESTION ITSELF BREEDS ACCIDENTS, A HIGH PROPORTION OF THEM RESULT FROM IMPATIENCE OR NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF DRIVERS, OWNERS OR PEDESTRIANS. THE FIGURES ARE UNACCEPTABLY HIGH AND EVERY EFFORT MUST BE MADE TO HALT THIS SENSELESS CARNAGE.

♦THESE PROBLEMS ARE NOT UNIQUE TO HONG KONG. THE MEASURES WE HAVE ADOPTED IN OUR ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE THEM ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST, AND I AM THEREFORE PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT THE WORLD SAFETY ASSOCIATION TOGETHER WITH THE HONG KONG OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION AND THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION HAVE SEEN FIT TO ORGANISE THIS CONGRESS HERE. IT WILL PROVIDE A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON BOTH PREVENTIVE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES AND I WISH ALL OF YOU WHO TAKE ’ART, EVERY SUCCESS IN YOUR DELIBERATIONS.

♦I NOW TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN DECLARING OPEN THE ASIAN REGIONAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1980

REPORT ON LATEST QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY

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A QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY CONDUCTED LAST MONTH (OCTOBER) SHOWED THAT BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1980 ON THE WHOLE TURNED OUT BETTER THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED.

IN THE SURVEY, ABOUT 900 FIRMS FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES, FORMING A CROSS-SECTION OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, WERE ASKED ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

RESPONDENTS WERE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER: FIRMS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND TERTIARY SERVICES SECTORS EXPECTED FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN PERFORMANCE BUT THOSE IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR EXPECTED DETER I ORATIONS.

TAKEN ALONG WITH PREVIOUS SURVEY RESULTS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF THE CORRESPONDING ROUND OF SURVEY LAST YEAR, THESE VIEWS SEEM TO SUGGEST THAT BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IS STRONG IN THE NON-MANUFACTURING SECTORS BUT RATHER WEAK IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS

IN BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IN THE THIRD QUARTER WERE REPORTED BY THE +FOOD, BEVERAGE, TOBACCO*, +FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS*, ♦ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES+, ♦ELECTRONICS* AND +WATCHES AND CLOCKS* INDUSTRIES.

HOWEVER APART FROM THE WATCHES AND CLOCKS INDUSTRY, FOR WHICH RESPONDING FIRMS PREDICTED FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS OUTLOOK, RESPONDENTS IN THE OTHER FOUR INDUSTRIES GENERALLY EXPECTED DETERIORATION IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

FIRMS IN THE +WEARING APPAREL* AND +TEXTILES+ INDUSTRIES REPORTED WEAKENING IN BUSINESS IN THE THIRD QUARTER. FIRMS IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY, IN PARTICULAR, REPORTED SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE IN THE DEGREE OF UTILIZATION OF CAPACITY COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER.

THESE TWO INDUSTRIES EXPECTED FURTHER DETERIORATION IN BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, ALTHOUGH, TAKEN ALONG WITH PREVIOUS SURVEY RESULTS, SUCH DETERIORATION DOES NOT SEEM TO BE VERY SERIOUS.

FIRMS IN THE +PRINTING+ AND +PLASTICS+ INDUSTRIES, WHICH REPORTED LITTLE CHANGE IN BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IN THE THIRD QUARTER, ALSO EXPECTED A DECLINE IN THE COMING QUARTER.

THIS RATHER UNFAVOURABLE OUTLOOK FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN THE FOURTH QUARTER WAS PREDICTED GENERALLY BY RESPONDENTS AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF LOW ORDER BOOK POSITIONS WHICH THEY EXPERIENCED AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 19*0

THE SITUATION IS QUITE DIFFERENT FOR THE NON-MANUFACTURING SECTORS.

IMPROVEMENTS IN BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IN THE THIRD QUARTER WERE REPORTED BY RESPONDENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR AND SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS WERE PREDICTED FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER.

RESPONDENTS IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE ALSO REPORTED IMPROVED BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND LOOKED FORWARD TO FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.

RESTAURANTS REPORTED A FAR BETTER PERFORMANCE THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. INSTEAD OF A DECLINE IN BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OVER THAT IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THERE HAD BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT. THEY EXPECTED THAT BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WOULD FURTHER IMPROVE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, WHICH CONDUCTED THE SURVEY, EXPLAINED THAT THE SURVEY DATA, OBTAINED WITH MINIMUM TIME LAG, WAS BASICALLY INTENDED TO PROVIDE ONE SOURCE OF REFERENCE FOR MAKING A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN HONG KONG.

APART FROM A LIMITED NUMBER OF QUESTIONS REQUIRING ANSWERS IN QUANTITATIVE TERMS, FIRMS WERE ASKED TO COMPARE THE QUARTER JUST PAST WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND SIMILARLY FOR THE FORTHCOMING ONE.

THE FIRMS ONLY HAD TO INDICATE WHETHER, IN THEIR OPINION, A CERTAIN VARIABLE WAS ’UP’, ’SAME’ OR ’DOWN’, HE SAID.

OPINIONS OF RESPONDENTS WERE TABULATED AND ANALYSED, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE THEY WERE INTERPRETED ALONG WITH RESULTS OBTAINED IN EARLIER SURVEYS.

THE SPOKESMAN CAUTIONED THAT IN A SURVEY OF THIS NATURE, CONSIDERABLE RESERVATIONS HAD TO BE MADE IN THE INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS AS IT WAS DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH PRECISELY THE EXTENT TO WHICH RESPONDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE ACCORDED WITH THE UNDERLYING TRENDS.

COPIES OF THE SURVEY REPORT, CONTAINING AN ANALYSIS AND STATISTICAL TABLES ON VARIOUS ECONOMIC VARIABLES, HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO FIRMS TAKING PART IN THE SURVEY AND OTHER BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY OBTAIN COPIES FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING IN CONNAUGHT PLACE AT >3 EACH.

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GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES POTENTIAL OF FERRY SERVICES * * * *

THE GOVERNMENT IS WELL AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY OF THRIVING AND EXPANDING FERRY SERVICES AND IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING THEM AS PART OF OFF-ROAD TRANSPORT FACILITIES SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER SAID TODAY.

THE CHIEF

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCHING OF A NEW FERRY THE THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY AT THE HONG KONG

’MAN WO’ OF SHIPYARD.

50VERNMENT IS EQUALLY AWARE THAT, IN HONG KONG WERE WE L00K T0 PRIVATE ENTERPRISE FOR THE PROVISION OF MOST PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, DECISIONS TO EXPAND COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES MUST BE BACKED’BY SOUND FINANCIAL PLANNING,! HE SAID.

CONDITIONS,

SIR JACK NOTED THAT THIS WAS REFLECTED IN THE RECENT AGREEMENT ON CONDITIONS AND TERMS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF JUBILEE STREET PIER.

HE SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO BETWEEN THE FERRY COMPANY AND THE FRANCHISE WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THE THE FUTURE.

THE COMPLETION OF NEGOTIATIONS GOVERNMENT OVER THE TERMS OF A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR FERRY OPERATIONS IN

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HONG KONG/AUSTRIA TEXTILE TALKS START TOMORROW *****

CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND AUSTRIA ON ARRANGEMENTS IN RESPECT OF TEXTILE EXPORTS TO AUSTRIA AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 1981 WILL BEGIN IN LONDON TOMORROW (NOVEMBER 27).

THE TWO CURRENT TEXTILE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND AUSTRIA ARE DUE TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF JANUARY NEXT YEAR.

THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL BE LED BY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF TRADE, MR JUSTIN YUE. MR GERHARD WAAS, DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL MINISTRY OF COMMERCE TRADE AND INDUSTRY, WILL HEAD THE AUSTRIAN SIDE.

THE TALKS WILL LAST FOR 2-1/2 DAYS.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1980

YOUNG SEAMEN URGED TO DO WELL FOR HONG KONG H H *

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER TODAY TOLD A GROUP OF YOUNG SEAMEN THAT WORKING LIFE ABOARD SHIP COULD BE AN EXEMPLARY MINIATURE OF A STABLE AND PRODUCTIVE SOCIETY, WITH DISCIPLINE AS ITS GOVERNING PRINCIPLE.

SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE HONG KONG SEA SCHOOL THIS MORNING, SIR JACK TOLD THE BOYS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THEIR JOB WAS THAT THEY WOULD BE WORKING AS PART OF A CREW.

+T0 WORK WELL IN THIS TEAM ON BOARD, YOU WILL NEED TO CULTIVATE A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS YOUR WORK-MATES, LEARN TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND COOPERATE WITH THEM.

+MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, YOU WILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE RULES THAT BIND THE TEAM TOGETHER. DISCIPLINE IS THE KEY-WORD,+ HE SAID.

HE SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO START AT THE BOTTOM, JUST LIKE WORKING IN ANY OTHER FIELD, BUT THERE WOULD BE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT IF THEY WORKED HARD AND IN FACT MANY FORMER SEA SCHOOL BOYS HAD BEEN PROMOTED TO SHIPS’ OFFICERS AND SOME TO MASTER.

HE TOLD THEM THAT BY WORKING HARD THEY COULD DO A GREAT DEAL TO COUNTER THE RECENT TREND OF SHIPPING COMPANIES EMPLOYING FEWER SEAMEN FROM HONG KONG.

+IN SO DOING YOU WILL NOT ONLY BE PROVING YOURSELVES, YOU WILL ALSO PROMOTE THE GOOD IMAGE OF HONG KONG SEAMEN THUS ENSURING THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE FOR OUR SEAMEN IN THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INDUSTRY ..... YOU ARE AMBASSADORS ON THE SEA FOR HONG

KONG,+ SIR JACK SAID.

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SHA TIN STUDENT ATHLETES MEET FOR FIRST TIME ON OWN SPORTSGROUND X X X X

SHA TIN’S NEW PUBLIC SPORTSGROUND IS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE HEALTHY UP-ERINGING OF THE NEW TOWN’S YOUNGER GENERATION.

SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, SAID THIS TODAY WHEN PRESENTING PRIZES TO WINNERS IN THE DISTRICT’S THIRD STUDENTS ATHLETICS MEETING WHICH WAS HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE SPORTSGROUND.

DR HASE SAID PARTICIPATION IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES COULD MAKE LIFE ENJOYABLE, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SUCH FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES WELL USED.

STUDENTS, IN PARTICULAR, SHOULD MAKE THE LEISURE TIME BY JOINING ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD UP MORE HEALTHILY.

BEST USE OF THEIR HELP THEM GROW

/*IT IS .......

+IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT OUR STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS CAN NOW ENJOY THIS LEISURE AT A SPORTSGROUND OF THEIR OWN,+ HE SAID.

NEARLY 900 STUDENTS FROM 20 LOCAL SCHOOLS TOOK PART IN TODAY’S ATHLETICS MEETING, WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY SHA TIN SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

BEFORE SHA TIN PUBLIC SPORTSGROUND WAS OPENED FOUR MONTHS AGO THE EVENT WAS HELD EACH YEAR AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE THERE WERE NO OTHER SUITABLE FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, THE SPORTSGROUND WAS COMPLETED IN JULY AND IS FOR USE BY ALL LOCAL SCHOOLS AND SPORTS ORGANISATIONS.

IT IS ON A 1.5 HECTARE SITE NEAR LEK YUEN ESTATE, WHERE EVENTUALLY PART OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN CENTRE WILL BE BUILT. IT IS LIKELY TO BE IN USE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.

IT HAS A 400-METRE RUNNING TRACK AND A STANDARD GRASS SOCCER PITCH WHICH CAN ALSO BE USED FOR FIELD EVENTS SUCH AS DISCUS, JAVELIN AND SHOT-PUT.

CHANGING FACILITIES AND SPECTATOR STANDS ARE ALSO PROVIDED.

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CAS STRENGTH INCREASED BY 200

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TWO HUNDRED CIVIL AID SERVICES RECRUITS WILL TAKE PART IN A PASSING-OUT PARADE ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 28) AT THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND IN TSUEN WAN.

MR LAU WONG-FAT, CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK WILL TAKE THE SALUTE AND PRESENT SPECIAL CERTIFICATES TO THE MOST OUTSTANDING OF THEM.

THE RECRUITS HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING IN FOOTDRILL, FIRST AID, FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE FIGHTING, COUNTRYSIDE MANAGEMENT, RESCUE TECHNIQUES, AND TYPHOON AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.

THEY WILL BE POSTED TO CAS UNITS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG FOR ACTIVE DUTY AND FURTHER TRAINING ON THE JOB.

MR LAU WILL ALSO PRESENT CIVIL DEFENCE LONG SERVICE MEDALS TO 12 CAS MEMBERS WHO EACH HAS CONTRIBUTED 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CAS, AND CIVIL DEFENCE LONG SERVICE CLASPS TO TWO MEMBERS FOR A FURTHER 12 YEARS’ SERVICE.

MUSIC WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CAS BAND.

NOTE TO ED I TORSi

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE PASSING-OUT PARADE AND MEDAL PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES TO BE HELD AT THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND IN TSUEN WAN ON FRIADY (NOVEMBER 28) AT 8 PM.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1980

LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS PROSECUTED

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH (OCTOBER) TOOK OUT 845 PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LEGISLATION.

OF THE CASES TAKEN OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT’S PROSECUTIONS UNIT, 818 RESULTED IN CONVICTION, AND FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURTS TOTALLED MORE THAN $774 000.

THE MAJORITY OF CASES WERE RELATED TO BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND VARIOUS REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE ORDINANCE, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.

AMONG THEM, 375 CONCERNED VIOLATION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY REGULATIONS AND FINES AMOUNTED TO MORE THAN $547 500.

OF THESE CASES, 197 ($237 500 IN FINES) WERE FOR BREACHES OF

THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 125 ($267 600 IN FINES) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.

OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACCOUNTED FOR 432 CASES RESULTING IN $212 570 IN FINES.

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NOTE TO EDITORS s

YAN CHAI HOSPITAL EXTENSION STONE-LAYING CEREMONY * * *

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE STONE-LAYING CEREMONY TO MARK THE EXTENSION OF THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 28) AT 3.30 PM. YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF TO COVER THE CEREMONY. TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 2.30 PM. MR DONALD STRANGE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION PRESS UNIT WILL ASSIST MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1980

SUNDAY DANCE CLASSES FOR TEACHERS

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A MODERN DANCE INTRODUCTORY COURSE WILL BE HELD EARLY NEXT YEAR FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF OR ARE ABOUT TO START DANCE ACTIVITIES IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

IT WILL BE A PRACTICAL COURSE ON DANCE TECHNIQUE, CHOREOGRAPHY, MUSIC, RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT.

TWO SESSIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED, IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON, AND PARTICIPANTS WILL ATTEND CLASSES ON FOUR CONSECUTIVE SUNDAYS FROM JANUARY 11 TO FEBRUARY 1.

ENROLMENT IS LIMITED TO 40 FOR EACH SESSION, AND THE VENUE IS HO TUNG TECHNICAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, 1 KA NING PATH, HONG KONG.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT BEFORE DECEMBER 31 TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR OF THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHICH IS ORGANISING THE COURSE.

ITS ADDRESS IS AT KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 6TH FLOOR, 405 NATHAN ROAD.

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SHORTER HOURS FOR BUS ONLY LANE * * *

RESTRICTION HOURS ON TWO SECTIONS OF THE BUS ONLY LANE ON LUNG CHEUNG ROAD WILL BE REDUCED FROM 24 HOURS TO BETWEEN 7 AM AND 9 PM DAILY FROM 10 AM ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 29).

THE TWO SECTIONS ARE THE OUTERMOST LANE OF THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF LUNG CHEUNG ROAD EXTENDING 30 METRES NORTH OF ITS JUNCTION WITH CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD, AND THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF THE ROAD BETWEEN THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAYS OF CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD.

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CONTRACT FOR WATERWORKS IMPROVEMENT *****

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL BUILD A NEW SERVICE RESERVOIR TO MEET GROWING DEMAND FOR WATER SUPPLY IN WONG CHUK HANG AND THE'LOW LEVEL AREA OF SHOUSON HILL.

A CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION) OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR LEE GUN-CHEUNG, WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF GAMMON (HONG KONG) LTD.

THE SERVICE RESERVOIR, AT A COST OF Sil MILLION, WILL BE LOCATED SOUTH OF WONG CHUK HANG ESTATE AND WILL HAVE A TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 15 200 CUBIC METRES. IT WILL EE REACHED BY A ROAD TO BE BUILT UNDER THE SAME CONTRACT.

WORK WILL START LATER THIS WEEK AND WILL TAKE 18 MONTHS.

THE RESERVOIR IS PART OF THE NEW WONG CHUK HANG AND SHOUSON HILL FRESH WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.

A PUMPING STATION WILL ALSO BE BUILT AND TRUNK AND DISTRIBUTION MAINS WILL BE LAID FOR THE SYSTEM.

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WONG TAI SIN WATER CUT * * *

WATER SUPPLY TO AN AREA OF WONG TAI SIN WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 10 PM ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 28) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

THE AREA COVERS PREMISES ON Jan FUNG STREET, KAM FUNG STREET AND NGAN FUNG STREET.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL 5-233191

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1980

CONTENTS PmGE NO.

STABLE AND EXPORT-LED ECONOMIC GROWTH ......................... 1

TARGET OF SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES BEING ACHIEVED......... 3

UNITED FRONT URGED TO COMBAT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ............. 5

KWAN YICK INDUSTRIAL BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED................. 6

KEEN COMPETITION FOR NT SCHOOL PLACES ......................... 7

SUCCESSFUL END TO TV SERIES ON MARITAL RELATIONSHIP........ 8

NORMAL SERVICE FOR LETTERS TO VENEZUELA ....................... 8

TRAFFIC DIVERSION ON KWAI CHUNG ROAD .......................... 9

NIGHT CLOSURE OF CANAL ROAD FLYOVERS .......................... 9

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1980

STABLE AND EXPORT-LED ECONOMIC GROWTH

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HONG KONG’S ECONOMIC GROWTH SO FAR THIS YEAR HAS BEEN EXPORT-LED AND ASSOCIATED WITH A REASONABLE DEGREE OF STABILITY, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT’S THIRD QUARTER ECONOMIC REPORT RELEASED TODAY.

THE REPORT REVIEWS PRIMARILY EVENTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1980 AND BRINGS UP-TO-DATE THE ANALYSES IN THE HALF-YEARLY ECONOMIC REPORT PUBLISHED IN AUGUST.

IT POINTS OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THE GROWTH RATE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY IN THE THIRD QUARTER, IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN MIGHT BE EXPECTED IN VIEW OF THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS PREVAILING IN HONG KONG’S MAIN MARKETS.

IT ALSO SUGGESTS THAT THERE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN A REVIVAL IN THE GROWTH RATE OF DOMESTIC DEMAND. SO WHILE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR WAS PREDOMINANTLY EXPORT-LED, IT WAS PROBABLY LESS SO IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

THE REPORT EMPHASIZES THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 1980 WAS ACCOMPANIED BY STABILITY. THE EASING OF DEMAND PRESSURE ON DOMESTIC RESOURCES WAS PARTICULARLY OBVIOUS IN THE LABOUR SECTOR AS A RESULT OF AN INCREASE IN THE SUPPLY OF LABOUR BECAUSE OF IMMIGRATION. THE RATE OF INCREASE IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS ALSO SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY DESPITE STRONG DEMAND FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT. BUT THE PRESSURE OF DEMAND IN THE PROPERTY SECTOR PERSISTED AND PROPERTY PRICES WERE INCREASING RAPIDLY.

ALTHOUGH ACTIVITY IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR HAD SHOWN SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN IN THE THIRD QUARTER, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR (PARTICULARLY THE STOCK MARKET) AND THE PROPERTY SECTOR CONTINUED TO EXPAND RAPIDLY.

THE ECONOMIC REPORT CONTAINS INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS ON THE EXTERNAL SECTOR, THE FINANCIAL SECTOR, THE LABOUR SECTOR, AND PRODUCTION AND PRICES, PRECEDED BY A CHAPTER GIVING THE OVERALL VIEW.

EXTERNAL SECTOR

ON THIS SECTOR, THE REPORT POINTS OUT THAT THE GROWTH RATE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

THE GROWTH RATE OF IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ALSO SLOWED DOWN, CONTRIBUTING TO A SLOWING DOWN IN THE GROWTH RATE OF IMPORTS. THE ENTREPOT TRADE HOWEVER CONTINUED TO GROW RAPIDLY.

WITH THE GROWTH RATE OF TOTAL EXPORTS HIGHER THAN THAT OF IMPORTS, THE VISIBLE TRADE +GAP+, THAT IS THE PROPORTION OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS NOT COVERED BY THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS, NARROWED.

/HNakoial

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 198c

FINANCIAL SECTOR

THE REPORT INDICATES THAT THE GROWTH RATES OF THE MONEY SUPPLY AND OF TOTAL LOANS AND ADVANCES IN HONG KONG EXTENDED EY BANKS AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES SLOWED DOWN IN THE THIRD QUARTER ALTHOUGH THEY WERE STILL FAIRLY RAPID.

IT CLAIMS THE MODERATE WEAKENING OF THE EXCHANGE RATE OF THE HONG KONG DOLLAR DURING THE THIRD QUARTER WAS AT LEAST PARTLY CAUSED BY THE WIDENING DIFFERENTIALS BETWEEN INTEREST RATES IN HONG KONG AND THOSE FOR THE US DOLLAR.

THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE INCREASINGLY TIGHT LOCAL MONEY MARKET WERE THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE IN INTEREST RATES IN SEPTEMBER.

LABOUR SECTOR

THE REPORT REFRAINS FROM MAKING A DEFINITIVE VIEW, AS STATISTICS REFERRING TO SEPTEMBER WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE.

NEVERTHELESS, IT EXPECTS THAT, BECAUSE OF A RAPID INCREASE IN THE SUPPLY OF LABOUR AS A RESULT OF IMMIGRATION, THERE WAS INCREASING UNEMPLOYMENT AND A SLOWING DOWN IN THE RATE OF INCREASE IN WAGE RATES.

PRODUCTION

THE REPORT SUGGESTS INCREASING UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE PROSPECTS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR (ALTHOUGH ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION CONTINUED TO INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY FOR THE MAJOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN TEXTILES AND TOYS).

IT ALSO DISCUSSES CONDITIONS IN THE PROPERTY MARKET. MAKING USE OF FIGURES ON BUILDINGS COMPLETED, THE REPORT NOTES THAT THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL ADDITION TO THE SUPPLY OF NEW OFFICE AND SHOP SPACE.

THERE WAS A CONTINUATION OF KEENER INTEREST IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AS AGAINST RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, BUT THE REPORT POINTS OUT THAT AN INCREASE IN DEMAND IN THE THIRD QUARTER CAUSED PURCHASE PRICES OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO RISE RAPIDLY, ALTHOUGH RENTA-S HAVE STABILIZED AS A CONSEQUENCE CF RENT CONTROL. AS TO ACTIVITY IN T'-'E BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, THE REPORT POIN"' OUT THAT THERE WAS A DECLINE IN PRODUCTIVITY 4S ' RESULT Z- CONTINUING RECRUITMENT OF UNSKILLED AND INEXPER I ENDED LABCU-.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1o80

PR ICES

THE REPORT INDICATES THAT IMPORT PRICES STARTED TO INCREASE AGAIN IN THE THIRD QUARTER IN ALMOST ALL CATEGORIES OF IMPORTS.

WHILE MOVEMENTS OF IMPORT PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS WILL TAKE TIME TO WORK THROUGH TO THE RETAIL LEVEL, THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS SEEM ALREADY TO HAVE BEEN REFLECTED IN RECENT MOVEMENTS IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDICES.

THERE WAS A FOUR PER CENT INCREASE ON CONSUMER PRICES DURING THE THIRD QUARTER AND BY SEPTEMBER, CONSUMER PRICES WERE 14 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

COMMENTS

COMMENTING ON THE REPORT, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH WAS STILL EXPORT-LED AND THAT THERE WAS A REASONABLE DEGREE OF ECONOMIC STABILITY.

BUT IT WOULD BE UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT HONG KONG TO BE UNAFFECTED BY THE PRESENT UNCERTAIN WORLD ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND INCREASING WORLD PRICES, HE SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE GROWTH RATE OF HONG KONG’S DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS SLOWING DOWN AND THAT PRICES WERE STILL INCREASING. NEVERTHELESS, HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT THE HONG KONG ECONOMY WAS ADJUSTING FAVOURABLY TO THE CHANGING ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

THE THIRD QUARTER ECONOMIC REPORT 1980 AT 38 A COPY WILL BE ON SALE FROM SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 29) AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE IN THE GPO BUILDING AT CONNAUGHT PLACE.

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TARGET OF SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES BEING ACHIEVED

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THE PROVISION OF SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES FOR 60 PER CENT OF THE 15-YEAR-OLD AGE GROUP WILL BE ACHIEVED IN 1982.

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID THIS TODAY AT THE OPENING OF CHEN' CHEK CHEE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN SAI KUNG.

+ ALL CHILDREN NOW l-'WE NINE YEARS OF FREE EDUCATION,* HE SAID. +THE NEXT TARGET 1ST" PROVISION OF SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES FOR 60 PER CENT ' ‘ 15-YEAR-OLD AGE GROUP.

+ALREADY, THIS YEAR HAT 1- - " P = CENT INCREASE IN PLACES OVER LAST YEAR, 3RI Ns * .- TWO PER CENT C- THE

TARGET- AND, DESPITE THE UNEXr INCRE’-E IN DEMAND FOR PLACES WHICH IMMIGRATION HAS - ED, FULi. RCVISION WILL BE ACHIEVED IN 1Q82.+

THE GOVERNOR SAID IN PRIMARY EDUCATION THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SO MUCH A NEED FOR QUANTITY AS FOR DUAL IT .

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 19^0

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+THE VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE OF SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEES AND THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD TO THE GREEN PAPER ON PRIMARY EDUCATION AND PRE-PRIMARY SERVICES WILL ASSIST OUR PLANNERS TO IMPROVE QUALITY IN PRIMARY EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE RURAL AREAS,+ HE SAID.

HE DESCRIBED CHENG CHEK CHEE SECONDARY SCHOOL AS +AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT, WELL DESIGNED, EQUIPPED WITH THE MOST MODERN FACILITIES AND SET IN A STRIKINGLY ATTRACTIVE LOCATION.+

+l AM ALSO IMPRESSED BY THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT WHICH INSPIRED THE PROJECT ITSELF, SECURED THE MEANS TO FUND IT AND ENGENDERED THE DETERMINATION TO SEE IT THROUGH TO COMPLETION.

+THERE COULD BE NO CLEARER INDICATION OF THE VITALITY OF THE PEOPLE OF SAI KUNG.+

THE GOVERNOR CONTINUED: +THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS THE SCHOOL. I AM GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THEM AND IN PARTICULAR WOULD LIKE TO MENTION MR CHENG CHEK CHEE’S EXCEPTIONAL GENEROSITY.+

HE ALSO THANKED MR YAU KEI, CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, AND NUMEROUS OTHER SAI KUNG PEOPLE BOTH IN HONG KONG AND ABROAD WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED.

+THEIR GENEROSITY HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY WITH THE SCHOOL FROM THE OUTSET, TO FEEL IT IS THEIR SCHOOL, AND TO TAKE INTEREST AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE EDUCATION OF SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF SAI KUNG.+

ON PROJECTS BEING PLANNED FOR SAI KUNG, THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE WAS A SPORTSGROUND TO BE BUILT BY 1982 FOR WHICH SIR SHIU-KIN TANG HAD PLEDGED A GENEROUS $3 MILLION.

+THE SAI KUNG TOWN HALL, JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE JOCKEY CLUB, WILL OPEN IN 1982.

+ IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CLEARWATER BAY ROAD ARE WELL UNDER WAY WITH THE LARGER FIRST PHASE NEARING COMPLETION AND THE SECOND TO BE FINISHED BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

+THIS, WITH OTHER TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS IN KOWLOON, WILL EASE ACCESS FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAI KUNG TO THE URBAN AREA AND FOR THE URBAN HOLIDAY-MAKERS TO THE BEAUTIFUL RURAL AREAS OF SAI KUNG.

+SO, SAI KUNG IS GROWING" NEW HOUSING, NEW -INDUSTRY, AND NEW CIVIC AMENITIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED. OBVIOUSLY MORE DEVELOPMENT IS TO COME.

+IT IS REASSURING THAT SAI KUNG HAS A TRADITION OF COMMUNITY EFFORT, AND HAS LEADERS WHO WILL HELP TO GUIDE SAI KUNG THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF EXCITING DEVELOPMENT AND ADJUSTMENT,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR YAU KEI CALLED FOR +PERPETUAL AND ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT* FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND PEOPLE WHO HAD CONCERN FOR EDUCATION SO THAT THE SCHOOL COULD DEVELOP AND IMPROVE ITS FACILITIES.

/MR YAU .....

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1980

MR YAU SAID HE BELIEVED THAT PRIMARY EDUCATION, WHICH FORMED THE FOUNDATION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, NEEDED GREATER DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT TO COPE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE TIME.

+IF WE BUILD BIGGER, BETTER, CENTRALISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN PLACE OF THE PRESENT SMALL VILLAGE PRIMARY SCHOOLS, THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE DISTRICT WILL IMPROVE AND SO NATURALLY WILL SECONDARY EDUCATION.

+l HOPE VERY MUCH THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL AGAIN ALLOW THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO JOIN FORCES WITH IT TO BUILD THE NEW SCHOOLS NEEDED,+ MR YAU SAID.

THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, MR CHUNG POON, GAVE A VOTE OF THANKS.

PRIOR TO THE CEREMONY, THE GOVERNOR HAD LUNCH WITH THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS AND LOCAL LEADERS AT A SA I KUNG RESTAURANT. OTHER GUESTS INCLUDED SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES- DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI’ MR KEN TOPLEY- AND SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR COLIN BOSHER. ALSO PRESENT WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT, AND SIR RUN RUN SHAW.

SITUATED CLOSE TO THE JUNCTION OF HIRAM’S HIGHWAY AND CLEARWATER BAY ROAD, THE SCHOOL HAS 24 CLASSROOMS, MORE THAN 10 SPECIAL ROOMS AND LABORATORIES, A SCHOOL HALL AND TWO BASKETBALL COURTS.

THERE ARE PLANS TO BUILD A FOOTBALL PITCH, A LANGUAGE LABORATORY AND A GYMNASIUM ON AN ADJACENT SITE LATER.

AT PRESENT, THE SCHOOL OPERATES SIX FORM I AND FORM II CLASSES AND HAS 18 TEACHERS. UPON FULL ENROLMENT IN 1983 THERE WILL BE ALTOGETHER 1 200 STUDENTS. THE PRINCIPAL IS MRS CHAN FOK PO-CHUN.

THE CAPITAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION AMOUNTED TO OVER $11 MILLION, OF WHICH 84 PER CENT WAS BORNE BY THE GOVERNMENT. MORE THAN $1 MILLION WAS DONATED BY MR CHENG CHEK-CHEE.

UNITED FRONT URGED TO COMBAT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY * W X- W W

PARENTS AND TEACHERS SHOULD UNITE TO COMBAT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCAT I MR CCLVYN HAYE, URGED TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE SPEECH DAY GF COGNI- 0 COLLEGE, MR HAYE SAID BOTH PARENTS AND TEACHERS HAD A VITAL j COMPLEMENTARY ROLE TO PLAY IN RAISING THE vQPAu TONE OF 7 YOUNG.

+IT IS IN THE HOME THAT THE FIRST IMPORTANT LESSONS ARE LEARNED*, MR HAYE SAID. INDUL E' -'R THOUGHTLESS PARENTS OFTEN PERMIT THEIR YOUNG TO DISREGAR ELEMENTARY RULES OF CONDUCT AND THIS LEADS TO TROUBLE LATER ON.

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+0F COURSE WE ALL LOVE OUR CHILDREN AND WANT TO GIVE THEM THE THINGS WE NEVER HAD+, MR HAYE SAID. +BUT IN SHOWERING GIFTS ON OUR CHILDREN MUST WE NOT THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNSTINTED LOVE?*

IT IS TOO EASY FOR CHILDREN USED TO GETTING RATHER THAN GIVING TO BECOME SPOILED AND SELFISH, AND THIS IS WHERE THE FIRST SEEDS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ARE SOWN.

CHILDREN SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO BE RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, MR HAYE SAID, AND WITH THE FIRST LESSONS OF FILIAL PIETY AND OBEDIENCE THE FOUNDATIONS OF RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP ARE LAID.

IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS SHOULD TAKE UP FROM WHERE PARENTS HAVE LEFT OFF BY EXPLAINING THE ORIGINS OF SOCIAL ORDER. ALL BUT THE MOST PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES HAVE A FRAMEWORK OF RULES GOVERNING SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND THESE HAVE BEEN CODIFIED IN MORE CIVILIZED STATES AS LAWS.

THE TEACHER HAS A DUTY TO MAKE PUPILS AWARE OF THE BASES OF CIVILISATION. LAW, ORDER, ETHICS AND RULES OF CONDUCT REFLECT THE RATIONALITY OF MANKIND.

+PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST REALISE THAT THEY ARE PARTNERS IN THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS OF RAISING YOUNG PEOPLE,* MR HAYE DECLARED. THEY SHOULD NOT COMPETE, NOR SHOULD THEY BLAME EACH OTHER, HE SAID.

+THERE ARE NO BAD CHILDREN, ONLY BAD PARENTS.’* IS SOMETIMES SAID BY THE DEFENSIVE TEACHERS. +AND THERE ARE NO BAD PUPILS. ONLY BAD TEACHERS:* IS THE RETORT OF IRATE PARENTS. +GOOD PARENTS AND GOOD TEACHERS MAKE GOOD CITIZENS.’* SHOULD BE THE COMPACT.

+AND REMEMBER,* MR HAYE WARNED, +EXAMPLE IS FAR MORE EFFECTIVE THAN PRECEPT. ’DO AS I DO, NOT AS I SAY’ OUGHT TO EE THE SLOGAN.*

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KWAN YICK INDUSTRIAL BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED *****

THE KWAN YICK INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT 126-140 TEXACO ROAD, TSUEN WAN, WHICH WAS DECLARED LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS EARLIER THIS YEAR, IS TO BE DEMOLISHED, THE BUILDING AUTHORITY ANNOUNCED TODAY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY SAID DEMOLITION INSTRUCTIONS HAD BEEN GIVEN TO ITS CONTRACTORS.

THE MOVE CAME ABOUT AFTER THE OWNERS WERE UNABLE TO EITHER IMPLEMENT AN APPROVED SCHEME OF REPAIRS TO THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BUILDING OR TO UNDERTAKE ITS DEMOLITION AS DEMANDED BY THE STATUTORY ORDER ISSUED UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.

THE SPOKESMAN RECALLED THAT THE BUILDING AUTHORITY DECLARED THE BUILDING LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS ON MARCH 18, 1980 AND ACCORDINGLY A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER IN KOWLOON DISTRICT COURT ON JUNE 18, 1980 WAS POSTED ON THE SAME DAY.

/ON JUNF .....

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1Q?0

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, the Owners applied to the building authority for

$Mn2rT?2KFlNvCcFnMHTueLOSURE IN THE H0PE 0F Reaching an agreement “ ™EMSEEVES 2N THE necessary repair work, a three-month EXTENSION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY GRANTED.

niirjl *S.™E OWNERS FAILED TO CARRY OUT THE REQUIRED REPAIRS £UnJen TH 3 THREe-MONTH PERIOD, THE BUILDING WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CLOSED UNDER COURT ORDER, ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1980 TO ARRANGE FOR THE DEMOLITION WORKS TO BE EXECUTED.

ENABLE THEM TO

THE OWNERS HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH THIS PART OF DEMOLITION™5 BUILDING AU™ORITY IS UNDERTAKING THE

THE STATUTORY REQUIRED

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KEEN COMPETITION FOR NT SCHOOL PLACES

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THE INCREASE IN POPULATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN RECENT YEARS HAS MEANT VERY KEEN COMPETITION FOR SCHOOL PLACES, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR J.M. RIDDELL-SWAN SAID TODAY.

HE WAS ADDRESSING THE 17TH SPEECH DAY OF THE WONG SHIU CHI MIDDLE SCHOOL IN TAI PO.

MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID: +DURI NG RECENT YEARS THERE HAS BEEN GREAT DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN POPULATION.

+THIS HAS, IN TURN, MEANT THAT COMPETITION FOR SCHOOL PLACES IS VERY KEEN AND THOSE WHO ARE NOW STUDYING HERE AT WONG SHIU CHI MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOULD CONSIDER YOURSELVES LUCKY AND PRIVILEGED.*

HE URGED THE STUDENTS TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY HARD AND DO WELL IN THEIR COURSES.

WONG SHIU CHI MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS HAS BEEN NOTED FOR THE HIGH STANDARD SET BY ITS STUDENTS, MR RIDDELL-SWAN ADDED.

THE SCHOOL HAS MORE THAN 1 000 STUDENTS AND ITS POLICY IS TO GIVE PRIORITY TO CHILDREN FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES, PARTICULARLY FROM THE TAI PO, NORTH, SHA TIN AND YUEN LONG DISTRICTS.

MR RIDDELL-SWAN THANKED ALL MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL, TEACHERS AND PUPILS ALIKE, FOR THEIR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS IN THE HILL FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN AND THE PROTECT YOUR COUNTRYSIDE CAMPAIGN.

HE ASKED FOR THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTION +THIS YEAR I WOULD ASK YOU TO MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO HELP TO SUPPORT THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN AND TO KEEP YOUR COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN AND LITTER FREE. I AM SURE I CAN COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT,* HE SAID.

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SUCCESSFUL END TO TV SERIES ON MARITAL RELATIONSHIP ******

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, HAS SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION SERIES +ASK THE FAMILY+ WHICH DREW 20 000 ENTRIES TO A GUESS GAME FROM TV VIEWERS.

THE 13 WEEKLY SERIES, AIMED TO PROMOTE +HAPPY MARRIAGE, HAPPY LIFE*, CAME TO A CLOSE LAST (WEDNESDAY) NIGHT WHEN A COMMUNITY LEADER, MR CHIU YU-HEI, PICKED THE WINNERS OF THE GAME.

THE FIRST PRIZE WAS $5 000 WORTH OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

THERE WERE 100 CONSOLATION PRIZES -- LETTER RACKS EMBELLISHED WITH FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION MESSAGES.

AT THE FINALE, MR ALLEYNE PRESENTED A SOUVENIR TO MR CHIU WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED $30 000 TO THE PRODUCTION OF THE SERIES.

MR ALLEYNE SAID THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM TV VIEWERS MUST SERVE AS A GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE ORGANISERS OF THE PROGRAMME.

THE SERIES WAS JOINTLY PLANNED AND PRODUCED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF A COMMUNITY-WIDE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO FOSTER HAPPY MARITAL RELATIONSHIP.

MR ALLEYNE ALSO EXCHANGED SOUVENIRS WITH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR STUART WILKINSON, TO MARK THE JOINT EFFORT OF BOTH DEPARTMENTS.

THE SERIES, BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, FEATURED A QUIZ ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AND ELECTRONIC GAMES DESIGNED TO TEST THE CLOSE UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION OF PARTICIPATING FAMILIES.

TWO FAMILIES WHO WERE WINNERS OF THE ELECTRONIC GAMES TODAY FLEW OFF TO THE PHILIPPINES FOR A SEVEN-DAY PLEASURE TRIP THEY WON AS PRIZES.

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NORMAL SERVICE FOR LETTERS TO VENEZUELA X X * *

£°ST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE REGISTRATION SERVICE FOR LETTER-POST ITEMS TO VENEZUELA, WHICH WAS SUSPENDED ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1980, WOULD EE RESUMED FROM MONDAY (DECEMBER 1).

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1983

TRAFFIC DIVERSION ON KWAI CHUNG ROAD

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KWAI CHUNG ROAD BETWEEN CONTAINER PORT ROAD AND LAI KING HILL ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FOR WORK ON A FLYOVER FROM MIDNIGHT TO 5.30 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING FROM SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 29) TO FRIDAY NEXT WEEK (DECEMBER 5).

DURING THE CLOSURE PERIODS, NEW TERRITORIES-BOUND TRAFFIC ON KWAI CHUNG ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED TO CONTAINER PORT ROAD AND KWAI FUK ROAD AND WILL REJOIN-KWAI CHUNG ROAD VIA KWAI FOO ROAD.

KOWLOON-BOUND TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED VIA LAI KING HILL ROAD BEFORE REJOINING KWAI CHUNG ROAD AT THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL INTERCHANGE.

ALL BUS ROUTES USING THIS SECTION OF KWAI CHUNG ROAD WILL EE SIMILARLY DIVERTED.

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NIGHT CLOSURE OF CANAL ROAD FLYOVERS * * * *

CANAL ROAD EAST AND WEST FLYOVERS IN WAN CHAI WILL BE CLOSED FOR VARIOUS PERIODS OVERNIGHT BETWEEN 1 AM AND 6 AM, UNTIL DECEMBER 20, FOR RESURFACING WORK.

CANAL ROAD EAST FLYOVER WILL BE CLOSED EACH NIGHT FROM TONIGHT UNTIL WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK (DECEMBER 3) AND AGAIN ON DECEMBER 6 AND DECEMBER 20.

DURING THESE PERIODS, CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL BUS NOS. 121 AND 122 ON LEAVING THE TUNNEL WILL BE DIVERTED VIA NORTH POINT EXIT ROAD, GLOUCESTER ROAD, VICTORIA PARK FLYOVER, GLOUCESTER ROAD AGAIN, AND PERCIVAL STREET BEFORE RESUMING THEIR NORMAL ROUTE ON HENNESSY ROAD.

MOTORISTS CAN USE THE NORTH POINT EXIT ROAD ON THE WATERFRONT SECTION OF GLOUCESTER ROAD EASTBOUND AS AN ALTERNATIVE.

CANAL ROAD WEST FLYOVER WILL BE CLOSED NIGHTLY BETWEEN DECEMBER 9 AND 12 AND ON DECEMBER 18.

ON THESE NIGHTS, BUS NO. 121 ON HENNESSY ROAD GOING TO KOWLOON WILL BE DIVERTED VIA GREAT GEORGE STREET, PATERSON STREET, GLOUCESTER ROAD AND WATERFRONT ROAD BEFORE ENTERING THE TUNNEL.

BUS NO. 122 ON HENNESSY ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED VIA FLEMING ROAD FLYOVER, WAN CHAI FERRY »OAD, FLEMING ROAD AND WATERFRONT ROAD BEFORE GOING THROUGH THE TUNNl.

MOTORISTS CAN APPROACH THE TUNNEl VIA THE WATERFRONT SECTION OF GLOUCESTER ROAD EASTBOUND.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO.

NEW TERRITORIES GETTING MAIN THRUST OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES UPGRADING, SAYS GOVERNOR ................... 1

HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF BANKS BILL PUBLISHED................ J

PLAN TO DEVELOP NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES MUCH NEEDED .................................... 3

EXHIBITION CENTRE TO BE COSTED.............................. 5

PERMISSION TO ASSIGN FUTURE EARNINGS ....................... 6

S8OM CONTRACT FOR WATER WORKS PROJECT ...................... 6

ABOLITION OF ENROLLED STUDENT STATUS IN SOLICITOR TRAINING . 7

LITTLE CHANGE IN CONSUMER PRICE MOVEMENTS .................. 7

CANCER EXHIBITION OPENED IN TSUEN WAN ...................... 9

TAI PO PEOPLE URGED TO HELP PROMOTE SPORT .................. 10

TEXTILE TALKS WITH EEC DELEGATION .......................... 10

AMENDMENTS TO ABERDEEN/AP LEI CHAU ZONING PLAN ............. 11

PARTS OF ROUTE TWISK TO BE CLOSED........................... 12

TENDERS FOR OPERATING NT BEACH FACILITIES .................. 12

ROAD CLOSURES IN KOWLOON CITY AND SHA TIN................... 13

SNT TO OPEN FANLING TEMPLE ON SUNDAY ....................... 14

PARKING AREA CLOSED FOR BUILDING REDEVELOPMENT ............. 14

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980

NEW TERRITORIES GETTING MAIN THRUST OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES UPGRADING, SAYS GOVERNOR

* * * *

THE MAIN THRUST OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TO UPGRADE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG IS DIRECTED AT THE NEW TERRITORIES, PARALLELING THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID THIS TODAY DURING A FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY MARKING THE EXPANSION OF YAN CHAI HOSPITAL IN TSUEN WAN.

SIR MURRAY SAID COMPLETION OF THE 1 300 BED HOSPITAL AT SOUTH KWAI CHUNG IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR WAS AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY ILL.

NEXT MONTH THE EXTENSION OF FANLING HOSPITAL WOULD BE COMPLETED PROVIDING AN EXTRA 50 BEDS TO SERVE THAT AREA.

IN SHA TIN THE 1 400 BED PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL WAS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WOULD BE COMPLETED IN 1982.

THIS WOULD SERVE AS BOTH A TEACHING HOSPITAL FOR OUR SECOND MEDICAL SCHOOL AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND AS A REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

YET ANOTHER MAJOR HOSPITAL WAS PLANNED FOR TUEN MUN WHERE IT WAS AIMED TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IN 1985/86.

♦ IN ADDITION WE ARE BUILDING UP THE NETWORK OF CLINICS AND POLYCLINICS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE RAPIDLY GROWING POPULATION,* SIR MURRAY SAID.

THREE OF THESE, THE LEK YUEN HEALTH CENTRE, THE LEI MUK SHUE CLINIC AND THE YAN 01 POLYCLINIC (STAGE I), WOULD OPEN OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

A FURTHER SEVEN WERE PLANNED FOR COMPLETION BEFORE THE END OF THE DECADE.

THE PART PLAYED BY YAN CHAI HOSPITAL WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND THE PLANNED EXPANSION WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS RELIEVING THE PRESSURE ON HOSPITAL BEDS ELSEWHERE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE DIRECTORS HAD COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO RAISING SUBSTANTIAL SUMS OF MONEY WITH WHICH TO FUND THEIR AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME. *AND TODAY I AM HAPPY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE ON RECORD GOVERNMENT’S GRATITUDE TO THEM AND TO ALL WHO DONATED SO GENEROUSLY TO THIS VERY WORTHY CAUSE,* SIR MURRAY SAID.

♦IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THE COMMUNITY’S THANKS FOR THE VERY GENEROUS DONATION OF $2.5 MILLION WHICH THE BRADBURY CHARITY TRUST FUND HAVE CONTRIBUTED FOR THIS PROJECT.*

YAN CHAI IS THE ONLY SIZEABLE SUBVENTED HOSPITAL IN TSUEN WAN AND PLAYS AN IMMENSELY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL NETWORK.

/SIR MURRAY .....

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980

SIR MURRAY WAS HAPPY THAT YAN CHAI HAS DEVELOPED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL IN SERVING THE WESTERN REGION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

HE CONGRATULATED THE DIRECTORS OF THE HOSPITAL BOTH ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR AND FOR THE FURTHER EXPANSION TO A TOTAL OF 6OO BEDS WHICH THEY PLANNED BY 1984.

+1 UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR PROPOSALS WILL SHORTLY BE CONSIDERED BY THE MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD AND PROVIDED THEY RECEIVE THE COMMITTEE’S BLESSING YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF GOVERNMENT’S STRONG SUPPORT,+ HE SAID.

THE GOVERNOR SAID HONG KONG WAS FORTUNATE FOR ITS TRADITION OF VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN THE PROVISION OF WELFARE FACILITIES.

+IN THANKING THE DIRECTORS OF YAN CHAI HOSPITAL TODAY I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE PRIVATE CITIZENS WHO GIVE SO GENEROUSLY OF THEIR TIME AND MONEY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT CF THE SOCIETY IN WHICH WE LIVE.+

OUTLINING YAN CHAI’S EXPANSION PROGRAMME, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOSPITAL’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MRS WU KWOK SAU-PING, SAID AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THREE ADDITIONAL STOREYS TO THE EXISTING HOSPITAL BUILDING THE SECOND STAGE OF THE EXTENSION PROJECT WAS NOW IN ACTIVE PROGRESS.

+THIS STAGE INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN OUTPATIENTS’ CLINIC AND MEDICAL STAFF QUARTERS AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR.+

THE SITE OF THE MAUR INE GRANTHAM HEALTH CENTRE AND SOME LAND IN HOI PA VILLAGE HAD BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EXTENSION PURPOSES, INCREASING THE AREA OF THE HOSPITAL TO 1 022 SQUARE METRES, MRS WU SAID.

PLANS WERE IN HAND TO UPGRADE THE HOSPITAL TO AN EMERGENCY AND SPECIALIST HOSPITAL RUNNING A CASUALTY WARD THAT OPENS 24 HOURS A DAY.

THE ORIGINAL TARGET OF 400 BEDS WOULD BE INCREASED TO 600 AND A NURSE TRAINING SCHOOL WOULD BE SET UP TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF SHORTAGE OF PARAMEDICAL STAFF.

THE TOTAL COST WAS ESTIMATED AT OVER $140 MILLION.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980

HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF BANKS BILL PUBLISHED *****

A BILL SEEKING TO INCORPORATE THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF BANKS IS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.

THE ASSOCIATION WILL TAKE OVER THE FUNCTIONS OF THE EXCHANGE BANKS’ ASSOCIATION, AN UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION FORMED IN 1897.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE BILL, THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF BANKS BILL 1980, HAD BEEN FORESHADOWED IN THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY’S 1980 BUDGET SPEECH (PARAGRAPH 317).

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE EXCHANGE BANKS’ ASSOCIATION HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN THE MONETARY SYSTEM IN HONG KONG, BUT ITS CONSTITUTION HAD TO BE REVISED TO REFLECT THE INTERESTS OF ALL f-EMBERS OF WHAT IS NOW A VERY DIVERSE BANKING INDUSTRY.

IT WAS ALSO APPROPRIATE, HE SAID, TO GIVE TO THE GOVERNMENT THE TYPE OF FORMAL INVOLVEMENT WHICH IT HAD LACKED UP TO NOW, BOTH IN ENSURING THAT THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSOCIATION CONTINUED TO BE UP-DATED TO REFLECT FUTURE CHANGES IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, AND IN THE FORMULATION BY THE ASSOCIATION OF RULES RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF BANKING BUSINESS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ON ENACTMENT IT WAS PROPOSED TO REQUIRE EVERY LICENSED BANK IN HONG KONG TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NEW ASSOCIATION i A CONDITION TO THIS EFFECT WOULD BE ATTACHED TO EACH BANK’S LICENCE UNDER POWERS SET OUT IN THE BANKING ORDINANCE.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY WILL MOVE THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NEXT WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 3).

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PLAN TO DEVELOP NORTHWEST NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES MUCH * * * *

AND NEEDED

SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR STRESSED THE NEED TO PLAN PROGRESSIVELY TO AND NORTHEAST AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES

DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY DEVELOP THE NORTHWEST WITH URBAN - AND SUBURBAN

- DEVELOPMENT.

MR AKERS-JONES WAS SPEAKING AT THE 30TH ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS.

♦UNLESS WE CAN PRODUCE A PLAN FOR THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF ALL THE RURAL FLAT LANDS IN THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, GRADUALLY, AS THE TOWNS OF JUEN MUN, YUEN LONG FANLING AND TAI PO DEVELOP, THE RURAL FLAT LANDS IN-BETWEEN WILL BECOME MORE AND DENSELY POPULATED AND COVERED WITH DISORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF ALL KINDS SUCH AS SURROUND THE UNDEVELOPED AREA OF KOWLOON AND TSUEN WAN.

/♦THE THOUGHT

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980

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♦THE THOUGHT PROBABLY APPALS. BUT I THINK THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH I SEE, IS FAR WORSE AND THAT IS THE PROLIFERATION OF TEMPORARY USERS, AND A GRADUAL IN-FILLING OF VILLAGE HOUSES SO THAT THERE WILL BE LITTLE LAND LEFT THAT IS NOT COVERED WITH HOUSES, HUTS AND THE DETRITUS OF THE TOWNS.+

SPEAKING OF TOWN DEVELOPMENTS, MR AKERS-JONES SAID« +WE ARE NOW MUCH MORE CONSCIOUS OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND LANDSCAPING FACTORS DURING THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF OUR TOWNS, ESTATES AND BUILDINGS, BUT THIS CONCERN IS ALL TOO OFTEN DISSIPATED BY OUR INABILITY TO CONTROL SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO BUILDINGS WHICH RUIN THE CAREFUL THOUGHT WHICH WENT INTO THEIR CONCEPTION.

♦I BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG GREATLY WELCOME THE IMPROVED ENVIRONMENT WE ARE CREATING AND THAT THE MAJORITY ALSO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF PROPERTY DEVELOPERS WHO SHOW A GREATER CONCERN FOR THE SUBSEQUENT LIFE OF THE BUILDING, BY INSISTING ON GOOD MANAGEMENT AND EFFECTIVE DEEDS OF MUTUAL COVENANT, AND BY INCORPORATING IN THEIR BUILDINGS FROM THE START THOSE FEATURES WHICH WILL INHIBIT MISUSE AND ABUSE.

♦IT SEEMS POINTLESS TO ME TO BUILD ELEGANT PODIUM STRUCTURES IF THE PODIUM IS IMMEDIATELY COVERED WITH TIN SHEET AND ASBESTOS.

♦SURELY IT IS NOT BEYOND OUR CAPABILITIES BY COLLECTIVE EFFORT AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE TO PREVENT THIS DETERIORATION BY ONE MEANS OR ANOTHER?* HE ASKED.

ON DECENTRALISING ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES TO NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AKERS-JONES SAID HE WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT POSSIBLE A FEW YEARS AGO THAT THERE WOULD BE TODAY EIGHT SOLICITORS’ OFFICES IN YUEN LONG.

♦BUT SHOULD WE NOT BE THINKING MORE POSITIVELY ABOUT DECENTRALISING SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES OF BOTH GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO THE TOWNS OF SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN?*

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OFFICE BLOCK AT SHA TIN RATHER BIGGER THAN THE HOPEWELL CENTRE WAS A HEALTHY SIGN.

THIS PROCESS OF DECENTRALISATION COULD BE ASSISTED BY MORE VIGOROUS INTRODUCTION OF MODERN TOOLS TO TRANSMIT INFORMATION.

A COMPUTERISATION OF LAND RECORDS WITH ON-LINE RECEIVERS IN ESTATE AND LAWYERS’ OFFICES MIGHT BE OF VALUE IN HONG KONG IF THERE WERE ENOUGH DEMAND AND SUPPORT FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HE SAID.

♦THIS IS NOT AN UNTRIED SYSTEM- IT IS IN OPERATION ELSEWHERE.

♦IT WOULD SAVE TIME, CUT DOWN MOVEMENT BETWEEN OFFICES AND WOULD SIMPLIFY THE CHECKING OF AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX LOAD OF INFORMAT ION.

♦IT WOULD ALSO MAKE DECENTRALISATION A MUCH MORE PRACTICAL PROPOS IT ION,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980

EXHIBITION CENTRE TO BE COSTED * M * *

A TEAM OF CONSULTANTS WILL BE APPOINTED EARLY NEXT YEAR TO STUDY THE COST OF BUILDING A PERMANENT EXHIBITION CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI.

THE FIRST STAGE OF THE CONSULTANCY APPOINTED TO LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF AN EXHIBITION CENTRE FOR HONG KONG CONCLUDED THERE WAS A DEMAND - EXISTING AND POTENTIAL - FOR SUCH A FACILITY, AND THAT HONG KONG COULD SUPPORT A PROGRAMME OF EXHIBITIONS REQUIRING ABOUT 15 000 SQUARE METRES OF PURPOSE-BUILT HALLS.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE CONSULTANTS, IN PREPARING THEIR CASE FOR AN EXHIBITION CENTRE, HAD DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WITH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS, HOTEL AND TOURISM ORGANISATIONS, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, COMMERCIAL USERS AND FOREIGN EXHIBITION ORGANISERS.

THEY ALSO DREW ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE VIABILITY AND USAGE CF SIMILAR FACILITIES ELSEWHERE.

THE CONSULTANTS IDENTIFIED A SITE AT HING CHEUNG ROAD DIVIDED BY CHING YEE ROAD AS THE MOST APPROPRIATE VENUE, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

♦WE MUST NOW GET ACCURATE AND DETAILED COSTINGS FOR THE FULL POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT THE OVERALL FINANCIAL POSITION IS LIKELY TO BE,+ HE SAID.

THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE STAGE TWO CONSULTANCY WILL BEi

K TO DRAW UP A DETAILED BRIEF AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR A MULTI-STOREY DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE AN EXHIBITION CENTRE OF ABOUT 15 000 SQUARE METRES GROSS AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES, AND MAXIMUM APPROPRIATE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE.

M ON THE BASIS OF A LAND VALUATION PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, TO PREPARE ESTIMATES OF CAPITAL COST IN RESPECT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, AND OF OPERATING COSTS OF THE EXHIBITION CENTRE COMPLEX, TOGETHER WITH ESTIMATES OF REVENUE FROM BOTH THE SALE OF THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND FROM THE USE OF THE EXHIBITION CENTRE AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A NON-STATUTORY BOARD TO OVERSEE THE WORK OF THE CONSULTANTS AND TO ADVISE WHETHER AN EXHIBITION CENTRE SHOULD BE BUILT IN HONG KONG AND IF SO HOW THIS COULD BE ACHIEVED AND THE FORM OF MANAGEMENT.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980

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PERMISSION TO ASSIGN FUTURE EARNINGS

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A BILL IS PUBLISHED IN TODAY’S GAZETTE SEEKING TO AUTHORISE PUBLIC OFFICERS TO ASSIGN THEIR FUTURE EARNINGS WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE.

THE PUBLIC OFFICERS (ASSIGNMENT OF EMOLUMENTS) BILL FORMS PART OF A PROPOSED SCHEME WHICH WILL ENABLE PUBLIC OFFICERS WHO ARE IN DEBT TO REFINANCE THEIR DEBTS BY OBTAINING LOANS FROM REPUTABLE LENDING INSTITUTIONS AT REASONABLE RATES OF INTEREST.

UNDER THE SCHEME, THE REFINANCING LOAN WOULD BE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE OFFICER’S CREDITORS IN SETTLEMENT OF HIS DEBT. THE OFFICER WOULD THEN REPAY THE LOAN, INCLUDING INTEREST, TO THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BY EQUAL MONTHLY INSTALMENTS WHICH WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY DEDUCTED FROM HIS SALARY.

THE BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NEXT WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 3).

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$80M CONTRACT FOR WATER WORKS PROJECT

* * * *

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS TO EMBARK ON AN $80 MILLION WATERWORKS PROJECT TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR FRESH WATER SUPPLY ON HONG KONG ISLAND, IN KOWLOON AND IN THE NEW TOWNS OF SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN.

THE CHIEF ENGINEER (RESOURCES RESEARCH DIVISION) OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR LEUNG KWOK-WAI SAID TODAY THE NEW PROJECT WOULD INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE MAJOR AQUEDUCT SYSTEM FROM TAI PO TAU TO THE SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS, TO 1.36 MILLION CUBIC METRES A DAY.

+THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF 2 300 METRES OF DUPLICATE WATER TUNNEL, MEASURING THREE METRES IN DIAMETER, AND 800 METRES OF DUPLICATE TRUNK MAINS RANGING FROM 1.4 METRES TO 2.7 METRES IN DIAMETER.

+WORK WILL START TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AND WOULD TAKE 26 MONTHS TO COMPLETE,+ HE SAID.

MR LEUNG TODAY SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MAEDA CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD., MR TETSUO OCHIAI, AT LEIGHTON CENTRE. BINNIE AND PARTNERS (HK) ARE THE CONSULTANT ENGINEERS FOR THE PROJECT

THE PROJECT IS PART OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT’S COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPEMENT PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICE TO 950 000 REGISTERED CONSUMERS.

OTHER PROJECTS UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME INCLUDE THE EXTENSION OF SHA TIN TREATMENT rfORKS AND THE UP-RATING OF THE TSUEN WAN TREATMENT WORKS.

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THE SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS NOW PROVIDE WATER SUPPLY TO HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TOWNS OF SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN AND PART OF EASTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

AN ADDITIONAL PUMPING STATION AND ASSOCIATED PUMPING MAIN WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED AT LOWER SHING MUN TO IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY TO TSUEN WAN.

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ABOLITION OF ENROLLED STUDENT STATUS IN SOLICITOR TRAINING *****

THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT)(N0.2) BILL 1980, PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY, PROPOSES CHANGES LN THE METHODS BY WHICH STUDENTS TRAIN TO BECOME SOLICITORS IN HONG KONG.

AT PRESENT ANYONE WISHING TO ENTER THE LEGAL PROFESSION AS A SOLICITOR MUST FIRST BECOME AN ENROLLED STUDENT IN ORDER TO TAKE AND PASS EXAMINATIONS OF THE ENGLISH LAW SOCIETY AND SERVE A PERIOD OF ARTICLES.

UNDER RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED IN 1979 ONLY LAW GRADUATES, HOLDERS OF THE POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN LAWS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THOSE WHO HAD COMPLETED PART ONE CF THE OLD OR NEW EXAMINATIONS OF THE ENGLISH LAW SOCIETY ARE PERMITTED TO BECOME ENROLLED STUDENTS.

THESE RESTRICTIONS WERE IMPOSED IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE ENGLISH LAW SOCIETY’S PHASING OUT OF THE EXISTING QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS FOR HONG KONG ENROLLED STUDENTS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THE BILL PROPOSES TO REMOVE THE PRESENT REQUIREMENT OF ENROLMENT ENTIRELY, SO THAT IN FUTURE PERSONS WISHING TO BECOME SOLICITORS WILL COMPLETE ALL EXAMINATIONS PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO ARTICLES OF CLERKSHIP.

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LITTLE CHANGE IN CONSUMER PRICE MOVEMENTS ******

THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR LAST MONTH (OCTOBER) WERE BOTH 165. COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER, CPI (A) REMAINED STABLE AND CPI (B) INCREASED BY ONE POINT, OR 0.6 PER CENT.

COMPARED WITH OCTOBER LAST YEAR, BOTH INDICES INCREASED BY 19 POINTS, OR 13.0 PER CENT.

CPI (A) IS BASED ON WEIGHTS DERIVED FROM THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN CF HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $400 AND $1 499 A MONTH AND CPI (B) FROM THOSE SPENDING BETWEEN $1 500 AND $2 999 A MONTH, AS DETERMINED FROM THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY OF 1973/74.

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CHANGES IN THE COMPONENTS OP THE TWO INDICES FOR OCTOBER, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND WITH THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1979, ARE 1

COMPONENT CP 1(A) CPI(B)

OCT 80 SEPT 80 OCT 79 OCT 80 SEPT 80 OCT 79

FOODSTUFFS 158 161 142 161 163 144

HOUSING 154 154 146 154 154 146

FUEL AND LIGHT 270 268 199 255 253 194

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO 184 184 167 178 178 162

CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR 123 122 112 122 121 110

DURABLE GOODS 136 136 130 132 131 127

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS 172 171 148 170 170 147

TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES 205 201 159 206 202 165

SERVICES 180 170 155 184 175 158

ALL ITEMS 165 165 146 165 164 146

THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY THREE POINTS IN CPI (A) AND BY TWO POINTS IN CPI (B). PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT WERE DECREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, SALTWATER FISH, LIVE POULTRY AND FRESH-WATER FISH. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE COST OF MEALS BOUGHT IN RESTAURANTS WENT UP. EFFECTS OF THE MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

ON ACCOUNT OF HIGHER COST OF FUEL OIL, ELECTRICITY RATES FOR OCTOBER WERE INCREASED AND CONSEQUENTLY THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT INCREASED BY TWO POINTS IN BOTH CONSUMER PRICE INDICES.

THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INCREASED BY ONE POINT EACH IN THE TWO INDICES DUE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR MEN’S UNDERCLOTHING ITEMS AND HIGHER TAILORING CHARGES.

THE INDEX FOR DURABLE GOODS INCREASED BY ONE POINT IN CPI (B) BECAUSE OF HIGHER PRICES FOR OPTICAL GOODS.

THE ONE-POINT INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS IN CPI (A) WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR MEDICINES, BOOKS, PERIODICALS, SOAP AND DETERGENTS.

THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES INCREASED BY FOUR POINTS IN BOTH CPI (A) AND CPI (B) AS A RESULT OF THE UPWARD REVISIONS IN TAXI FARES AND IN THE FARES OF SOME PUBLIC LIGHT BUS ROUTES.

THE INDEX FOR SERVICES INCREASED BY 10 POINTS IN CPI (A) AND BY NINE POINTS IN CPI (B), FOLLOWING THE INCLUSION OF THE UPWARD REVISIONS IN BOTH SCHOOL FEES AND TEXT-BOOK PRICES FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR OF 1980/81, AND HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

DETAILS OF THESE PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN THE *CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT* FOR OCTOBER 1980, WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE AT $2 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

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CANCER EXHIBITION OPENED IN TSUEN WAN *****

MANY FORMS OF CANCER ARE PREVENTABLE WHILE MANY OTHERS, IF DETECTED EARLY AND TREATED IN TIME, ARE CURABLE.

THIS WAS THE MESSAGE GIVEN BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR C.Y. SAM, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ANTI-CANCER EXHIBITION AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL THIS AFTERNOON.

THE EXHIBITION, MOUNTED BY THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND THE STOMA ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WITH BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT CANCER.

A SIMILAR EXHIBITION HELD AT THE CITY HALL LAST AUGUST ATTRACTED SOME 70 000 VISITORS.

DR SAM POINTED OUT THAT THE CANCER MORTALITY RATE HAS DOUBLED IN THE LAST TWO DECADES FROM 62.5 PER 100 000 IN 1959 TO 126.6 LAST YEAR.

HE STRESSED THAT THOUGH CANCER CLAIMED MOST LIVES IN RECENT YEARS, IT IS NOT A TOTALLY INCURABLE DISEASE.

+WHILE CANCER IS FATAL IF UNTREATED OR IF TREATED LATE, SOME FORMS OF CANCER, IF DETECTED AND TREATED EARLY CAN BE CURED,+ HE SAID.

ABSTAINING FROM SMOKING, FOR INSTANCE, IS ONE OF THE PREVENTIVE NEASURES AGAINST LUNG CANCER, HE SAID.

DR SAM EMPHASISED THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION WAS ESSENTIAL IN REDUCING INCIDENCES OF MORTALITY AND DISABILITY, AND IN MINIMISING PSYCHOLOGICAL AS WELL AS PHYSICAL SUFFERINGS ARISING FROM CANCER.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS MR LUI HAU-TUEN, TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER.

HE SAID THE EXHIBITION HELD AT TSUEN WAN WAS A WELCOME MOVE FOR THE 700 000 PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.

MR LUI SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALWAYS MINDFUL OF HEALTH SERVICES TO RESIDENTS AND HAD DONE MUCH TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE PREVENTION OF DISEASES.

HE CALLED ON NT RESIDENTS TO VISIT THE EXHIBITION AND TO LEARN HOW TO PREVENT HONG KONG’S TOP KILLER DISEASE.

THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN FROM TODAY TO MONDAY BETWEEN 10 AM AND 5 PM.

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TAI PO PEOPLE URGED TO HELP PROMOTE SPORT *****

TAI PO RESIDENTS AND SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS WERE TODAY URGED TO CONTRIBUTE EFFORT AND IDEAS TO PROMOTE SPORT IN THE NEW TOWN.

THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICHOLAS NG, MADE THE APPEAL WHEN PRESENTING PRIZES AT THE END OF A LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOL’S ATHLETICS MEETING,

MR NG SAID WITH THE UNCEASING GROWTH OF THE NEW TOWN, EXISTING SPORTS FACILITIES WERE INADEQUATE BOTH IN QUANTITY AND QUALITY TO COPE WITH THE DEMAND OF THE FAST INCREASING POPULATION.

♦BUT, IF THE FACILITIES ARE MADE BEST USE OF IN A WELL-PLANNED WAY, I BELIEVE THE PRESENT NEED COULD JUST BE MET,* HE SAID.

MR NG SAID MORE SPORTSGROUNDS WOULD BE BUILT IN THE DISTRICT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, INCLUDING A GRASS SOCCER PITCH, AN INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE, SWIMMING POOLS AND A WATER ACTIVITIES CENTRE.

+THESE PROJECTS, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL PROVIDE LOCAL RESIDENTS WITH MORE AND BETTER PLACES TO ENJOY THEIR LEISURE TIMES.*

HE ENCOURAGED STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN EVENTS ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

♦BOTH THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE ARE PLEASED TO HELP ORGANISE SUCH ACTIVITIES WITHIN THEIR MEANS.

+AND ANY CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS THAT CAN HELP US FURTHER IMPROVE IN THIS ASPECT WILL BE VERY MUCH WELCOME,* MR NG SAID.

THE ATHLETICS MEETING TODAY WAS HELD BY THE BUDDHIST TAI KWONG MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN TAI PO IN 1962. IT NOW HAS OVER 1 OOO STUDENTS AND IS SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE PRINCIPAL IS THE REV SIK CHI-CHEUNG.

FOR EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THE SCHOOL HAS FORMED A BRASS BAND, A DANCE TROUPE, A BOY SCOUT TROUPE AND GYMNASTICS TEAMS.

THE ATHLETICS MEETING WAS HELD AT TAI PO DISTRICT PLAYGROUND.

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TEXTILE TALKS WITH EEC DELEGATION

*****

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS HELD TALKS WITH A DELEGATION FROM THE EEC COMMISSION FROM NOVEMBER 25 TO 27.

+THE TALKS WERE MAINLY ON MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN HONG KONG’S TRADE CONTROL SYSTEMS,* A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

+BOTH SIDES HAVE AGREED TO MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACT AND TO CONTINUE TO COOPERATE WITH A VIEW TO PREVENTING ORIGIN AND TRANSHIPMENT FRAUD.*

/BOTH SIDES .

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2S, 1980

BOTH SIDES ALSO DISCUSSED THE QUESTION OF GREECE’S ENTRY INTO THE EEC ON JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS FOR THE CURRENT HONG KONG/EEC TEXTILES AGREEMENT. THEY WILL NOW REPORT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTHORITIES WITH A VIEW TO TALKS BEING RESUMED IN DECEMBER.

THE COMMISSION DELEGATION WAS LED BY MR JOHN BECK. THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WAS LED BY MR K.Y. YEUNG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TRADE.

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AMENDMENTS TO ABERDEEN/AP LEI CHAU ZONING PLAN

******

THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD HAS PUBLISHED DETAILS OF AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT OUTLINE ZONING PLAN FOR ABERDEEN AND AP LEI CHAU IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID THAT UNDER THE AMENDMENTS, THE GREEN BELT AREA IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PLANNING AREA WAS DESIGNATED AS ABERDEEN COUNTRY PARK.

ANOTHER MAJOR REVISION WAS THE ANNOTATION OF THREE CARGO HANDLING AREAS IN THE WESTERN PART OF YUK KWAI SHAN, AP LEI CHAU AND ON THE PROPOSED RECLAMATION NEAR SHEK PAI WAN ROAD AT THE WESTERN END OF ABERDEEN.

OTHERS WERE THE DESIGNATION OF A MARINA AT SHAM WAN, ADJUSTMENTS TO VARIOUS ROAD ALIGNMENTS, AND REZONING OF USE OF A NUMBER OF SITES.

PROPOSALS WERE ALSO MADE TO REVISE THE SCHEDULE OF NOTES TO THE PLAN.

THE AMENDED PLAN MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE, 17TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD- THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING ENTRANCE- AND THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (SOUTHERN), 22 ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD.

ANY PERSON AFFECTED BY THE AMENDMENTS MAY SUBMIT HIS OBJECTION IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARY, TOWN PLANNING BOARD, C/0 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD.

THE DRAFT AMENDMENT PLAN IS AVAILABLE AT THE PWD'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 19TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, AT $8.50 FOR AN UNCOLOURED COPY AND |60 A COLOURED COPY.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980

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PARTS OF ROUTE TWISK TO BE CLOSED * * * *

PARTS OF ROUTE TWISK IN TSUEN WAN TOGETHER WITH PART OF THE SAN TSUEN ACCESS ROAD WILL BE PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REALIGNMENT OF ROUTE TWISK TO JOIN A NEW ROTARY INTERCHANGE NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THE MA SHIM PAI AREA IMMEDIATELY BELOW SAN TSUEN.

NOTICE OF THE CLOSURE IS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.

THE ROAD REALIGNMENT IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE LOWER PART OF ROUTE TWISK FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

ON COMPLETION OF THE REALIGNMENT, EXPECTED IN APRIL 1981, VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM ROUTE TWISK TO CASTLE PEAK ROAD WILL BE VIA THE NEW ROTARY INTERCHANGE, A NEW ROAD LEADING TO SHING MUN ROAD AND THE EXTENDED TEXACO ROAD, JOINING CASTLE PEAK ROAD AT THE NEW GRADE-SEPARATED INTERSECTION AT TSUEN WAN POLICE STATION.

A SHORT LENGTH OF NEW ROAD WILL PROVIDE ACCESS FROM THE REALIGNED ROUTE TWISK TO THE SAN TSUEN ACCESS ROAD. ACCESS TO WAN ON TERRACE AREA IN PAK TIN PA WILL ALSO BE MAINTAINED.

A PLAN SHOWING THE REALIGNMENT AND THE AFFECTED STREETS MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AT FOU WAH CENTRE, 210 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN- CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING ENTRANCE, HONG KONG- AND THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, 405 NATHAN ROAD, BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 4.30 PM ON WEEKDAYS.

THE NOTICE GAZETTED TODAY STIPULATES THAT CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND MUST REACH HIS OFFICE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.

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TENDERS FOR OPERATING NT BEACH FACILITIES

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TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED TO SELL LIGHT REFRESHMENTS, PROVIDE CHANGING FACILITIES AND SET UP TENTS FOR HIRE TO THE PUBLIC AT 12 GAZETTED BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ON OUTLYING ISLANDS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING THE FACILITIES IN THE COMING SWIMMING SEASON BETWEEN MARCH 1 AND NOVEMBER 30 NEXT YEAR.

THE BEACHES AREi ANGLER’S BEACH, DRAGON BEACH AND KADOORIE BEACH ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD- HAP MUN BAY AND CAMPERS BEACH IN SA I KUNG- CHEUNG SHA BEACH (UPPER), CHEUNG SHA BEACH (LOWER), PU I 0 BEACH AND SILVERMINE BAY BEACH ON LANTAU ISLAND- LO SO SHING BEACH (WEST) AND HUNG SHING YEH BEACH ON LAMMA ISLAND- AND KWUN YAM WAN BEACH ON CHEUNG CHAU.

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TENDERS ARE ALSO INVITED FOR THE SALE OF LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AT TSUEN WAN SPORTS GROUND AT YEUNG UK ROAD, AND THE OPERATION OF A CAFE AT KWAI SHING SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AT KWAI CHUNG BETWEEN MARCH 1, 1981 AND FEBRUARY 29, 1984.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID SEPARATE TENDERS ARE INVITED FOR OPERATING THE FACILITIES UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT.

TENDERS MUST BE PLACED IN THE TENDER BOX SITUATED AT THE ACCOUNTS OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF AUSTIN CENTRE, 19-23 AUSTIN AVENUE, TSIM SHA TSUI, KOWLOON, BEFORE 9 AM ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19.

TENDERS FORMS AND FURTHER PARTICULARS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM TH6 NTSD HEADQUARTERS AT AUSTIN CENTRE.

ROAD CLOSURES IN KOWLOON CITY AND SHA TIN ******

THE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC LANE OF PRINCE EDWARD ROAD FLYOVER BETWEEN NGA TSIN LONG ROAD AND SHORT STREET WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ROAD REPAIRS.

IT WILL BE CLOSED FROM 10 PM TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING BEGINNING ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 1) NIGHT.

IN SHA TIN, SEVERAL ROADS WILL ALSO BE CLOSED FOR TWO NIGHTS FROM 10 PM TO 5 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING BEGINNING ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 30) NIGHT.

THEY ARE THE SECTION OF ROAD T2 BETWEEN ROAD P5 AND J7 OUTSIDE THE MAFOOS’ QUARTERS, THE EASTERN SLIP ROADS OF P5 JOINING T2, AND THE P6/T2 SLIP ROADS.

THE ROAD CLOSURES ARE REQUIRED TO FACILITATE FOOTBRIDGE CONSTRUCTION NEAR HA WO CHE.

DURING THE CLOSURE PERIODS, ALL TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED TO ROAD P5 AND P2.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1980

NOTE TO EDITORS:

SNT TO OPEN FANLING TEMPLE ON SUNDAY *****

SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF KUN CHUNG TEMPLE AT 3 MAY VILLA BUNGALOW, FANLING, ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 30) AT 10 AM

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF TO COVER THE CEREMONY. A GOVERNMENT VAN * iLL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT

AM T0 TAK£ THE PRESS 70 -ANLING. MR DONALD STRANGE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION PRESS UNIT WILL BE PRESENT TO HELP YEDIA REPRESENTATIVES. ncocni ncur

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PARKING AREA CLOSED r0R BUILDING REDEVELOPMENT * * * *

A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC PARKING AREA AT GROUND LEVEL BELOW THE ELEVATED PART OF COTTON TREE DRIVE NEXT TO THE PEAK TRAM LOWER TERMINAL BUILDING WILL BE CLOSED TEMPORARILY.

NOTICE OF THE CLOSURE, FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING, IS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.

THE CLOSURE WILL AFFECT-METERED TRAMWAY PATH WHICH RUNS ALONGSIDE.

CARPARKING SPACES BUT NOT

ANY CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION ARISING FROM IT MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND MUST REACH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ■NOT LATER THAN ONE MONTH AFTER THE END OF THE CLOSURE.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2% 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO

PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN SEPTEMBER .... 1

EXCO aND LEGCO APPOINTMENTS .................................... 3

CNAA ASSESSMENT OF POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES BEGINS IN JANUARY . 4

FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY IN SAI KUNG............................ 5

NTSD SETS UP NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE.............................. 6

DAY OF FUN AND GAMES FOR PWD STAFF.............................. 6

MOST NT BATHING FACILITIES TO CLOSE ............................ 7

SHA TIN PUBLIC DUMP OPEN FROM MONDAY............................ 7

FIRING PRACTICE REMINDER

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1980

PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN SEPTEMBER *****

THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND IMPORTS ROSE BY 8 PER CENT AND 7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SEPTEMBER 1980 COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

AS A RESULT, THE TERMS

_ , _ . OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO

CF THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT PRICE INDEX) IMPROVED SLIGHTLY BY 1 PER CENT. HOWEVER, A MUCH LARGER INCREASE IN VOLUME WAS REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS (+ 15%) THAN FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS ( + 4%). ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT, WITH VOLUME UP BY 50 PER CENT.

IN RELEASING THE FIGURES TODAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT PRICES WERE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF THE GOODS TRADED. CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE WERE DERIVED FROM CHANGES IN TRADE VALUES, AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY IS AS FOLLOWS:

CHANGES COMPARING SEPT 1980 WITH SEPT 1979

EXPORT VALUES EXPORT UNIT VALUES EXPORT VOLUMES

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR) + 7% + 10% “ 3%

TEXTILE FABRICS + 4% - 1% + 5%

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD - 18% + 5% - 22%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES + 1% + 9% - 8%

ALL TRANSISTORIZED RADIOS + 16% ♦ 3% + 12%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ♦ 55x + 13% ♦ 38%

FOOTWEAR + 2% ♦ 12% - 9%

METAL MANUFACTURES + * 17% ♦ 12%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP + ro CD & + 2% +222%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS -r • 4 . « - 9% * 50%

ALL COMMODITIES * 12% * 8% ♦ 4%

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APART FROM WATCHES AND CLOCKS, TEXTILE FABRICS, THE EXPORT PRICES OF WHICH DROPPED BY 9 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, EXPORT PRICES OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED AT VARYING RATES, FROM A 2 PER CENT INCREASE FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP TO A 17 PER CENT INCREASE FOR METAL MANUFACTURES.

CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS NOTED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+ 222%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+ 50%) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+ 38r'). HOWEVER, AN APPRECIABLE DECREASE WAS REGISTERED IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (- 22%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN AS FOLLOWS:

CHANGES COMPARING SEPT 1980 WITH SEPT 1979

IMPORT IMPORT UNIT IMPORT

VALUES VALUES VOLUMES

FOODSTUFFS + 26% + 9% ♦ 15%

CONSUMER GOODS + 40% — 1% ♦ 41%

FUELS + 29% ♦ 36% - 5%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES + 10% ♦ 7% ♦ 3%

CAPITAL GOODS + 27% ♦ 7% + 19%

ALL COMMODITIES + 23% ♦ 7% + 15%

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 36 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY CHANGED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM - 1 PER CENT TO + 9 PER CENT.

MOST IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, TEA AND COFFEE, SUGAR AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, FOOTWEAR, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMMOPHONES, RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS, AND PASSENGER MOTOR CARS. ON THE OTHER HAND, TOBACCO MANUFACTURES AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FELL SUBSTANTIALLY.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF VARIOUS KINDS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED A MIXED TREND. WHEREAS PURCHASES OF WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, WOOLLEN YARN AND MIXTURES, FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES AND BASE METALS (EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL) ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, DEMAND FOR RAW COTTON, PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS AS WELL AS DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS DECLINED.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1980

AS FOR CAPITAL GOODS, MAJOR INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND OFFICE MACHINES.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

CHANGES COMPARING SEPT 1980 WITH SEPT 1979

RE-EXPORT VALUES RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUES RE-EXPORT VOLUMES

FOODSTUFFS ♦ 4% ♦ 1% + 1 s 1 1 1

CONSUMER GOODS + 66% + 4% ♦ 60%

FUELS + 162% + 40% + 86%

RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES + 46% + 10% + 33%

CAPITAL GOODS + 120% ♦ 7% ♦ 107%

ALL COMMODITIES + 60% + 7% ♦ 50%

APART FROM FOODSTUFFS, THE VOLUMES OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, RANGING FROM 33 PER CENT TO 107 PER CENT.

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EXCO AND LEGCO APPOINTMENTS * * * *

MR JOHN BREMRIDGE WILL RETIRE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS ON DECEMBER 2,

FROM THE EXECUTIVE AND 1980.

HE WILL BE REPLACED IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BY MR DAVID NEWBIGGING, CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

MR NEWBIGGING’S APPOINTMENT WILL BE FROM DECEMBER 2, 1980 TO AUGUST 31, 1982.

MR BREMRIDGE’S PLACE ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL BE TAKEN BY MR STEPHEN CHEONG.

MR CHEONG, AN INDUSTRIALIST, SERVES ON SEVERAL PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANISATIONS. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE TEXTILE ADVISORY BOARD, TOWN PLANNING BOARD, CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS OF THE ICAC AND THE AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD.

MR CHEONG’S APPOINTMENT WILL BE FROM DECEMBER 2, 1980 TO AUGUST 31, 1981.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1980

CNAA ASSESSMENT OF POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES BEGINS IN JANUARY ******

THE COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL BE SENDING VALIDATING ADVISORY TEAMS IN JANUARY TO BEGIN AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF COURSES IN BAPTIST COLLEGE AND LINGNAN COLLEGE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE THIS AFTERNOON, SIR JACK SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY APPROVED A COMMITMENT OF NEARLY ;■! MILLION TO MEET THE COSTS OF THE TWO-YEAR VALIDATION EXERCISE.

HE SAID MUCH OF THE PREPARATORY WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND THE ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TEAMS WOULD BE CAREFULLY STUDIED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

♦IT IS IN FACT THE GOVERNMENT’S INTENTION THAT INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT SHOULD BECOME A PERMANENT RECURRENT FEATURE SO AS TO ENSURE THAT A MINIMUM LEVEL OF STANDARDS IS ACHIEVED AND MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES IN ALL OF THE APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES, AS BEFITS THEIR NEW ROLE AND STATUS,+ HE SAID.

SIR JACK SAID IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT’S INTENTION THAT THE POSITION OF THESE COLLEGES SHOULD BE SO DEFINED AS TO GIVE A TRUE REFLECTION OF THEIR NEW ROLE I MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND IN SERVING THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

♦IT IS PROPOSED THAT AN APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGE SHALL BE AN INSTITUTION OF PUBLIC CHARACTER AND CHARITABLE STATUS IN THE LEGAL SENSE AND, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THIS, ITS LICENSING SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPRCV-. OF THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

+IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO INCLUDE PROVISION FOR A NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD AND COUNCIL TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE ThE INTENTION Or THE GOVERNMENT TO INVOKE THIS PROVISION UNLESS THE COLLEGE IS l\ RECEIPT OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY WAY OF -.'ANTS ALLOCATED FOR THE PROVISION CF SPECIFIC PLACES OR COURSES.

+1 BELIEVE THAT THESE PROPOSALS WILL BE SEEN T EE REASONABLE,* SIR JACK SAID.

SPEAKING TO THE GRADUATES AT THE CEREMONY, SIR vACK SAID

YOUNG HONG KONG HAD TO BE EOU -~ED TC FACE "HE CHALLENGE 0-CUR RAPID GROWTH -WITH rE'OURCEFUL RESILIENCE, .ND£: ENDE ..E CF THOUGHT AND ACTIVE, ’ -INKING MINDS*.

■■I SAID HOWEVER THAT THESE ATTRIBUTES WERE IN THEMSELVES ALONE NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN LIFE.

♦ IT IS AT LEAST A' MPORTANT ACQUIRE AN

INTEREST IN YOIR NEIGH. UR, T? NURT *- .ENS- £ 'ICE AND GOOD* ILL TC ALL, - HE S- D.

SATTODAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1980

HE TOLD THEM THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG IN +GETTING ON* OR IN MAKING MONEY WHEN THEY LEAVE COLLEGE, BUT IT WAS WRONG WHEN THIS WAS THE ONLY MOTIVATION IN ONE’S LIFE WHEN MEN ARE JUDGED NOT BY THEIR CHARACTER BUT BY THEIR OSTENSIBLE WEALTH.

♦SO I COMMEND THIS TO YOU TODAY s THAT YOU STICK TO YOUR IDEALS, STICK TO PRINCIPLES, AND ABOVE ALL — ABOVE ALL ELSE — EE TRUE. TO YOURSELVES,* SIR JACK SAID.

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FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY IN SAI KUNG *****

SAI KUNG IS TO HOLD A FESTIVAL TO PROMOTE LOCAL INTEREST IN ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY.

THE FESTIVAL, WHOSE THEME IS ’RESPECT THE ELDERLY’, WILL OPEN TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT 2 PM AT SAI KUNG SUNG CHUN SCHOOL.

A SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN, MISS CARRIE TSANG, SAID MORE THAN 4 000 OF THE LOCAL POPULATION OF 40 000 WERE OLD PEOPLE.

THE SCATTERED LOCATION OF VILLAGES IN THE DISTRICT AND THEIR REMOTENESS HAD FORMED A BARRIER TO LOCAL ELDERLY TO ENJOY COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, MISS TSANG SAID.

HOWEVER, IT WAS HOPED THAT THROUGH THE FESTIVAL THEY WOULD EE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE MORE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND THAT VOLUNTARY BODIES SUCH AS VILLAGE MAC’S WOULD ORGANISE MORE ACTIVITIES FOR THEM, SHE ADDED.

A PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE FESTIVAL WAS FORMED A MONTH AGO. IT IS CHAIRED BY LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADER, MR CHAN KWAI-SANG, AND INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES 0^ THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AND SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU DISTRICT RURAL COMMITTEES.

THE COST OF ORGANISING FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES AMOUNTS TO $55 000, OF WHICH THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD IS PROVIDING $15 000 AND MR CHENG CHEK CHEE $10 000.

ACTIVITIES TO BE HELD IN THE MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL INCLUDE PICNICS, GAMES DAYS AND VISITS TO HOMES FOR THE AGED.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A HOME ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME, IN WHICH VOLUNTEER WORKERS WILL VISIT HOUSES LIVED IN BY OLD PEOPLE TO DO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE WORK.

TOMORROW’S OPENING WILL INCLUDE AN EXHIBITION, IN WHICH WORKS OF THE ELDERLY WILL BE ON DISPLAY, AND A TALENT CONTEST.

THE CEREMONY WILL BE PERFORMED BY SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, NR COLIN BOSHER, DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR LAM KOK-wAN, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1980

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NTSD SETS UP NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE

******

THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY SET UP A NEW DISTRICT OFFICE -- NORTH DISTRICT URBAN SERVICES OFFICE --TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF FANLING, SHEUNG SHUI, SHA TAU KOK AND TA KWU LING.

THE NEW ESTABLISHMENT, WHICH IS THE NINTH URBAN SERVICES OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT, IS ACCOMMODATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF MEI TAK BUILDING, 1-17 KWONG FOK ROAD, TAI PO MARKET, AND WILL BE OPENED ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 1).

MR LAW WAI-MING, URBAN SERVICES OFFICER (NORTH), HEADS THE NEW OFFICE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE MAIN PURPOSE OF SETTING UP THE NEW OFFICE WAS TO MEET INCREASING DEMAND FOR VARIOUS SERVICES AS A RESULT OF RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA FORMERLY COVERED BY THE TAI PO URBAN SERVICES OFFICE.

+IT ALSO AIMS TO IMPROVE CO-ORDINATION AND LIAISON WITH THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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DAY OF FUN AND GAMES FOR PWD STAFF ******

TOMORROW (SUNDAY) WILL BE A DAY OF FUN AND GAMES FOR STAFF OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THE OCCASION IS THE THIRD PWD FUN FAIR. THE PLACE IS THE GARDEN ROAD OPEN AIR CAR PARK.

THOUSANDS OF PWD STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN IN THE FESTIVITIES WHICH WILL START WITH A LION DANCE BY THE HO LAP TIN MARTIAL ARTS OF HUNG STYLE ASSOCIATION LTD.

THE FAIR WILL THEN BE OPENED OFFICIALLY BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR DAVID MCDONALD.

THE PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY INCLUDES MODERN DANCES BY THE HONG KONG DANCING ASSOCIATION LTD., A KARATE SHOW BY THE ALL JAPAN BUDO FEDERATION SEIBUKAN ACADEMY (THE HONG KONG DOJO), CHILDREN’S CHORAL SINGING BY CHAI WAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR, CHINESE FOLK DANCES BY THE BISHOP HALL JUBILEE SCHOOL DANCE GROUP, AND A BEER DRINKING COMPETITION SPONSORED BY THE SAN MIGUEL BREWERY LIMITED.

THERE WILL BE 24 GAMES STALLS AND TO ADD NOVELTY TO THE OCCASION THERE WILL BE A HOT-AIR BALLOON DISPLAY AND MULE RIDES FOR THE CHILDREN.

THE HIGHLIGHT WILL BE A RAFFLE DRAW BY MISS HONG KONG 1980, WANDA TAI, AT 3.40 PM. PRIZES TO BE WON RANGE FROM VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDERS AND REFRIGERATORS TO HAIR DRYERS AND MINI-LAMPS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE PLENTY OF FOOD AND DRINKS.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1980

9 i

MOST NT BATHING FACILITIES TO CLOSE

* * * * *

THE KWAI CHUNG SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND LIFEGUARD SERVICES AND OTHER FACILITIES AT ALL 12 GAZETTED BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND AT OUTLYING ISLANDS WILL BE CLOSED FROM MONDAY (DECEMBER 1).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE BATHING FACILITIES WOULD BE RE-OPENED TO THE PUBLIC NEXT MARCH.

COMMENTING ON THE CLOSURE, HE SAID IT WOULD NOT CAUSE MUCH INCONVENIENCE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS VERY FEW PEOPLE SWIM DURING THE COOL WINTER MONTHS. 9

THE KWAI CHUNG SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WILL UNDERGO ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WHICH INCLUDE CLEARING REFUSE FROM INSIDE THE FILTRATION PLANT, REPLACING THE DAMAGED MOSAIC TILES AND CHECKING THE CHLORINATOR AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED SWIMMERS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO MAKE USE OF THE HEATED POOL IN FANLING SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WHICH WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

------------------o------- SHA TIN PUBLIC DUMP OPEN FROM MONDAY *****

A PUBLIC DUMP ON THE RECLAMATION NEAR SIU LEK YUEN, SHA TIN WILL BE OPEN FROM MONDAY (DECEMBER 1).

ACCESS TO THE NEW DUMP WILL BE FROM SIU LEK YUEN ROAD OFF LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD.

DUMPING MAY BE CARRIED OUT AT THE SITE BETWEEN 8 AM AND 6 PM DAILY EXCEPT ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

DUMPING PERMITS MAY BE OBTAINED FREE OF CHARGE ON APPLICATION TO THE PROJECT MANAGER (SHA TIN), SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SHA TIN GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 6 TUNG LO WAN HILL ROAD, SHA TIN.

EACH APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBER, THE ORIGIN, TYPE AND APPROXIMATE QUANTITY OF MATERIALS TO BE DUMPED AND THE PERIOD FOR WHICH THE PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR A PARTICULAR JOB.

ALL DUMPING MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE DUMP SUPERVISOR.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1980

FIRING PRACTICE REMINDER ******

at tu£*E1Nt PRACT,CE WILL tak£ place on FIVE DAYS NEXT WEEK AT THE HA TSUEN-CASTLE PEAK RANGE.

THE PUBLIC ARE WARNED NOT TO ENTER THE AREA WHEN RED FLAGS ARE FLYING DURING TIMES OF PRACTICE.

THE PRACTICE TIMES ARE 10 AM TO 5 PM ON MONDAY 8 AM TO ™HDcnAvTUESDAY’ WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY, AND 8 AM TO 11 PM ON InUKoDAY.

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE. HONG KONG. TEL: 5-233191

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1980

CONTENTS PAGE NO

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR OCTOBER 1980 ................... 1

SNT CALLS FOR MORE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY . 3

SPORT LOVERS TAUGHT HOW TO PLAY SAFE ......................... 4

GOVERNMENT TAKES FULL ACCOUNT OF LOCAL ADVICE ................ 5

MANPOWER SURVEY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS .................... 6

FORTY SOCIAL SECURITY APPEALS LODGED IN 1979-80 .............. 7

6j BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN OCTOBER ........................ 8

SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR FORMER PON'S ..................... 8

HUNG SHUT KIU RIVER GETS FACELIFT ........................... 10

WATER CUT IN TSZ WAN SHAN ................................... 10

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1980

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR OCTOBER 1980 *****

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS FOR OCTOBER WAS $9 005 MILLION, MADE UP OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AT $6 106 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS AT $2 899 MILLION. WITH IMPORTS AT $9 572 MILLION, THE VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT FOR THE MONTH WAS $567 MILLION.

COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, THE FOLLOWING INCREASES BY VALUE WERE RECORDEDi $784 MILLION, OR 15 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS- $1 103 MILLION, OR 61 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS- 81 887 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, AND $1 273 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS.

IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, THE VISIBLE TRADE +GAP+, THAT IS THE PROPORTION OF THE VALUE OF IMPORTS NOT COVERED BY THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS, WAS 5.9 PER CENT ($567 MILLION)- IN OCTOBER 1979, THE +GAP+ WAS 14.2 PER CENT ($1 181 MILLION).

COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WITH THOSE FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF LAST YEAR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS HAVE INCREASED IN VALUE BY 25 PER CENT, RE-EXPORTS BY 49 PER CENT, TOTAL EXPORTS BY 31 PER CENT AND IMPORTS BY 29 PER CENT.

THE VISIBLE TRADE +GAP+ FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WAS 10.5 PER CENT, NARROWER THAN THE 11.8 PER CENT FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1979.

COMMENTING ON THE OCTOBER TRADE FIGURES, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THEY WERE ENCOURAGING IN FIVE RESPECTS: (FIRSTLY) EVEN AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF UNCERTAIN WORLD ECONOMIC PROSPECTS, THE GROWTH RATE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS HAS REMAINED IMPRESSIVE, ALBEIT LESS SO THAN IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR- (SECONDLY) THE ENTREPOT TRADE HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND VERY RAPIDLY- SO (THIRDLY) THE GROWTH RATE OF TOTAL EXPORTS HAS REMAINED RAPID- IN ADDITION (FOURTHLY) THE GROWTH RATE OF TOTAL EXPORTS HAS REMAINED HIGHER THAN THAT OF IMPORTS- SO THAT (FIFTHLY) THE VISIBLE TRADE +GAP+ HAS NARROWED.

THE FOLLOWING ARE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR HONG KONG’S MERCHANDISE TRADE IN OCTOBER 198Q AS PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY:

MERCHANDISE: DOMESTIC EXPORTS : $6 106 MILLION

RE-EXPORTS : $2 899 MILLION

TOTAL EXPORTS : $9 005 MILLION

IMPORTS : $9 572 MILLION

TRADE BALANCE : $ 567 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)

/COMPARATIVE .....

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1980

COMPARATIVE FIGURES • •

LATEST 3 MONTHS AUG - OCT 1980 AUG - OCT 1979 INCREASE OR DECREASE

SM $M SM %

DOMESTIC EXPORTS 18 838 16 418 ♦ 2 419 + 14.7

RE-EXPORTS 8 372 5 283 + 3 989 + 58.5

TOTAL EXPORTS 27 299 21 791 + 5 508 + 25.4

IMPORTS 28 379 23 256 + 5 114 + 22.0

TRADE BALANCE - 1 161 - 1 555 + 394

INCREASE OR

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR OCT 1980 OCT 1979 DECREASE

SM SM SM %

DOMESTIC EXPORTS 6 196 5 322 ♦ 784 + 14.7

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS) (67.8%) (74.8%)

RE-EXPORTS 2 899 1 796 + 1 193 +61.4

TOTAL EXPORTS 9 995 7 118 + 1 887 + 26.5

IMPORTS 9 572 8 299 + 1 273 + 15.3

TRADE BALANCE - 567 -1 181 + 614

INCREASE OR

LAST MONTH OCT 1989 SEPT 1980 DECREASE

SM SM SM %

DOMESTIC EXPORTS 6 196 5 989 + 126 + 2.1

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS) (67.8%) (68.3%)

RE-EXPORTS 2 899 2 782 + 118 + 4.2

TOTAL EXPORTS 9 005 8 762 + 243 + 2.8

IMPORTS 9 572 9 388 + 184 + 2.0

TRADE BALANCE - 567 626 + 59

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1980

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JAN - OCT JAN - OCT INCREASE OR

CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE 1983 1979 DECREASE

S’* 3M 3M %

DOMESTIC EXPORTS 56 039 44 995 ♦11 044 + 24.5

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS) (70.3*) (73.6%)

RE-EXPORTS 24 028 16 132 + 7 896 ♦ 48.9

TOTAL EXPORTS 30 067 61 127 +18 940 + 31.0

IMPORTS 89 533 69 339 +20 191 + 29.1

TRADE BALANCE - 9 433 - 8 182 - 1 251

NOV 1979 NOV 1978

TO TO INCREASE OR

LAST 12 MONTHS OCT 1980 OCT 1979 DECREASE

SM 3M SM %

DOMESTIC EXPORTS 66 956 53 124 +13 832 + 26.0

RE-EXPORTS 27 918 18 757 + 9 162 + 48.8

TOTAL EXPORTS 94 874 71 880 +22 994 +32.0

IMPORTS 106 028 82 624 +23 404 +28.3

TRADE BALANCE - 11 154 - 10 744 410

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SNT CALLS FOR MORE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY

*******

VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND WELFARE GROUPS WERE TODAY URGED TO INCREASE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY.

MAKING THE APPEAL WAS SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, NR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHEN OPENING THE KUN CHUNG TEMPLE AT FANLING.

MR AKERS-JONES SAID IN HONG KONG THE SPAN OF LIFE WAS INCREASING, SOCIAL CUSTOMS WERE CHANGING AND THERE WAS A GREAT NEED TO BUILD CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE OLD.

AT PRESENT THE BUDDHIST PO CHING HOME WAS THE ONLY SUCH INSTITUTION IN THE NORTHERN NEW TERRITORIES, ALTHOUGH IT WAS EXPECTED THAT OTHERS WOULD BE BUILT AS THE AREA DEVELOPED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

+THIS SPLENDID TEMPLE IS A WORTHLY ADDITION TO THIS FAMOUS INSTITUTION AND WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RELIGIOUS DEVOTION FOR THE MANY ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING HERE,* HE SAID.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1980

MR AKERS-JONES SAID HE SOMETIMES THOUGHT THAT IN HONG KONG WE TENDED TO EMPHASISE THE NEEDS OF THE YOUNG AND THAT AS A RESULT WE SOMETIMES LOST SIGHT OF THE NEED FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY AND THERE WAS LITTLE ORGANISED ON A REGULAR BASIS.

+l THEREFORE HOPE THAT MORE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND OTHER GROUPS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE WELFARE OF OUR PEOPLE WILL INCREASE THEIR ACTIVITIES IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS FOR OUR ELDERLY,* HE APPEALED.

KUN CHUNG TEMPLE IS A TWO-STOREY BUILDING ON A 2 OOQ-SQUARE-NETRE SITE AT MAY VILLA BUNGALOW, FANLING. ADJACENT TO IT IS THE BUDDHIST PO CHING HOME FOR AGED WOMEN.

THE TEMPLE WAS FORMERLY THE PO CHING MEMORIAL HALL.

THE PRESENT ABBOT, REV KOK KWONG, SAW THE NEED FOR A SITE FOR REST AND PASTIME ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING NEXT DOOR AND INITIATED BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED WITH DONATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BUDDHIST COMMUNITY.

THE UPPER STOREY OF THE TEMPLE IS USED FOR WORSHIP WHILE THE GROUND FLOOR IS USED AS A MEMORIAL HALL AND AN OLD PEOPLE’S RECREATION CENTRE.

AN ENLIGHTENMENT CEREMONY WAS HELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OPENING. OFFICIATING WERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION OF CHINA, REV PAI SHENG- THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG BUDDHIST SANGHA ASSOCIATION, REV SAI CHUN- AND THE ABBOT OF PO-LUM MONASTERY, LANTAU, REV SING Yl.

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SPORT LOVERS TAUGHT HOW TO PLAY SAFE ******

WE CAN ENJOY OURSELVES AND BE SAFE AT THE SAME TIME IF WE USE OUR COMMONSENSE AND OBSERVE SIMPLE SAFETY RULES WHEN TAKING PART IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, MR ALAN SCOTT, SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, SAID TODAY.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE LAND SPORTS PLAY SAFE DAY AT MORSE PARK, MR SCOTT REFERRED TO THE HIGH ACCIDENT RATE IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

HE SAIDi +WITH MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TAKING PART IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS OF ALL KINDS BECAUSE OF INCREASED LEISURE TIME, ACCIDENT RATES HAVE BECOME TOO HIGH IN CERTAIN SPORTS.

+WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT IN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITY THERE ARE POSSIBLE RISKS OR DANGERS, BUT THESE CAN BE GUARDED AGAINST BY SIMPLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS- AND THIS APPLIES TO CYClING QUIETLY ALONG, JUST AS MUCH AS TO MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.*

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE MR CHAM SIU-LEUN, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS-MR HOWARD YOUNG, URBAN COUNCILLOR AND MEMBEP OF THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS- VR NORMAN C". I , SECRETARY O’7 THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT AND MR DICKEN *UNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE LAND SPORTS PLAY SAFE DAY WORKING PARTY.

/THE La*

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1980

THE LAND SPORTS PLAY SAFE DAY, A THREE-HOUR EDUCATIONAL WAS CO-ORDINATED BY ?HE COUNCIL FOR

AND SPORT AND SPONSORED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL. IT ^ctrART 0F THE PUBLICITY PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE THE PLAY SAFE nt bSAGt.

xs^N^D^Lc^Sf, s6°:oscycl 1 Na • cw 1 “• “>: 1

0F THE DAY WERE AN EXCITING PROGRAMME OF ACROBATIC CYCLING AND A DEMONSTRATION OF TRICK MOTORCYCLING.

qtdCCtPt£JaJocS™L!?JtJ0YED A PUPPET SHOW PRESENTED BY A MOBILE STREET THEATRE ON SAFETY IN LAND SPORTS.

a.™ T0 HELP BR,NG H0ME THE SAFETY MESSAGE, THERE WERE ALSO ^SqdJotc0N SAFETY RULES AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT OF VARIOUS TYPES Ut" Or UK I O •

DA*n A*rcrB BUS WAS ALS0 0N SHOW» WITH OFFICERS OF THE

™AcvoiA^mYtaEFU0N 0F THE R0YAL H0NG K0NG POLICE FORCE ON HAND TO EXPLAIN TO VISITORS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ROAD SAFETY

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GOVERNMENT TAKES FULL ACCOUNT OF LOCAL ADVICE

*****

THE GOVERNMENT TAKES FULL ACCOUNT OF ADVICE GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE OF KWAI CHUNG IN MANAGING THE TOWN, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FRED TING, SAID TODAY.

MR TING WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST KWAI CHUNG FESTIVAL AT THE OSMAN RAMJU SADICK MEMORIAL INDOOR GAMES HALL.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF KWAI CHUNG DOES NOT HAVE A VERY LONG HISTORY, HE SAID.

WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONLY 20 YEARS KWAI CHUNG HAD CHANGED FROM A REMOTE RURAL AREA INTO A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL TOWN.

THE SPEED OF DEVELOPMENT HAD BEEN QUICKER THAN IN ANY OTHER DISTRICT, HE SAID.

NOW, KWAI CHUNG HAS A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 500 000, AND AN INDUSTRIAL POPULATION OF 100 000. TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SUFFICIENT SCHOOL PLACES AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS DAILY FACILITIES SUCH AS TRANSPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING WAS REQUIRED.

+AS KWAI CHUNG IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT, THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE SOCIAL SITUATION ARE UNDERGOING CONSTANT CHANGE,+ MR TING SAID.

♦THIS MAKES TOWN MANAGEMENT WORK MORE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT,* HE ADDED.

/TO HSLP ..

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1980

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TO HELP SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, LOCAL OPINION AND SUPPORT ARE VERY IMPORTANT, BESIDES CO-OPERATION AMONG THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, HE SAID.

+BECAUSE LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND ARE KEENLY CONCERNED ABOUT LOCAL AFFAIRS, FULL ACCOUNT OF THEIR VIEWS IS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT,+ MR TING SAID.

KWAI CHUNG NOW HAS SEVEN SUBDISTRICT COMMITTEES, COMPRISING 96 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

+ALL THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, QUITE NATURALLY, POSSESS A VERY WIDE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR DISTRICT AND FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN GIVING CONSTRUCTIVE ADVICE ON RECREATIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND TRANSPORT PROJECTS,+ HE SAID.

BESIDES ADVISING ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS LOCAL SUB-DISTRICT COMMITTEES HAVE ALSO ORGANISED ESTATE DAYS, OUT OF WHICH THE PRESENT KWAI CHUNG FESTIVAL HAS GROWN.

MR TING THANKED THE CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE FESTIVAL, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE COLOURFUL PROGRAMMES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.

THE FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN SIX DISTRICTS IN KWAI CHUNG, LASTS TWO WEEKS.

MORE THAN 30 ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD, INCLUDING FUN FAIRS, VARIETY SHOWS, MARTIAL ARTS DISPLAYS, LONG-DISTANCE RUNNING EVENTS AND CANTONESE OPERA PERFORMANCES.

TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD HAS PROVIDED $60 000 TOWARDS FESTIVAL COSTS AND ANOTHER S70 000 IS BEING DONATED BY LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

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MANPOWER SURVEY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

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THE BANKING TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL WILL BEGIN A MANPOWER SURVEY ON BANKS AND SELECTED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES TOMORROW (MONDAY).

THE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE REQUESTED TO SUPPLY INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, TRAINING NEEDS AND OTHER PERSONNEL AND TRAINING MATTERS.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, DR FRANCIS TIEN, SAID TODAY THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED IN THE SURVEY WOULD BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

QUESTIONNAIRES, EXPLANATORY NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF BANK AND DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANY JOBS WERE SENT TO ALL BANKS AND SELECTED DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES IN HONG KONG A FORTNIGHT AGO.

OFFICERS OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL WILL, IF NECESSARY, VISIT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS TO ASSIST IN COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRES.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1980

FORTY SOCIAL SECURITY APPEALS LODGED IN 1979-80

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THE INDEPENDENT SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL BOARD RECEIVED 40 APPEALS IN 1979-80 AGAINST DECISIONS MADE BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS.

IN THE SAME PERIOD, THE BOARD CONDUCTED HEARINGS FOR 33 APPEALS, MOST OF WHICH INVOLVED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

IT GAVE SUBSTITUTES FOR THE DEPARTMENT’S DECISIONS IN 18 CASES AND CONFIRMED ITS DECISIONS IN THE OTHER 15.

THE APPEAL BOARD WAS SET UP IN 1978 TO PROVIDE A SPEEDY MEANS OF REDRESS FOR PEOPLE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE DEPARTMENT’S DECISIONS ON APPLICATION OR PAYMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.

THE BOARD, WITH SECRETARIAT SUPPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT, IS MADE UP OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

IN HER SECOND ANNUAL REPORT RECENTLY PUBLISHED, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MRS MAXINE KWOK, SAID 26 OF THE APPEALS RECEIVED INVOLVED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, NINE SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCES AND FIVE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE.

SHE SAID THAT BEFORE HEARING THE APPEALS, THE BOARD VISITED MOST OF THE APPELLANTS AT HOME, PARTICULARLY WHERE THE APPEALS CONCERNED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

THIS IS TO OBTAIN FIRST-HAND INFORMATION AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE APPELLANTS’ BACKGROUND, LIVING CONDITIONS AND DIFFICULTIES BEFORE DECISIONS ARE TAKEN ON INDIVIDUAL MERITS, SHE EXPLAINED.

OF THE 33 HEARINGS, SHE SAID, 18 WERE HELD AT THE APPELLANTS’ HOME, ONE AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE APPELLANT STAYED, AND 14 AT THE OFFICE OF THE BOARD.

MRS KWOK SAID THE BOARD ALSO MADE OBSERVATIONS AND MONITORED THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPEAL CASES, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN WHICH IT HAD GIVEN SUBSTITUTES FOR THE DEPARTMENT’S DECISIONS.

SHE SAID THE BOARD WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD RESPONDED FAVOURABLY TO MOST OF ITS OBSERVATIONS AND HAD LAID DOWN NEW RULINGS TO IMPROVE THE OPERATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES.

SOCIAL SECURITY APPEALS SHOULD BE LODGED WITHIN FOUR WEEKS OF NOTIFICATION OF A DECISION BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND WOULD BE HEARD NORMALLY WITHIN 21 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THEIR BEING RECEIVED.

HEARINGS ARE CONDUCTED IN A LANGUAGE CONVENIENT TO THE APPELLANT, AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION IS NOT NECESSARY.

SIMPLE APPEAL FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE APPEAL BOARD’S OFFICE IN INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, 18TH FLOOR, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL (TEL. NO. 5-445585), OR AT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AND ITS SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNITS AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SECTION.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1980

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63 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN OCTOBER * * * *

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT APPROVED 63 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN OCTOBER, COMPARED WITH 54 IN THE SAME MONTHS LAST YEAR.

OF THESE NEW PLANS, 20 WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NINE FOR KOWLOON AND 34 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED A HOSPITAL AT MOUNT KELLETT ROAD, A SCHOOL EXTENSION AT KUNG LOK ROAD, A HOSPITAL EXTENSION IN TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN, AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION IN SHEUNG SHU I AND A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE EXTENSION IN SHEK WU HUI.

THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $1 029 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $351 MILLION IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THEIR TOTAL USABLE FLOOR AREA AMOUNTED TO 405 403.6 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 120 261.9 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC AND 285 141.7 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 39 PROJECTS, INCLUDING A PETROL-FILLING STATION AT FUNG YIP STREET, AND TWO ELECTRICITY SUB-STATIONS IN KWUN TONG AND TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.

ALTOGETHER, 60 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION IN OCTOBER, INCLUDING A CHURCH AND SCHOOL IN YUEN LONG, AN ELECTRICITY SUB-STATION IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, A PETROLFILLING STATION AT SING WOO ROAD AND A SCHOOL AT WAH FU ROAD.

THE OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO THE DEMOLITION OF 98 BUILDINGS.

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SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR FORMER POW’S * * * *

THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED THE INTRODUCTION OF A SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE OF $400 PER MONTH FOR ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE FUND WITH EFFECT FROM TOMORROW (DECEMBER 1).

THE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1947 BY THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND ORDINANCE AND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

ITS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE, EDUCATION, BENEFIT OR ADVANCEMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE FORCES AND ORGANISATIONS LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE WHO SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF THE PACIFIC WAR, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

THE SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE IS PAYABLE TO ANY OFFICER OR MEMBER OF A UNIT LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE WHO SERVED THEREIN BETWEEN DECEMBER 7 AND 25, 1941, AND WHO WAS EITHER WOUNDED IN ACTION OR INJURED DURING SUCH SERVICE, OR CAPTURED AND HELD IN CAPTIVITY BY THE ENEMY.

/IT IS .....

I’ IS ALSO PAYABLE TO ANY PERSON WHO wAS SUBJECTED TO TORTURE 3Y THE ENEMV DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF HONG KONG.

PAYMENT is MADE PROVIDED THAT IN EVERY CASE THE DERSON CONCERNED IS TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY EITHER *HOL.-Y OR PARTIALLY INCAPACITATED FROM EARNING mIS LIVING, OR BEING AGED 63 OR OVER IS .NOT IN EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS.

FOR BENEFICIARIES ALREADY RECEIVING A MAINTENANCE GRANT, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES WILL RESUL’ IN AN OVERALL INCREASE IN BENEFITS BY 33.3 PER CENT FOR A SINGLE ADULT AND 19 pER CENT FOR A MARRIED COUPLE.

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 130 BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE FUND. THE CURRENT RATES OF MAINTENANCE GRANTS ARE SI 200 FOR A SINGLE ADULT, £2 100 FOR A COUPLE, S723 FOR EACH OF THE rIRST TWO DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND S5A0 COR EACH SUBSEQUENT CHILD.

IN AUGUST LAST YEAR, THE CRITERIA FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THE -UND «AS RELAXED SO THAT BENEFICIARIES NO LONGER HAD TO PROVE THAT THEIR INCAPACITY TO EARN A LIVING WAS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO INJURIES OR HARDSHIP SUFFERED IN CAPTIVITY.

FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED SINCE JULY 1977 AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND GENERAL CLINICS TO BENEFICIARIES.

’HE LIST OF "ORCES AND ORGANISATIONS, WHOSE MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE FUND, COVERS THE HONG KONG NAVAL VOLUNTEER FORCE- HONG KONG ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE- HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS AND AUXILIARY AND AFFILIATED UNITS THEREOF- HONG KONG CORPS OF AIR RAID WARDENS- HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE- HONG KONG CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (SPECIFICALLY AUXILIARY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE, AUXILIARY CONSERVANCY CORPS, AUXILIARY FIRE SERVICES, AUXILIARY LABOUR CORPS, AUXILIARY MEDICAL COPPS, AUXILIARY NURSING SERVICE, AUXILIARY ORDNANCE CORPS, AUXILIARY QUARTERING CORPS, AUXILIARY SUPPLY COPPS, AUXILIARY TRANSPORT SERVICE, CIVIL PAY AND ACCOUNTS SERVICE, =UBulC *ORKS CORPS AND AUXIulARY RESCUE AND DEMOLITION CORPS)- HIS MAJESTY’S REGULAR AR^ED FORCES, ROYAL NAVAL YARD POLICE, AND THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

SUNDAY. NOVSMBEb .•<.

HUNG SHU I KIU RIVER GETS FACELIFT

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THE POLLUTED HUNG SHU I KIU RIVER AND ITS CATCHMENT AREA IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN DISTRICTS wAS GIVEN A FACELIFT AFTER AN EXTENSIVE CLEAN-UP RECENTLY.

TC BRING NEW LIFE TC IT, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT DEPLOYED SOME 50 *ORKERS TO CARRY OUT A TwO MONTH CLEARANCE JOE ON THE 4.7-KILOMETRE RIVER.

MORE THAN 303 LORRY-LOADS OF REFUSE, JUNK AND SOLID WASTE *ERE REMOVED FROM THE RIVER DURING THE EXERCISE, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

A LARGE QUANTITY OF VEGETATION AND PLANTS THAT WOULD ROT AND COVER THE RIVER wITH A THICK CRUST AND BLOCK THE WATER-FLOw WAS ALSO COMPLETELY TRIMMED AND REMOVED.

WITH A FREE COLLECTION SERVICE FOR POULTRY AND PIG PASTES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CLEAN-UP, MOST OF THE FARM WASTES ARE MJw FINDING THEIR *AY INTO PLASTIC CONTAINERS LOCATED AT VARIOUS BIN SITES AND COLLECTION POINTS, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

A ?A’lY COLLECTION OF ABOUT 20 TONNES OF FARM WASTE "AS BEEN RlCORJIEv DURING THE LAST TwC MONTHS, HE SAID.

HE SAID NON-STOP EFFORT wOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT ANY RECURRENCE OF POLLUTION OF THE RIVER.

*?VT TH£ EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WORK DEPENDS LARGELY ON FULL COOPERATION BY FARMERS AND VILLAGERS,* HE STRESSED.

HE URGED THE OWNERS OF 350 FARMS LOCATED ALONGSIDE 32 SECTIONS OF THE RIVER TO PLAY THEIR PART IN KEEPING THE RIVER CLEAN.

o i FARM WASTE AND REFUSE INDISCRIMINATELY INTO THE

RIVER WOULD ONLY RESULT IN OBNOXIOUS SMELLS, FLIES, POOR SANITATION AND HEALTH HAZARDS,* SAID THE SPOKESMAN.

WATER CUT IN TSZ wAN SHAN * ► * *

WATER SUPPLY TO AN AREA OF TSZ WAN SHAN WILL BE FOR EIGHT HOURS FROM 9 AM ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 2

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THE AREA COVERS ALl ’REMISES AT YUK wAH CRESCENT AND IS BOUNDED BY YUK wAH STREET, PC- kCNG VILLAGE ROAD PC »ONG~ ANAND PO MING LANE.

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