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Friday, July 27, 1973
The road extension project will take about 26 months to complete.
The work has been designed by a firm of Consulting Engineers, Maunsell
Consultants Asia, on behalf of the Public Works Department and they will
also supervise the construction.
Tenders for the project are invited in a notice published in
today's gazette.
1972-73 LEGCO SESSION ENDS ON AUGUST 1
The current session of the Legislative Council will end after the
next meeting on Wednesday (August 1).
A notice to this effect is published in today's gazette.
The 1973-74 session is due to be opened by the Governor, Sir
Murray liacLeñose, on October 17.
During the current session 75 bills have so far been passed, compared
with a total of 84 for the entire 1971-72 session.
The most significant change in the proceedings of the Legislative
Council for some years came about in the present session with the introduction
of simultaneous interpretation.
Not only did this enable members to speak in either English or
Cantonese; it opened up the meetings to more people interested in listening to
the proceedings from the public gallery.
During the year, the membership of the council increased to its present
total of 30 members the largest in the council's history.
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