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MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1977
MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE SEE MAJOR P.W.D. PROJECTS
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MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY TODAY (MONDAY) VISITING A NUMBER OF MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS BEING BUILT THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
ALSO ON THE TOUR WERE SOME OF THE UMELCO MEMBERS.
THE TOUR, LED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WAS ARRANGED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
APART FROM PROVIDING MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AT FIRST HAND PROGRESS ON VARIOUS PROJECTS, THE TOUR ALSO ENABLED THEM TO STUDY WORKS NOW UNDERWAY AND THE SITES OF PROPOSED NEW PROJECTS IN PREPARATION FOR THIS YEAR'S SECOND REVIEW OF THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME.
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THE PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE (P.W.S.C.) COMPRISES THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. C.P. HADDON-CAVE (CHAIRMAN), MR. OSWALD CHEUNG, MR. R.H. LOBO, MR. JAMES WU, MR. LI FOOK-WO, MR. J.H. BREMRIDGE, MR. FRANCIS TIEN, MR. S.L. CHEN, DR. HENRY HU, MR. PETER C. WONG. MR. WONG LAM AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. MR. DAVID MCDONALD. THE SECRETARY TO THE COMMITTEE IS MISS DOREEN SADDLER OF THE FINANCE BRANCH.
EACH YEAR THE SUB-COMMITTEE HOLDS TWO MEETINGS TO REVIEW PROGRESS ON PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME, AND TO CONSIDER NEW ITEMS FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAMME.
THE UMELCO MEMBERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE TOUR TODAY WERE MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, REV. JOYCE BENNETT, MR. LEUNG TAT-SHING AND REV. P.J. MCGOVERN.
MEMBERS OF THE P.W.S.C. AND UMELCO MEMBERS WERE ACCOMPANIED ON THE TOUR BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. WILLIAM BELL AND THE P.W.D.'S DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR. DAVID STEAD DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. WILLIAM TUCKER- DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, MR. JACK STEAN- DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR. J.R. WHITAKER, MASS TRANSIT ADVISER, MR. A.H. WILKINS AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE P.W.D. AND THE FINANCE BRANCH.
AMONG THE PROJECTS VISITED WERE THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME, TUI MIN HOI DEVELOPMENT IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT, THE SECOND LION ROCK HIGH LEVEL SERVICE RESERVOIR, THE LOK FÜ M.T.R. STATION SITE, THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER EXTENSION AND THE MID-LEVELS ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
AT HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR, COMMITTEE AND UMELCO MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED BY THE SENIOR RESIDENT ENGINEER, MR. A. PRYOR, ON THE PROGRESS OF THE $1,348 MILLION PROJECT.
MR. PRYCR SAID THAT THE WEST DAM WAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED WHILE THE EAST DAM WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT MAY, AFTER THAT, MINOR FINISHING WORK, INCLUDING ROAD WORKS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT.
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