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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1977
MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE SEE MORE P.W.D. PROJECTS
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MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE TODAY CONTINUED THEIR VISIT TO THE NEW TERRITORIES TO SEE AT FIRST HAND PROGRESS ON VARIOUS GOVERNMENT PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA.
THIS WAS PART OF A TWO-DAY STUDY TOUR ARRANGED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
ALSO ON THE TOUR TODAY WERE SOME OF THE UMELCO MEMBERS.
THE AIM OF THE VISIT WAS TO ENABLE MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE 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.
THE PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE COMPRISES THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP 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 LÂM 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, MR. LEUNG TAT-SHING AND REV. P. J. MCGOVERN.
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
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 BUILDING DEVELOPMENT. MR. JACK STEAN- DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR. DAVID STEAD- DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR. J.R. WHITAKER, GOVERNMENT ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR. B.H. NEWMAN, AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE P.W.D. AND THE FINANCE BRANCH.
THE PARTY VISITED A NUMBER OF MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS INCLUDING THE SECOND MENTAL HOSPITAL IN LAI CHI KOK, THE THREE NEW TOWNS - TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN, THE SHUEN WAN CONTROLLED TIPPING SITE AND THE SECOND LION ROCK TUNNEL.
THE GROUP STARTED THE DAY WITH A VISIT TO THE SECOND MENTAL HOSPITAL IN LAI CHI KOK WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY MR. EDWIN WONG, GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR. WONG