MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1978
MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE
TOUR MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS
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MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY TODAY VISITING SOME OF THE MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS BEING BUILT THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
ALSO IN THE TOUR PARTY WERE SOME UMELCO MEMBERS.
THE TOUR, LED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WAS ARRANGED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE AIM OF THE TOUR WAS TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AT FIRST HAND PROGRESS ON VARIOUS PROJECTS. IT 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.
THE PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE (P.W.S.C.) COMPRISES THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. HADDON-CAVE (CHAIRMAN), MR. JOHN BREMRIDGE, MR. ROGER LOBO, MR. JAMES WU, MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR. LI FOOK-WO, MR. FRANCIS TIEN, MR. S.L. CHEN, MISS LYDIA DUNN, DR. HENRY HU, MR. LEUNG TAT-SHING, THE REV. PATRICK MCGOVERN, MR. PĒTER C. WONG AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID MCDONALD. SECRETARY TO THE COMMITTEE IS MR. FUNG KWOK-KEUNG OF THE FINANCE BRANCH.
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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 TAKING PART IN THE TOUR TODAY WERE MR. WONG LAM, MR. CHARLES YEUNG, DR. HO KAM-FAI AND MR. ANDREW SO.
MEMBERS OF THE P.W.S.C. AND UMELCO WERE ACCOMPANIED ON THE TOUR BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID MCDONALD- THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. WILLIAM BELL- THE P.W.D.'S DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR. DAVID STEAD THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, MR. JOHN AITKEN- THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. W.D.A. TUCKER THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR. EDDIE SHORT- THE TECHNICAL SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR. JOHN MARSHALL THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, MR. BARRY WIGGHAM AND THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. K.Y. YEUNG.
THE TOUR BEGAN IN THE MORNING WITH A VISIT TO THE $60 MILLION AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE.
WORK ON THE BRIDGE, WHICH HAS TWO TRAFFIC LANES WITH A CAPACITY OF 1,500 VEHICLES PER HOUR, STARTED IN AUGUST LAST YEAR. IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY JULY NEXT YEAR WHILE THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN APPROACH ROADS ARE PLANNED FOR COMPLETION AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BRIDGE.
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