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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1979
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE EXHIBITED AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL AND THE ASAHI PENTAX HALL IN LONDON AND IN HONG KONG AT A LATER DATE.
INFORMATION LEAFLETS ON THE CONTEST AND ENTRY FORMS ARE NOW OBTAINABLE AT ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES, THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF HONG KONG.
LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS SCHEME IMPROVES VILLAGE LIFE *******
AS THE GOVERNMENT'S DRAMATIC $23 BILLION NEW TOWNS SCHEME ENTER ITS SIXTH YEAR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, A SMALLER BUT NO LESS IMPORTANT PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME IS CELEBRATING ITS 60TH BIRTHDAY.
THE SPRIGHTLY SEXAGENARIAN IN THIS CASE IS THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION'S LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS SCHEME WHICH STARTED INCONSPICUOUSLY ENOUGH BACK IN 1919 WITH A BUDGET OF $5,000 TO CARRY OUT MINOR WORKS ITEMS IN THE MORE REMOTE VILLAGES OF HONG KONG'S HINTERLAND.
SINCE THEN, THE WORKS TEAMS ATTACHED TO THE DISTRICT OFFICES HAVE CARRIED OUT THOUSANDS OF JOBS TO IMPROVE THE LIVING STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS OF NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGERS.
THE LPW SCHEME, AS IT IS KNOWN, NOW HAS A STAFF OF MORE THAN 60 HEADED BY AN ENGINEER SECONDED FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND AN ANNUAL BUDGET THAT TOPS $10 MILLION.
THE ENGINEER.....