MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1979
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FINANCE COMMITTEE'S PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE MEMBERS
VISIT SITES ****
MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE SPENT THIS (MONDAY) MORNING VISITING SOME OF THE MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG.
ALSO ON THE TOUR WERE SOME OF THE UMELCO MEMBERS.
THE TOUR, LED BY THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. HENRY CHING, 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.
THE PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE (P.W.S.C.) COMPRISES THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. HENRY CHING (CHAIRMAN), MR. ROGER LOBO, MR. JAMES WU, MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR. LI FOOK-WO, MR. J.H. BREMRIDGE, MR. FRANCIS TIEN, MR. CHEN SHOU-LUM, MISS LYDIA DUNN, DR. HENRY HU, MR. LEUNG TAT-SHING, REV. P.T. MCGOVERN, MR. PETER Ĉ. WONG, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. WILLIAM BELL. THE SECRETARY TO THE COMMITTEE IS MR. C.K. TAYLOR 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 TAKING PART IN THE TOUR TODAY WERE MR. ALEX WU, MR. WONG LAM, MR. CHARLES YEUNG AND DR. HO KAM-FAI.
MEMBERS OF THE P.W.S.C. AND UMELCO WERE ACCOMPANIED ON THE TOUR BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. WILLIAM BELL- THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. JACK STEAN- THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR. NICKY CHAN AND THE TECHNICAL SECRETARY OF THE P.W.D., MR. JOHN MARSHALL.
THE TOUR STARTED OFF WITH A VISIT TO THE $42 MILLION INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE IN HUNG HOM.
AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE CENTRE IS THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AUTOMATIC MAIL SORTING EQUIPMENT WHICH COSTS $22 MILLION, ABOUT HALF OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT.
BUILDING WORK ON THE CENTRE BEGAN IN OCTOBER 1977 AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION LATER THIS YEAR.
A RAILWAY SPUR AND PLATFORM IS PROVIDED TO HANDLE MAIL TO AND FROM CHINA WHILE FOUR BERTHS FOR MAIL LAUNCHES WILL BE BUILT ALONG THE SEAWALL SOUTH OF THE CENTRE.
THE PARTY THEN WENT TO LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN KOWLOON TONG.
/THE $18.9