WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1979
MR. LI SAID THE CORPORATION WAS, HOWEVER, MOST CONCERNED THAT SOME ESSENTIAL ROADWORKS TO THE ESTATE WERE BEING DELAYED BY THE CUT-BACK IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING. THESE INCLUDED THE COASTAL TRUNK ROAD FROM SHA TIN TO TAI PO, AND THE DISTRIBUTOR ROAD BY-PASSING THE TOWN CENTRE.
THESE WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLETED EARLY TO FACILITATE FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION OF MATERIALS AND GOODS BY CONTAINERS AND TRUCKS TO AND FROM THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MR. LI SAID.
HE REPORTED THAT DUE TO QUICKER LAND FORMATION AT TAI PO, THERE WAS A MORE ACCEPTABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONSTRUCTION AND LEASING PROGRAMMES. THIS OBVIATED UNDUE INTERFERENCE BETWEEN FACTORY CONSTRUCTION AND THE CORPORATION'S OWN INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS.
THE RATE OF APPLICATIONS FOR SITES WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S BUT A GREATER PROPORTION OF THEM MET THE SELECTION CRITERIA. HOWEVER, WITH INCREASING PRODUCTION OF LAND IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, BOTH THE RATE OF APPLICATIONS AND THE RATE OF APPROVALS SIMILARLY HAD TO INCREASE, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE INVESTMENTS INVOLVING HIGH TECHNOLOGY PROCESSES AND NEW PRODUCTS WHICH HAD HITHERTO BEEN LOST TO HONG KONG THROUGH SCARCITY OF LAND. THESE INDUSTRIES WOULD PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN DIVERSIFYING THE ECONOMY AND IN SUSTAINING AND IMPROVING OUR EXPORT PERFORMANCE.
GOVERNMENT URGED TO IMPLEMENT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SCHEMES *****
THE GOVERNMENT WAS URGED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO IMPLEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THE INDUSTRY-WIDE TRAINING SCHEMES PROPOSED BY THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL.
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HIS UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUE, THE HON. FRANCIS TIEN WHO WAS ABSENT, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, THE HON. ALEX WU ALSO CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER URGENTLY
THE APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT OF A PIECE OF LAND FOR A SECOND TRAINING CENTRE BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY.
THE APPEALS WERE MADE WHEN HE TABLED THE 1978 ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY AND
THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
+THESE SCHEMES ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO ENABLE THE INDUSTRIES TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THE FACE OF INCREASING EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL PRESSURES, + HE STRESSED.
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