WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1979
DPW PRAISES HK'S BUSTLING INDUSTRIOUS COMMUNITY ******
HONG KONG'S BUSTLING INDUSTRIOUS COMMUNITY+ CAME IN FOR PRAISE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR DAVID MCDONALD, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
NOT ONLY WAS THE POPULATION INCREAS ING. RAPIDLY ANNUALLY BUT THE COMMUNITY STRIVES FOR THE URGENT ATTAINMENT OF FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, MR MCDONALD SAID.
THE DIRECTOR MADE THE REMARKS DURING HIS ADDRESS AT THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE COMMONWEALTH ENGINEERS' COUNCIL.
DELEGATES FROM 13 COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES WERE REPRESENTED AT THE GATHERING. THESE COUNTRIES ARE AUSTRALIA, BANGLEDESH, CANADA, THE CARRIBEAN, GHANA, HONG KONG, INDIA, MALAYSIA, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, SRI LANKA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
MR MCDONALD SAID +HONG KONG IS QUITE UNLIKE OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN MANY RESPECTS: IT HAS A LITTLE OVER 1 050 SQUARE KILOMETRES OF TERRITORY CONSISTING OF 236 ISLANDS AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF ITS POPULATION, NUMBERING ABOUT FIVE MILLION, LIVE IN LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF THE TOTAL AREA.
+NOT ONLY IS OUR POPULATION INCREASING RAPIDLY YEAR BY YEAR, AT THE SAME TIME OUR BUSTLING INDUSTRIOUS COMMUNITY STRIVES FOR THE URGENT ATTAINMENT OF FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT.+
HE SAID THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS LED TO SOME CHALLENGING ENGINEERING PROBLEMS.
+I HOPE THAT, DURING YOUR SHORT STAY, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE ARE CONSTRUCTING TO OVERCOME THEM,+ HE SAID.
MR MCDONALD ALSO SAID THAT THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS -- PERHAPS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WAS GROWING RAPIDLY AND THAT THE DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE OF GREAT VALUE TO ITS MEMBERS.
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