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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1979
EQUIPMENT AND FITTINGS READY FOR OPENING OF QE STADIUM
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THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM IN WAN CHAT WILL BE READY FOR USE NEXT JUNE, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. F.K. LI TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. F.K. HU, MR. LI SAID WITH ONE EXCEPTION, TENDERS FOR ALL SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT AND FITTINGS HAVE EITHER BEEN AWARDED OR WILL SHORTLY BE AWARDED.
+BASED ON THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE PRESENT TIME, THESE EQUIPMENT AND FITTINGS WILL BE READY FOR THE OPENING OF THE STADIUM, SAID MR. LI.
THE ONE EXCEPTION WAS STAGE EQUIPMENT AND MR. LI SAID THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES HAD RECENTLY INFORMED THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL HAD DECIDED TO USE ITS OWN FUNDS TO BUY A PORTABLE STAGE FROM A CERTAIN SUPPLIER. HENCE IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO BUY THE ANCILLARY STAGE EQUIPMENT FROM THE SAME SUPPLIER.
+AS THIS CONSTITUTES A DEPARTURE OF NORMAL TENDER PROCEDURE, THE MATTER IS RECEIVING ATTENTION IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT,+ HE SAID.
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
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THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES FEELS THAT
THE SETTING UP OF AN AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WOULD BE RATHER HARD TO JUSTIFY AND SUCH NEEDS CAN BEST BE MET BY RUNNING SHORT COURSES ON OCCASIONAL BASIS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON. KENNETH TOPLEY TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE WAS REPLYING TO REV. THE HON. JOYCE BENNETT WHO ASKEDI WILL THE GOVERNMENT MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE INTRODUCTION OF COURSES IN HORTICULTURE INTO THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND/OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS?
MR. TOPLEY SAID THAT SHORT COURSES IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURAL PLANT MACHINERY WERE ALREADY BEING CONDUCTED BY THE HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
FURTHER MORE, THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT RUNS ABOUT 25 TO 30 SHORT COURSES EACH YEAR IN HORTICULTURE FOR YOUNG FARMERS AS WELL AS A LARGE NUMBER OF ONE-DAY ON-FARM SEMINARS ON MARKET GARDENING.
MR. TOPLEY SAID HE HAD CONSULTED THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES ABOUT THE NEED TO SET UP A DEPARTMENT IN THE TUEN MUN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1984, AND HE FELT THIS WOULD BE RATHER HARD TO JUSTIFY.
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