SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1981
U.S. CONTRACTORS LOOK OVER HK PROSPECTS
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A 12-MEMBER AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION +TASK FORCE+ NOW VISITING HONG KONG, TODAY (SUNDAY) TOURED THE NEW TERRITORIES TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWNS.
THE DELEGATION, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION FIRMS, IS JOINTLY LED BY MR DONALD EARNS HAW, AMERICAN DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AND MR JAMES THOMPSON, DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION DIVISION OF THE ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA.
THE VISTIORS ARE HERE TO STUDY MAJOR CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMMES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICAN FIRMS TO JOIN IN CONSTRUCTION WORK IN HONG KONG,
THEIR VISIT FOLLOWS ONE TO THE UNITED STATES EARLIER THIS YEAR BY MR DAVID MCDONALD, SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS.
ACCOMPANYING THEM ON THE TOUR TODAY WAS THE DIRECTOR of NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR JOHN DON.
THE DELEGATION VISITED SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN NEW TOWNS WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS BY THE PROJECT MANAGER (SHA TIN), MR K. AUSTIN AND PROJECT MANAGER (TUEN MUN), MR T.S. NG.
THE VISITORS WILL LEAVE ON WEDNESDAY FOR KUALA LUMPUR AND SINGAPORE.
KWUN TONG HOLDS FIRST SPORTS FESTIVAL
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THE FIRST KWUN TONG SPORTS FESTIVAL WAS OPENED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR GRAHAM BARNES.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY HELD AT THE KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND AT TSUI PING ROAD, MR BARNES SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD BEEN ONE OF THE DRIVING INSPIRATIONS FOR THE WHOLE FESTIVAL.
+YOU NEED THE MONEY AND THE PEOPLE AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT TO ORGANISE THIS KIND OF LARGE EVENT, AND IT IS ONLY RECENTLY THAT BOTH THESE THINGS HAVE BECOME FULLY AVAILABLE FOR DISTRICTS, + SAID MR BARNES.
UNDER THE NEW DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME, THE GOVERNMENT ALLOCATED $500 000 TO THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE LAST YEAR AND THIS WAS USED FOR THE EARLIER +KWUN TONG TODAY.. HE SAID.
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