TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1283
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MORE METERED WATER SUPPLY IN NT
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL SOON IMPLEMENT TWO PROJECTS AIMED AT EXTENDING METERED WATER SUPPLY TO MORE AREAS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY BY MR LAU JONG-MING, GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER (SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION) OF THE DEPARTMENT.
HE SAID THAT VILLAGERS IN YUEN LONG, KAM TIN, PAT HEUNG AND SHEK KONG AREAS WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH INDIVIDUALLY METERED SUPPLY IN STAGES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
+ THE FIRST PROJECT INVOLVES THE LAYING OF ABOUT 17.5 KILOMETRES OF MILD STEEL AND DUCTILE IRON FRESH WATER MAINS RANGING FROM 150 MILLIMETRES TO 600 MILLIMETRES IN DIAMETER IN KAM TIN ROAD, KAM SHEUNG ROAD, LAM KAM ROAD AND FAN KAM ROAD, HE SAID.
TENDERS WILL SOON BE INVITED FOR THIS PROJECT AND WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, HE ADDED.
THE SECOND PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE LAYING OF MORE THAN FIVE KILOMETRES OF FRESH WATER MAINS RANGING FROM 80 MILLIMETRES TO 150 MILLIMETRES IN DIAMETER IN TIN SHUI WAI, MONG TSENG WAI AND NAM SHA PO IN THE NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF YUEN LONG.
+ THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL BE PROVIDING FULL METERED SUPPLIES TO VILLAGES WITHIN THE EXISTING AND EXPANDED SUPPLY ZONES AS THE MAIN-LAYING WORK PROGRESSES. THE VILLAGES WILL INCLUDE THOSE CURRENTLY BEING SERVED BY STANDPIPES, MR LAU SAID.
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DISABLED PEOPLE RECEIVING UNIQUE VOCATIONAL TRAINING
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VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR THE DISABLED IN HONG KONG HAS CHANGED CONSIDERABLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND EMERGED UNIQUE IN SOUTHEAST
ASIA.
UNLIKE THE REST OF THE REGION WHERE TRAINING IS PROVIDED MAINLY BY SOCIAL WORKERS, IN HONG KONG IT IS CONDUCTED BY TRAINED PERSONNEL FROM COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, WITH SOCIAL WORKERS PLAYING A SUPPORTIVE ROLE.
FOUR YEARS AGO, VOCATIONAL TRAINING HERE WAS, AS IN MOST COUNTRIES, +WELFARE-BIASED+ ACCORDING TO MR GEORGE RIBEIRO, PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT (TEITD).
THE CHANGE CAME ABOUT IN 1979 WHEN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TOOK OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE DISABLED, IN LINE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN A REHABILITATION WHITE PAPER IN 1977.
/THEN, IN