MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1983
LORD COCKFIELD TOURS NT
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LORD COCKFIELD, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE, WHO ARRIVED IN HONG KONG LAST NIGHT FOR A THREE-DAY VISIT, WENT THIS MORNING BY HELICOPTER ON A FAMILIARISATION TOUR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LADY COCKFIELD AND MR BRYAN O'RORKE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, WHO BRIEFED HIM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS NEW TOWNS.
LORD COCKFIELD LATER LANDED AT A LOOKOUT POINT IN SHA TIN WHERE HE WAS MET AND BRIEFED BY MR KENNETH KWOK, PROJECT MANAGER (SHA TIN) AND MR DONALD TSANG, DISTRICT OFFICER (SHA TIN).
ALSO ON BOARD THE HELICOPTER WAS MR C.C.W. ADAMS, SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, WHO ACCOMPANIED LORD COCKFIELD ON HIS VISIT TO THE CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION.
NOTE TO EDITORS1
LORD COCKFIELD WILL MEET THE PRESS TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT 4.30 PM IN THE GIS THEATRE, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
TECHNICAL BACK-UP SERVICES FOR INDUSTRY ****
THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED A REORGANISATION OF ITS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION.
+THIS IS PART OF AN ON-GOING PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY'S NEEDS FOR INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT FACILITIES AND TECHNICAL BACK-UP SERVICES ARE ADEQUATELY PROVIDED FOR BY GOVERNMENT, + SAID THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR JOHN YAXLEY.
THESE NEEDS WERE IDENTIFIED IN BROAD TERMS IN THE 1979 REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION, AND ARE COTERMINED IN DETAIL AS A RESULT OF THE REGULAR DELIBERATIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD (IDB), WHICH MEETS UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY.
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