WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1983
THE CONTRACT, THE SIXTH AND LARGEST, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO
BESIDES BUILDING THE TREATMENT NISHIMATSU CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD. WORKS. THE COMPANY WILL ALSO CONSTRUCT A SERVICE RESERVOIR AND PUMPING STATION.
WORK WILL START NEXT MONTH AND BE COMPLETED IN MAY 1985.
THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR SITE FORMATION WORK WAS AWARDED JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO,
MR TOMLINSON SAID THE NEW TREATMENT WORKS WOULD ENABLE A 40 PER CENT INCREASE OVER CURRENT DEMAND TO BE MET.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE MR Y. YANAGISAWA, WHO SIGNED THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY, AND MR ROBERT ARMISTEAD FROM BINNIE AND PARTNERS (HK), CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE PROJECT.
SCHOOL LEAVERS URGED TO HELP BUILD COMMUNITY
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THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) URGED SCHOOL LEAVERS TO SHARE AND SHOULDER THE BURDEN AND PRESSURE OF DAILY LIVING IN +THIS EXCITING CITY+ OF HONG KONG.
SPEAKING AT THE SPEECH DAY OF DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL, HE TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO LEAD A MATERIALISTIC, SELF-CENTRED LIFE OR TO JOIN THOSE WHO ARE WORKING TO BUILD A NEW COMMUNITY.
+FOR YOU THERE IS NO QUESTION OF DEPARTURE, YOUR HOMES ARE HERE, YOUR FUTURE IS HERE, HE SAID.
+WE MUST NOT, WE WILL NOT, FALTER IN OUR RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE TO BUILD A FULL AND HAPPY LIFE FOR OUR PEOPLE BY USING THE IMAGINATION, ENTERPRISE AND DETERMINATION WHICH HAS BROUGHT US TO THE PROMINENT POSITION WE ENJOY TODAY.
+WE WILL SUCCEED TOMORROW AS WE DID YESTERDAY.+
NOTING THAT HONG KONG IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD FACED WITH A POPULATION EXPLOSION, MR AKERS-JONES SAID: +WE MUST NOT LET THAT ASPECT OF CHANGE IN HONG KONG DOMINATE OUR THOUGHTS.
+BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE COPED WITH THE PRESSURES BETTER THAN MOST SOCIETIES.
/+WE HAVE