THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1984
BORDER CONTROL POINT TO BE BUILT
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A BORDER CONTROL POINT IS TO BE BUILT AT SHA TAU KOK.
AN $8.3 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK HAS BEEN AWARDED TO YEU SHING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE CONTROL POINT WILL OCCUPY A 12 500 SQUARE-METRE SITE BETWEEN LIN MA HANG ROAD AND SHA TAU KOK ROAD.
WORK INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE-STOREY MAIN TERMINAL BUILDING FOR THE POLICE, AND IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS OFFICERS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ARRIVAL AND A DEPARTURE HALL, A CARGO EXAMINATION PLATFORM, A VEHICLE INSPECTION PIT AND A TRANSFORMER ROOM.
WORK WILL BEGIN TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH AND BE FINISHED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE BORDER CONTROL POINT IS BEING BUILT IN CONNECTION WITH THE VEHICLE BORDER LINK AT SHA TAU KOK NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE 800-METRE LONG, TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER BORDER CROSSING FACILITY IN ADDITION TO THE ONE AT MAN KAM TO.
STEADY GROWTH SEEN FOR ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY
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HONG KONG'S ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING IN TERMS OF BOTH SIZE AND SOPHISTICATION, ACCORDING TO THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED REPORT ON THE 1983 MANPOWER SURVEY OF THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY.
THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
TO COPE WITH THIS, THE INDUSTRY WOULD REQUIRE A BETTER TRAINED WORKFORCE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGHER LEVEL PRODUCTS AND HANDLING COMPLICATED ELECTRICAL PROJECTS, THE REPORT SAYS.
THE INDUSTRY'S WORKFORCE HAS BEEN GROWING STEADILY BY ABOUT 4.2 PER CENT A YEAR IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, REACHING A TOTAL OF ABOUT 59 000 WORKERS IN MARCH LAST YEAR.
AND TO MEET THIS DEMAND, THE TRAINING BOARD HAS SUGGESTED THAT AN AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE OF 160-200 TECHNOLOGISTS, 300 - 350 TECHNICIANS AND 1 000 - 1 200 CRAFTSMEN WILL BE REQUIRED FROM THIS YEAR TO 1988.
/THE REPORT