FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1984
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GROWING DEMAND SEEN FOR TRANSLATION SERVICE
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TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS MUST KEEP ABREAST OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS BY EQUIPPING THEMSELVES, WELL TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF SOCIETY, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY.
MRS WONG SAID THAT THE DEMAND FOR THEIR SERVICES WAS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GROW, AND IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS SHOULD LIVE UP TO THE HIGH STANDARD EXPECTED BY THE PUBLIC, SHE SAID.
SHE WAS OFFICIATING AT THE CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE SECOND BASIC TRAINING COURSE FOR NEWLY-RECRUITED CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS, AT THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THIS CEREMONY WHICH MARKED THE COMPLETION OF THE COURSE FOR 24 CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR CHINESE LANGUAGE, MR FRED TING, SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THE ENTHUSIASM DEMONSTRATED BY THESE NEW RECRUITS.
HE WAS SURE THAT THEY COULD FULFIL THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF IMPROVING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC.
MR TING ADDED THAT THE OBJECT OF SIMILAR COURSES CURRENTLY HELD FOR NEWLY APPOINTED CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS WAS TO DEVELOP BETTER TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION TECHNIQUES TO MEET THE GROWING NEED FOR SUCH SERVICES.
ROAD LINK TO COMPLETE TSING YI COMPLEX
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ACCESS TO THE INDUSTRIAL AREA ON THE WEST COAST OF TSING YI WILL IMPROVE WITH THE COMPLETION OF A CIRCULAR ROAD SYSTEM AROUND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ISLAND.
THE PROJECT INVOLVES BUILDING A ONE-KILOMETRE LONG ROAD TO LINK TWO EXISTING ROADS.
FIVE 10.3-METRE-WIDE ACCESS ROADS WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
IN ADDITION AN EXISTING ROAD RUNNING THROUGH THE AREA WILL
BE WIDENED TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.
THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL INVITE TENDERS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE.
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