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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1984
•
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
1
-1
-1
4
47
-33
2 097
ELECTRICAL AND
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
OTHERS
CONSTRUCTION **
SERVICES
* *
-1
-2
4
43
-29
2 405
*
*
7
40
-26
3 607
71
* I
-1
1
8
|
00 1
21
-26 3 711
*
* I
28
26
། ྃ།
-34
4 618
BANKS
*
*
*
69
-6
-35
4 128
HOTELS
*
-1
-1
28
38
-37
3 172
PUBLIC UTILITIES
*
10
45
-35
4 524
OTHERS
**
*
23
33 -30
6 131
* CHANGES WITHIN -0.5 PER CENT
** PERSONS ENGAGED COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY SITE WORKERS
EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY 'SUB-CONTRACTORS NOT INCLUDED.
MP VISITS SHA TIN
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A VISITING MEMBER OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, MR JOHN COPE, SPENT THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON IN SHA TIN TO SEE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
HE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH SEVEN MEMBERS FROM THE SHA TIN, KWUN TONG AND WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARDS.
MR COPE WAS BRIEFED ON DEVELOPMENTS IN VARIOUS NEW TOWNS BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR FAN MACPHERSON.
HE THEN WENT TO THE LIONS PAVILION FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF SHA TIN AND A BRIEFING ON THE DISTRICT BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG.
MR COPE WAS TOLD THAT ABOUT 23 PER CENT OF SHA TIN'S TOTAL AREA OF 800 HECTARES WERE USED FOR HOUSING, AND THAT MOST OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WERE BUILT ON RECLAIMED SITES.
AFTER A VISIT TO LUNG HANG ESTATE, MR COPE RETURNED TO THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND MET THE BOARD MEMBERS.
THE MEMBERS WERE MR LAM HUNG-CHUI, MISS FANNY CHEUNG, MR ROGER LAU AND MR YEUNG SUI-WAH OF SHA TIN: MR TSOI LOK-KEUNG AND MR CHENG KWAN-SUEN OF KWUN TONG AND MR LI SZE-BAY OF WONG TAI SIN.
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