SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1984
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BUILDING INDUSTRY PRAISED
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, TODAY (SATURDAY) DESCRIBED HONG KONG'S BUILDING INDUSTRY AS BEING WELL MANAGED, TECHNICALLY ADVANCED AND HAVING A WELL-TRAINED, QUALIFIED WORKFORCE.
HE SAID THE INDUSTRY HAD PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN IMPROVING HONG KONG'S SURROUNDINGS.
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+AS A RESULT, HE SAID, HONG KONG HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED FROM A RELATIVELY UNDER-DEVELOPED CITY TO AN ULTRA-MODERN CITY OF
TODAY.+
MR CHAN, WHO OPENED THE BUILDING TOMORROW'S HERITAGE+ EXHIBITION AT THE MTR CENTRAL STATION CONCOURSE, SAID MANY VISITORS HAD BEEN AMAZED BY THE SPEED AND INTENSITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HERE.
+OUR NEW TOWNS, HOUSING ESTATES. VARIOUS PUBLIC WORKS AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMPLETED WITHIN A MUCH SHORTER TIME SCALE, EVEN WHEN COMPARED WITH TECHNOLOGICALLY FAR ADVANCED COUNTRIES.
+ IT IS AN ACHIEVEMENT WHICH ALL OF US INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD.
+SUCH AN ACHIEVEMENT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED UNLESS THE INDUSTRY WAS WELL MANAGED, TECHNICALLY ADVANCED AND HAD A WELL-TRAINED AND QUALIFIED WORKFORCE,+ HE SAID.
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HANDY ROAD SAFETY KITS DESIGNED FOR SCHOOLS *****
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS CAN NOW MAKE USE OF A NEWLY PRODUCED ROAD SAFETY TEACHING KIT TO STRENGTHEN ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION IN JUNIOR FORMS.
OVER 200 TEACHERS FROM 150 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE INTRODUCED TO THE CONTENTS OF THE KIT WHILE ATTENDING A SEMINAR ON ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION HELD BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE TEACHING KIT, PRODUCED AS PART OF THE 1984-85 ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN, AIMS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT THE CORRECT BEHAV FOUR OF ROAD USERS.
+ THE ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN HAS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS PLACED
MUCH EFFORT HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE EMPHASIS ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. DIRECTED AT THE MOST VULNERABLE AGE GROUP - CHILDREN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ROAD SAFETY PUBLICITY COMMITTEE SAID.
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