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+ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DEVELOPMENT-MODIFICATION AND APPLICATIO.. OF THE TECHNOLOGIES IDENTIFIED WILL BE DONE THROUGH THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WHICH REPRESENT A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF INPUT TO INDUSTRY SUPPORT PROGRAMMES,+ MR HO SAID.
AT ITS MEETING ON NOVEMBER 5, THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO SUPPORT THIS UNIFIED APPROACH.
MR HO SAID, THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY NOW LOOKS FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE PROPOSALS FOR AUGMENTING THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE'S CAPBILITIES TO TAKE ON THEIR ENVISAGED ROLE,+
MR HO REFERRED TO THE REMINDER BY BOTH THE HON FRANCIS TIEN AND THE HON WONG PO-YAN OF THE CONTINUED NEED TO OPEN UP NEW MARKETS AS WELL AS TO EXPAND EXISTING ONES FOR HONG KONG PRODUCTS, AND OF THE IMPORTANT WORK BEING DONE BY THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IN THIS FIELD.
+1 AGREE WITH THE VIEWS EXPRESSED THAT THIS IMPORTANT TASK IS WELL HANDLED BY THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL,+ MR HO SAID.
CROSS HARBOUR PROJECT DRAWS GOOD RESPONSE
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THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION THAT THE NEXT FIXED HARBOUR CROSSING SHOULD BE IN THE EASTERN HARBOUR HAD DRAWN A MOST ENCOURAGING RESPONSE, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MR SCOTT SAID THAT FOLLOWING THE DECISION, ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS ANNUAL POLICY ADDRESS ON OCTOBER 4, 14 GROUPS HAD PUT UP THE $10 000 DEPOSIT TO OBTAIN THEIR COPIES OF THE RELEVANT DATA AND REQUIREMENTS.
HE ALSO SPOKE ON THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM AFTER THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG HAD EXPRESSED DOUBT ABOUT ITS VIABILITY AT AN EARLIER LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING.
MR SCOTT RECALLED THAT THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION'S CONSULTANTS HAD EXAMINED AND TESTED A SERIES OF FORECASTS ARISING FROM SEVERAL ASSUMED PATRONAGE LEVELS FROM A MINIMUM LEVEL OF 500 000 PER DAY UP TO A MAXIMUM LEVEL OF 750 000 PER DAY FOR THE FULL SYSTEM.
INCLUDING ASSOCIATED
THEY HAD ESTIMATED THE FULL PROJECT. BUS SERVICES, WOULD COST ABOUT $1.7 BILLION,
+NO ONE CAN FORECAST EXACTLY THE OUTCOME IN A PROJECT OF THIS NATURE, BUT WITHIN THESE PARAMETERS AND THIS ORDER OF COST --
THE WHICH ARE REASONABLY SIMILAR TO THOSE QUOTED BY MR CHEONG -- (KCRC'S) BOARD JUDGED THAT THE RISKS WERE ACCEPTABLE IF THE SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED ON A PHASED BASIS IN LINE WITH POPULATION GROWTH.
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