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WEDNESDAY, 1OVEMBER 21, 1984
TODAY, THERE ARE 13 PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND A SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL UNDER FMO WITH A TOTAL OF 3 600 STUDENTS.
EARLIER, IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, DR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN, DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, PRAISED MR CHEUNG FOR HIS DEVOTION AND EFFORT TO THE LOCAL AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AND FOR HIS DEEP INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
AT THE CEREMONY, MRS CHEUNG AND MRS RIDDELL-SWAN PRESENTED CERTIFICATES. PRIZES AND FMO SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AWARDS TO THE STUDENTS,
BUSY TIME FOR AIR-CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS
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THE AIR-CONDITIONING TENDER FOR THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL EXTENSION, AMOUNTING TO 5 500 TONS OF REFRIGERATION, WILL BE GOING OUT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
AT EASTER NEXT YEAR, TENDERS FOR THE MODIFICATION WORK IN TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL AMOUNTING TO 400 TONS WILL ALSO BE INVITED.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE FOLLOWED IN JUNE OR JULY BY THE AIR-CONDITIONING TENDER FOR KAI TAK AIRPORT STAGE V AMOUNTING TO 2 500 TONS.
MAKING THIS KNOWN THIS EVENING AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE AIR-CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION CONTRACTORS' ASSOCIATION - HONG KONG, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR N.K. CHAN, SAID THAT MEDIUM-SIZED PROJECTS AMOUNTING TO 200 TO 300 TONS IN NEW POLICE STATIONS, CLINICS AND OTHER PLACES WOULD ALSO BE INVITED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
→I CAN SEE THAT THERE WILL BE A STEADY STREAM OF WORK GOING THE AIR-CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' WAY, HE SAID.
+LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD THE DESIGN OF THE 1 500-BED HOSPITAL AT SHAU KEI WAN, WHICH WILL BE FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED, IS GOING AHEAD AND CONSULTING ENGINEERS ARE TO BE APPOINTED.
MR CHAN SAID THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR TENDER PRICES FOR AIR-CONDITIONING INSTALLATIONS HAD BEEN FALLING AND THIS REFLECTED KEENER COMPETITION.
→I HOPE THAT MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION WILL ALSO STRIVE TO MAINTAIN THE GOOD STANDARD OF WORKMANSHIP WHICH HAS BEEN THE HALL MARK OF THE INDUSTRY, AT THE SAME TIME, I HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT AS PROJECTS ARE GROWING RAPIDLY
COMPLEXITY WHILE TECHNOLOGY AND CLIENT DEMANDS ADVANCE,+ SAID.
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