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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1984
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS TO A TOTAL VALUE OF ALMOST $2 000 MILLION DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH THE 1980 AGREEMENT, UNDER THE AGREEMENT, HONG KONG WILL ACCEPT 255 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER IN THE TEN MONTHS FROM MAY 1, 1984 TO FEBRUARY 28, 1985, AND THIS OFF-TAKE WILL INCREASE ANNUALLY TO 500 MILLION CUBIC METRES IN THE TEN MONTHS FOLLOWING MAY 1, 1990.
THE GROUP WILL BE BRIEFED IN SHENZHEN TOMORROW MORNING ON THE EAST RIVER SCHEME AND THE WORKS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO PUMP WATER SUPPLIES TO HONG KONG. THE GROUP WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG IN THE AFTERNOON TO VISIT SITES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, INCLUDING THE RECENTLY COMPLETED MUK WU PUMPING STATION, WHICH IS DUE TO BE OPENED THIS MONTH.
THE GROUP, WHICH WILL BE LED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE, WILL INCLUDE SEVEN UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE. THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY FINANCI AL SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTORS OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TOGETHER WITH OTHER OFFICIALS OF THE FINANCE BRANCH AND LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY EFFORTS PAY OFF ****
REMARKABLE RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN CONTAINING THE GROWTH OF ACCIDENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR CHAN NAI-KEONG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THIS, HE ADDED, WAS A RESULT OF THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS OVER THE YEARS IN PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY THROUGH IMPROVED LEGISLATION AND INTENSIFIED TRAINING AND PUBLICITY.
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY AWARD SCHEME ORGANISED BY CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD AT +RAFFLES+ MR CHAN SAID IT WAS HEARTENING TO NOTE THAT THIS YEAR THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES RECORDED CONTINUED TO SHOW A STEADY DOWNWARD TREND SINCE 1981.
+COMPARED WITH THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1983, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS HAD DROPPED FROM 12 118 CASES TO 11 342 CASES IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD THIS YEAR, WHILE FATAL ACCIDENTS HAVE DECLINED FROM 46 TO 30 CASES.+
/HOWEVER, MR