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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1985
THE CONTRACTOR FULLY APPRECIATED THE NEED TO LOCATE THE SOURCE OF ERROR AND HAD BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED THROUGHOUT IN SEEKING TO RECTIFY THE POSITION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AS IT WAS THE MUTUAL AIM OF THE CONTRACTOR AND GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE A FULLY SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL SYSTEM, IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO SEEK FURTHER COMPENSATION IN ADDITION TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES OF $2.25 MILLION ALREADY WITHHELD FROM PAYMENTS UNDER THE CONTRACT, MR CHAN SAID.
+FURTHERMORE, GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO WITHHELD PAYMENT FOR THE TOLL COLLECTION COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, ALTHOUGH IT IS OPERATING SUCCESSFULLY FOR ALL BUT A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE TIME, HE ADDED.
JOB FOR MARINE DEPARTMENT ****
THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE HAD GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COLLECTION OF SEABORNE REFUSE THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID TODAY. HE WAS RESPONDING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, THE DEPARTMENT WAS AT PRESENT ONLY ABLE TO PROVIDE A SCAVENGING SERVICE IN VICTORIA HARBOUR AND FIVE MAJOR TYPHOON SHELTERS: ABERDEEN, YAU MA TEI, ALDRICH BAY, CAUSEWAY BAY AND CHEUNG CHAU.
IN ADDITION, A SHIP-TO-SHIP REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE WAS PROVIDED FOR OCEAN-GOING VESSELS MOORED IN VICTORIA HARBOUR AND A BOAT-TO-BOAT REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE FOR DWELLING BOATS IN THE FIRST FOUR OF THE SAID TYPHOON SHELTERS, MR CHAMBERS SAID.
+ THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLECTION OF FLOATING REFUSE AT ALL GAZETTED BEACHES, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,+ HE SAID.
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