MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1985
AND IT INCLUDES AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORK OF THE PAY SURVEY AND RESEARCH UNIT, WHICH IS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF THE COMMISSION. DURING THE YEAR, THIS FACT-FINDING AND DATA ANALYSIS UNIT CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF SURVEYS, INCLUDING THE 1983-84 PAY TREND SURVEY, AND A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF FINDING PRIVATE SECTOR ANALOGUES FOR JOBS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
THE 1984 GENERAL PROGRESS REPORT IS THE FOURTH PUT OUT SINCE THE COMMISSION'S ESTABLISHMENT IN 1979, THE OTHERS HAVING BEEN PUBLISHED IN 1980-81, 1982 AND 1983.
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SPORTS' VALUE STRESSED AT CENTRE OPENING
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SPORT AND RECREATION WERE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES NEW TOWNS, AS THE POPULATION THERE WAS VERY YOUNG, THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE NORTH KWAI CHUNG TANG SHIU KIN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE, MR BARNES SAID FACILITIES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE OF A VERY HIGH PRIORITY+.
THESE DAYS, HE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT DOING TOO BADLY, AND IN THIS PROGRESS BOTH SIR SHIU-KIN TANG AND THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, HAD PLAYED THE IR PART.
MR BARNES SAID THAT THE NEW INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE WAS BUILT LARGELY WITH A $10 MILLION DONATION FROM SIR SHIV-KIN.
IT WAS A BIG CENTRE, WITH VERY GOOD FACILITIES, AND WAS +A VERY BIG GIFT+.
+WHAT IS MORE, IT IS A GIFT FROM SOMEONE WHOSE GENEROSITY HAS ALREADY BENEFITED ENORMOUS NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, HE CONTINUED.
+I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF YOU CAN FIND ANYONE WHO HAS NOT BENEFITED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER FROM ONE OR OTHER PROJECTS TO WHICH SIR SHIU-KIN HAS GIVEN MONEY, HE ADDED.
MK BARNES