TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND
11
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1985
RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
4 227
1 443
+ 2 784
+193
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL AND
CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
3 417
3 059
357
+ 12
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
3 127
2 083
+ 1 134
+ 54
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS,
EQUIPMENT,
SUPPLIES AND
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
2 699
2 315
+
385
+ 17
COMPROMISE PROPOSED FOR HKU REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME
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THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE HAS ENDORSED A COMPROMISE PROPOSAL FOR THE PROVISION OF PEDESTRIAN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY'S BONHAM ROAD ENTRANCE AND NEW BUILDINGS BEING PROVIDED AS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY REDEVELOPMENT, A COMMITTEE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE RECALLED THAT AN EARLIER SCHEME BY THE UNIVERSITY TO LINK THE BONHAM ROAD ENTRANCE AND THE REDEVELOPMENT WITH THREE ESCALATOR> COVERING A VERTICAL ELEVATION OF SOME 31 METRES HAD BEEN FEATURED IN THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'3 REPORT ON THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1984.
THE COMMITTEE HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT PUBLIC MONEY SHOULD BE USED FOR THE PROVISION OF ESCALATORS FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG AND HEALTHY STUDENTS WHO SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF WALKING AROUND THE CAMPUS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR MECHANICAL ASSISTANCE.
/THE COMITTEE