WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 198-
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GOVERNOR VISITS ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THIS AFTERNOON (WEDNESDAY), PAID A TWO-HOUR VISIT TO THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
ON HIS ARRIVAL AT THE EDD HEADQUARTERS AT THE EMPIRE CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, SIR EDWARD WAS MET BY THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, DR NIP KAM-FAN, WHO EXPLAINED THE DEPARTMENT'S ORGANISATION.
HE WAS ALSO INTRODUCED TO MR K.C. WONG, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL ENGINEER- MR H.C. BEATON, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER- DR A. MALONE, ACTING PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER AND MR K.C.R. JENKINS, THE MASS TRANSIT ADVISER.
THE GOVERNOR THEN SAW A SURVEY SECTION DEMONSTRATION IN THE COMPUTER ROOM AND LATER TOURED THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE MASS TRANSIT OFFICE, HIGHWAYS, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL.
FOLLOWING HIS TOUR OF THE HEADQUARTERS, SIR EDWARD HAS AN INFORMAL MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WHICH REPRESENTS STAFF OF ALL GRADES IN THE EDD.
BROADCASTING REPORT SUMMARY RELEASED
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) RELEASED A SUMMARY OF THE BROADCASTING REVIEW BOARD REPORT, AND HAS PLACED A COPY OF THE FULL REPORT IN THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES LIBRARY IN IGACONSFIELD HOUSE, FOR THE REFERENCE OF ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THIS WAS A TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT PENDING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE FULL REPORT, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, IN LARGER NUMBERS AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THREE MONTHS TO COMMENT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT AFTER THAT.
+WHILE THE FULL REPORT WILL NOT BE READY IN LARGER NUMBERS FOR ANOTHER SIX WEEKS, PEOPLE CAN MAKE KNOWN THEIR VIEWS IN THE MEANTIME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT ARE THOSE OF THE BROADCASTING REVIEW BOARD, AND ARE NOT GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOW STUDYING THE REPORT.
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