THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1985
FOCUS ON UC COMPLEXES IN CONSTRUCTION DRIVE
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THE IMPORTANCE OF URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEXES IN THE COUNCIL'S CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME IS DOUBLY UNDERLINED IN +INCOMPARABLE HONG KONG+, URBCO'S RECENTLY PUBLISHED ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1984-85.
+SPECIAL EFFORTS WERE MADE DURING THE YEAR TO ADVANCE THE PROCESS OF REDEVELOPING OLD MARKETS INTO MULTI- FUNCTIONAL URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEXES,+ THE REPORT STATES. +THIS POLICY OPTIMISES THE USE OF SCARCE LAND RESOURCES TO DEVELOP A WIDE RANGE OF URBAN FACILITIES ON THE SAME SITE.+
IN A FOREWORD TO THE REPORT, COUNCIL CHAIRMAN HILTON CHEONG-LEEN ALSO DRAWS ATTENTION TO THIS CENTRAL LINE OF BUILDING ACTIVITY.
HE CITES, AS A PRIME AND +MOST CONCRETE+ EXAMPLE OF THE COUNCIL'S CONTINUING VIGOUR, THE CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS (AT A CAPITAL COST OF ABOUT $500 MILLION) ON SEVEN URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEXES — THOSE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDINGS INCORPORATING MARKETS, LIBRARIES, GAMES HALLS AND OTHER FACILITIES WHICH ARE BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO DISTRICT COMMUNITIES+.
PRICED AT $15, +INCOMPARABLE HONG KONG+ IS ON SALE AT LEADING BOOKSHOPS AND AT THE COUNCIL'S OWN SALES OUTLETS IN THE CITY HALL AND KOWLOON CENTRAL LIBRARY AND AT THE PUBLICATIONS CENTRE IN ICE HOUSE STREET.
HONG KONG COMMENDED FOR WELL-TRAINED WKFORCE
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THE UK MINISTER OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY, MR PETER MORRISON, TONIGHT (THURSDAY) COMMENDED HONG KONG FOR ITS APPRECIATING THE NEED FOR A WELL-TRAINED WORKFORCE.
SPEAKING AT A DINNER PARTY GIVEN BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING TOMORROW OF THE KOWLOON BAY TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX, MR MORRISON SAID THAT WHEN IT CAME TO TRAINING, HONG KONG COULD SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER COUNTRIES.
HE SAID THAT LIKE OTHERS HONG KONG PROSPERED AND FLOURISHED AS A RESULT OF THE ENDEAVOUR OF ITS PEOPLE.
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