SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1985
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THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES IN TUEN MUN HAD INCREASED FROM JUST OVER 100 IN THE EARLY 90'S TO ALMOST 2 000 IN 1985.
AYONG THE MAIN TYPES OF INDUSTRIES, FACTORIES MANUFACTURING PLASTIC PRODUCTS SHOWED THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN NUMBERS, FOLLOWED BY FACTORIES MAKING ELECTRONIC GOODS, METAL WORK PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES.
AT PRESENT, TUEN MUN'S MANUFACTURING SECTOR EMPLOYS MORE THAN *0 000 WORKERS, OF WHICH 60 PER CENT ARE LOCAL RESIDENTS. THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIGICANT INCREASE FROM THE 1983 FIGURE OF 40 PER CENT, AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT MORE LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL CHOOSE TO WORK LOCALLY.
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MEANWHILE, A LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, AIMED AT PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN TUEN MUN, WAS OPENED TODAY (SATURDAY) AT THE TUEN MUN PLAYGROUND AND WILL LAST UNTIL DECEMBER 9.
ORGANISED BY THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE OF THE TUEN WUN DISTRICT BOARD, A TOTAL OF 17 FACTORIES REPRESNTING VARIOUS TYPES OF INDUSTRIES HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE NINE-DAY EXHIBITION.
$113 MILLION TO BE SPENT ON KWUN TONG
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THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL SPEND $113 MILLION IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN KWUN TONG, DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
+OF THIS, $69 MILLION WILL BE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF VARIOUS CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE KOWLOON BAY RECREATION GROUND, HE SAID.
+THE OTHER $44 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, SUCH AS THE SHUI WO STREET MARKET COMPLEX AND THE LEI YUE MUN ROAD PUBLIC TOILET AND BATH-HOUSE.+
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 15TH OPEN DANCE CONTEST, MR MAK SAID THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS FORMED THE BASIS OF AN INTEGRAL SYSTEM WHICH SUPERVISED VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
MR MAK URGED THE CIVIC-MINDED TO CONSIDER STANDING AS CANDIDATES FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION TO BE HELD NEXT MARCH, NOW THAT THE NOMINATION PERIOD - JANUARY 3 TO 31 WAS NEAR.
THE DANCE CONTEST WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT CULTURE AND RECREATION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE, CO-ORGANISED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
THIS YEAR 119 TEAMS HAVE JOINTED THE CONTEST, AND A SERIES OF COMPETITIONS WILL LAST FOR FIVE DAYS STARTING TODAY.
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