TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1985
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PROFESSIONALS URGED TO CONTINUE SUPPORT
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SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, TODAY (TUESDAY) CALLED ON PROFESSIONALS TO HELP SUSTAIN HONG KONG'S SUCCESS STORY BY CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF ITS INFRA-STRUCTURE.
+ IF HONG KONG IS TO REMAIN A PROSPEROUS AND PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY, IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY VITAL THAT THE PROFESSIONALS SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH FULL COMMITMENT AND CONCERN FOR HONG KONG, + MR LIAO SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE INTER-PROFESSIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS, MR LIAO SAID THAT PROFESSIONALS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY VOCAL IN EXPRESSING THE IR VIEWS ON ISSUES NOT ONLY IN THE IR OWN FIELDS BUT ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE SOCIETY.
+THIS ENTHUSIASM IS A CLEAR SIGN THAT OUR PROFESSIONALS HAVE THE WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG PEOPLE AT HEART, AND THEIR PURPOSE .IS NOT CONFINED TO JUST MAKING A BETTER LIVING FOR THEMSELVES,
HE NOTED.
THE PROFESSIONALS HAVE PLAYED A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN MAKING HONG KONG THE DYNAMIC SOCIETY IT IS TODAY, AND THE IR CONTRIBUTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INFRA-STRUCTURE TO COPE WITH A POPULATION THAT HAD GROWN NINE-FOLD SINCE THE WAR HAD BEEN PHENOMENAL, HE SAID.
MR LIAO SAID WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOWNS IN THE 1970'S, NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES WERE OPENED TO PROFESSIONALS IN EVERY FIELD. THE IR CONTRIBUTIONS IN 1980'S RESULTED IN IMPROVEMENTS IN ROAD AND TRANSPORT NETWORKS, EDUCATION, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND RECREATION AND CULTURE.
HE SAID A NUMBER OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WILL HELP STRENGTHEN
THESE HONG KONG'S INFRA-STRUCTURE AS AN INTERNATIONAL MARKET. INCLUDE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CONTAINER TERMINAL, THE LAYING OF A SECOND CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND FURTHER HARBOUR RECLAMATION PROJECTS.
+MAJOR NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY WHICH WILL RELIEVE MORE OF THE STRAIN ON THE OVERCROWDED URBAN AREAS OF HONG KONG, AND A THIRD UNIVERSITY WILL RESULT IN FEW LOCAL STUDENTS TURNING TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OVERSEAS FOR PLACES ON POST-SECONDARY COURSES, HE SAID.
+MOREOVER, HONG KONG'S HISTORY, GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND COSMOPOLITAN ATMOSPHERE MAKES THIS A PLACE WITH CONSIDERABLE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, + HE ADDED.
MR LIAO SAID IN THESE AREAS THE PROFESSIONALS WILL HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY.
/+ANOTHER IMPORTANT