FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1936
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SIR EDWARD TOURS KWAI CHUNG FACTORIES
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED TWO FACTOR IES IN KWA CHUNG TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR JOHN YAXLEY, SIR EDWARD FIRST VISITED THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES LIMITED AND WAS MET BY THE COMPANY'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR TOMMY ZAU.
ELECTRONIC DEVICES WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1969 AND HAS A WORKFORCE IT MAINLY OF 1 440 TODAY. EQUIPPED WITH HIGHLY-AUTOMATED MACHINES PRODUCES ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS SUCH AS TRANSISTORS AND DIODES FOR EXPORT TO THE EEC, U.S., JAPAN AND THE FAR EAST.
SIR EDWARD THEN WENT TO THE TYCO (HK) LTD., WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE COMPANY'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR ROBERT DORSEE.
A U.S.-OWNED TOY FACTORY ESTABLISHED IN 1965, TYCO HAS A WORKFORCE OF 538 AND PRODUCES ELECTRIC HOBBY TRAINS. CAR-RACING SETS AND TOY CONSTRUCTION BLOCKS FOR EXPORT TO THE U.S.
SIR DAVID LAUNCHES JUNK BAY SUBMARINE PIPELINE
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (FRIDAY) LAUNCHED THE FIRST SECTION OF WHAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE A 3.4- KILOMETRE SUBMARINE OUTFALL TAKING TREATED SEWAGE FROM JUNK BAY NEW TOWN INTO THE DEEPER WATERS OF TATHONG CHANNEL.
THE $81 MILLION PIPELINE CONTRACT IS JUST ONE OF THREE PARTS OF THE $168 MILLION JUNK BAY SEWAGE PROJECT WHICH WILL SERVE THE PROPOSED TOWN.
SIR DAVID DESCRIBED THE WORKS AS AN INDICATION OF THE CAREFUL CONCERN WHICH NOW GOES INTO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NEW TOWNS AND OUR CONCERN TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH POLLUTION,+
+THIS MARKS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN THE LATEST PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN WHICH AIMS TO PROVIDE A FULL LIFE, IN A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT, FOR 175 000 PEOPLE.
+THESE WORKS WILL ENABLE THE EFFLUENT FROM THE POPULATION AND THE INDUSTRIAL WORKS TO BE TREATED AND DISCHARGED INTO THE TIDAL STREAM OF THE TATHONG CHANNEL WHERE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER AND THE CURRENT WILL ENSURE ADEQUATE DILUTION AND DISPERSION, + HE ADDED.
/THREE KILOMETRES