THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1986
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ENGINEERING CENTRE OPENING A COMMITMENT TO FUTURE
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAI CHI KOK ENGINEERING CENTRE FOR HONG KONG TELEPHONE IS YET ANOTHER STRIKING INSTANCE OF LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG'S ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CENTRE, SIR DAVID SAID: THE RAPID GROWTH OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES IS A WORLD-WIDE PHENOMENON AND, THANKS TO THE FARSIGHTEDNESS OF THE HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, HONG KONG HAS SHARED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND HAS NOT ONLY KEPT UP WITH THE TIMES BUT IN MANY INSTANCES WE ARE AHEAD OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
+TODAY, WITH ALMOST TAO AND A QUARTER MILLION TELEPHONE LINES CONNECTED TO THE TELEPHONE NETWORK, OR AN AVERAGE OF TWO TELEPHONES FOR EVERY FIVE PEOPLE, HONG KONG HAS THE HIGHEST TELEPHONE DENSITY IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, AND VERY FEW PEOPLE REALISE THAT BENEATH THE PAVEMENTS OF HONG KONG WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST URBAN OPTICAL FIBRE NETWORKS IN THE WORLD.+
SIR DAVID SAID THE TELEPHONE WAS NOT ONLY PART OF OUR WAY OF LIFE BUT WAS ESSENTIAL TO THE SPEED AND SUCCESS OF OUR COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS AND NOT ONLY WERE THE CHANGING NEEDS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY BEING MET, THE CONVENIENCE AND CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT IN OUR TELEPHONE SYSTEM WAS ENJOYED BY EVERYONE.
SIR DAVID CONGRATULATED THE TELEPHONE COMPANY AND CABLE AND WIRELESS WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATION GROUP ON THE OPENING OF THE NEW ENGINEERING CENTRE.
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA TO ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY ******
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, AS HONORARY COMMANDANT GENERAL OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE. WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, FOR A SIX-DAY VISIT.
ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND, THE HON ANGUS OGILVY, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL TAKE PART IN A NUMBER OF POLICE FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING A CEREMONY FOR COMMISSIONING THREE POLICE LAUNCHES AND THE OPENING OF THE POLICE SPORTS AND RECREATION CLUB, BOUNDARY STREET.
/SHE WILL