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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1987
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NOTING THAT COMMERCIALISATION OR CONTRACTING OUT OFFERED GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR, MR JACOBS SAID THE GOVERNMENT AIMED ΤΟ CONTRACT TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR VARIOUS TYPES OF SERVICES WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE THE TRANSFER OF ASSETS.
THESE SERVICES NORMALLY CONCERNED THOSE WHICH WERE LABOUR INTENSIVE, RANGING FROM A FULL SERVICE LIKE MANAGEMENT OF CARPARKS ΤΟ SUB-CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR MAINTENANCE OR CLEANING, HE SAID.
"GIVEN THE POTENTIAL ADVANTAGE OF INCREASING EFFICIENCY AS WELL AS QUALITY IN CONTRACTING OUT, WE ARE CONSTANTLY EXAMINING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES ΤΟ IDENTIFY OPERATIONS WHICH COULD BE PERFORMED BETTER BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
"FURTHERMORE, COMMERCIALISATION OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GOVERNMENT TO CARRY OUT NECESSARY TASKS WITHOUT EMPLOYING MORE CIVIL SERVANTS."
** THIS SERVES TO ACHIEVE THE VERY IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OF CONTAINING THE SIZE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.
ACTING GOVERNOR VISITS NT FARMS
THE ACTING GOVERNOR, MR DAVID FORD, TODAY
PIG FARMS IN NUMBER OF
THE NEW TERRITORIES KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LIVESTOCK BREEDING AND TO SEE HOW DISPOSED.
MUN BY
(FRIDAY)
VISITED A GAIN FIRST-HAND ANIMAL WASTES WERE
TO
HELICOPTER ACCOMPANIED BY THE DR JAMES HAYES; ACTING ROBERT LAW; ASSISTANT PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, MR
MR FORD FLEW TO TUEN REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES,
OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MR PROTECTION, DIRECTOR DIRECTOR (WASTE AND WATER), ENVIRONMENTAL MIKE STOKOE, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
THE ACTING CHAIRMAN OF AT TUEN MUN, MR FORD WAS MET BY
THE MR TSANG HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LIU CHING-LEUNG; THE KUK'S VICE-CHAIRMAN,
OF THE JOINT LIN; THE ADVISER TO THE KUK, MR TAI CHIN-WAH; CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE OF AGRICULTURAL AND
MR LIVESTOCK-KEEPING ASSOCIATIONS,
LEUNG CHIK AND REPRESENTATIVES OF RELATED ORGANISATIONS.
THE PARTY FIRST VISITED A FAMILY-RUN FARM AT IN TUEN MUN WHICH KEEPS ABOUT 100 PIGS.
LAM TEI VILLAGE
/MR FORD