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SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1988
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"IN FACT, I AM HOPING THAT NEXT YEAR WE CAN SET UP ANOTHER TASK FORCE, TO FOCUS ON THE MAINTENANCE OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS. SOME OF THE OLDER ONES ARE NOW STARTING TO CAUSE CONCERN.
"TO GIVE A ROUGH INDICATION OF THE TYPE OF WORK WE HANDLE, LAST YEAR THE BOO PROCESSED A TOTAL OF 9,486 BUILDING PLANS, ISSUED 445 DRAINAGE REPAIR ORDERS. 746 BUILDING REPAIR ORDERS, 49 BUILDING
DEMOLITION ORDERS, AND OBTAINED 69 BUILDING CLOSURE ORDERS.
WE ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON
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LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION
WORK, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY, HE SAID.
STILL A BACHELOR, BUT DESCRIBED ONLY HALF-JOKINGLY BY A LONG-TIME COLLEAGUE AS "BEING MARRIED TO HIS JOB", CONSIDERING THE DEDICATION HE GAVE TO IT, MR LAWRENCE MAINTAINED THAT HE IS FAR FROM BEING READY TO RETIRE, ALTHOUGH HE IS KEENLY INTERESTED
IN LEISURE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS GOLF, CONTRACT BRIDGE, BIRDWATCHING, AND IIORS E RACING AND RIDING.
"AFTER A SHORT LEAVE AND 'SANITATION' RETURNING TO HONG KONG IN AUGUST TO SET UP A CONSULTANCY PRACTICE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT.
PERIOD, I SHALL BE
IN
"I LIKE HONG KONG AND HOPE THAT I CAN STILL CONTINUE TO PLAY USEFUL ROLE IN ITS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
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GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO SERVING THE BLIND
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13.000 GIVE THEN MRS ELIZABETH
THE GOVERNMENT PAYS CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE LOW VISION AND WILL STRIVE TO THE NECESSARY SERVICES, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WONG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
MRS WONG WAS SPEAKING AT THE DEDICATION OF THE SHEK KIP MEI LUTHERAN CENTRE FOR THE BLIND OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH
HONG KONG SYNOD, IN SHAM SHUI PO.
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ΤΟ TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING
BLIND PEOPLE COULD HAVE A CHANCE AFFAIRS THROUGH THE SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PROVIDED BY THE CENTRE, SHE SAID.
/ALTHOUGH THE