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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1988
SHE
SAID VARIOUS
INTERNATIONAL
CONCERNS HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN PROVIDING THE NEW NETWORK FOR CABLE TELEVISION AND NON-FRANCHISED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
" [ VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THEIR INTERESTS WILL BE TRANSLATED INTO SUBSTANTIVE BIDS AT THE END OF THE DAY.
AND COMPETITIVE
"WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING SUBSTANTIVE PROPOSALS FROM DIFFERENT PARTIES WHICH WILL SECURE FOR HONG KONG A SOPHISTICATED NETWORK CAPABLE OF TAKING FULL RAPIDLY EVOLVING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.
ADVANTAGE OF THE
"IN THIS WAY, THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD SERVED WELL INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, SHE SAID.
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ADEQUATELY
GOVERNOR SEES YUEN LONG DEVELOPMENTS
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED YUEN LONG DISTRICT TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE EFFORTS MADE то IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS NEW
TOWN.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SIR DAVID ARRIVED BY HELICOPTER AT THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
HE WAS MET BY THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR ΤΑΙ KUEN, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR A.N. SAVAGE, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALAN WONG.
THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT AS THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN HONG KONG AFTER THE ONE IN TAI PO, THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE HAD PROVED EQUALLY ATTRACTIVE TO HI-TECH INDUSTRIES WHICH COULD NOT BE LOCATED IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS. SO
FAR, 40 PER CENT OF THE SITES HAD BEEN ALLOCATED.
AFTER TOURING THE ESTATE, THE GOVERNOR WENT ΤΟ WANG CHAU SERVICE RESERVIOR FOR AN OVERVIEW OF THE TIN SHUI WAI LANDHOLDING.
HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER (TIN SHUI WAI/YUEN LONG), MR Y.Y. NG, ON PROGRESS OF THE LAND FORMATION AND THE ANCILLARY VILLAGE FLOOD PROTECTION WORKS.
SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT SAND WAS BEING DREDGED FROM A MARINE BORROW AREA IN DEEP BAY AS FILL MATERIAL FOR RECLAMATION OF FISHPONDS IN THE LANDHOLDING.
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