THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1989
BALANCED AND CAREFUL DEVELOPMENT OF OUTLYING ISLANDS
WITH THE
BALANCED AND CAREFUL DAVID WILSON,
THE GOVERNMENT IS PROCEEDING DEVELOPMENT OF THE OUTLYING ISLANDS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
ISLANDS
DISTRICT,
SIR
DAVID
SPEAKING AFTER HIS VISIT TO THE SAID: "THE GOVERNMENT IS CARRYING OUT A SERIES OF PACKAGE DEVELOPMENTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE ISLANDERS.
TERRITORIES,
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW
WAI-KEUNG, AND MR ADOLF HSU, ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JONATHAN
FIRST FLEW ΤΟ LAMMA ISLAND TO VISIT THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY AT YUNG SHUE WAN.
NG, SIR DAVID
INDUSTRIAL
WAS THE GOVERNOR
BRIEFED ON THE COMPANY'S ASH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY WHICH AIMS TO MARKET PULVERISED FUEL ASH (PFA) TO USERS AND TO LANDFILL SITES.
ΤΟ FILL
RESTORE THE OF PFA
THE STRATEGY INCLUDES THE USE OF PFA AS LAMMA QUARRY SITE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LAGOON TO DISPOSE AS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.
IDENTIFY
DETAILED
SIR DAVID WAS ASSURED THAT THE STRATEGY WAS ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE AND STUDIES WOULD BE CONTINUED TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES.
THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO PO LIN MONASTERY ON BY HELICOPTER.
LANTAU ISLAND
COMPLETED
BUDDHA IN
THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT THE WORLD'S TALLEST OPEN AIR
CONSTRUCTED
BE WOULD
J
STATUE SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
BY
THE
MONASTERY
-
THE BRONZE STATUE,
33.95 METRES TALL AND
WEIGHING FACILITIES
250 TONS, SUCH
AS
A
COSTS ABOUT $68 MILLION TO BUILD. OTHER CONVENTION HALL, A HOSTEL FOR BUDDHIST SCHOLARS AND AN AUDIO-VISUAL LIBRARY OF BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED.
ATTRACT
THREE ENABLE VEHICULAR
SIR DAVID LEARNT THAT, AS THE BIG BUDDHA STATUE WILL
FOREIGN THOUSANDS OF LOCAL AND
PILGRIMS AND TOURISTS, THE
BE
ΤΟ IMPROVED KILOMETRES LONG NGONG PING ACCESS ROAD WOULD
INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC TO COPE WITH THE ACCESS,
OTHER RELATED FACILITIES SUCH AS A
ALSO BE PUBLIC CARPARK AND A TAXI STAND WILL MONASTERY.
LARGER BUS
CONSTRUCTED
TERMINUS,
NEAR
A
THE
ESTATE AND WILL
THE TOUR IN JULY
NGAN WAN LAST YEAR PEOPLE.
THE PARTY THEN LEFT FOR MUI WO TO WHICH STARTED ITS INTAKE OF RESIDENTS PROVIDE MORE THAN 460 FLATS TO HOUSE ABOUT 1,650
/SIR DAVID