MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1991
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GOVERNOR VISITS WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, VISITED THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY). HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR KENNETH KWOK.
SIR DAVID VISITED THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW HEADQUARTERS IN WAN CHAI WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR WONG KWOK- LAI.
HB WAS BRIEFED ON THE STRUCTURE AND OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT AND, IN PARTICULAR, ON THE EXPANSION OF FACILITIES TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL WATER FROM CHINA.
THE FIRST AND MAJOR STAGE OF THESE WORKS IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1995 AT A COST OF $1,900 MILLION.
SIR DAVID THEN VISITED THE DEPARTMENT'S TREATMENT WORKS, SITUATED IN SHA TIN WHERE HE WAS OPERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENT WORKS BEING CARRIED OUT.
BIGGEST WATER BRIEFED ON ITS
HE TOURED THE CONTROL ROOM, LABORATORY AND THE CHLORINE STORE ROOMS. HE ALSO SAW THE SLUDGE TREATMENT PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON NATIONALITY SCHEME ISSUED
IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (MONDAY) ISSUED THE FOLLOWING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE BRITISH NATIONALITY SELECTION SCHEME.
A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 1,900 COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT UP TO LAST SATURDAY (JANUARY 12).
FORMS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED,
"MORE THAN 226,000 APPLICATION AND OVER 18,000 COPIES OF VARIOUS REFERENCE MANUALS SOLD," HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT'S SPECIAL HOTLINE ON THE SCHEME HAD BEEN HANDLING AN AVERAGE OF 200 ENQUIRIES A DAY.
THE MAJORITY OF THESE ENQUIRIES WERE ON HOW THE APPLICATION FORMS SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
"ALL THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT
PEOPLE ARE CAREFULLY STUDYING THE MANUALS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR APPLICATION FORMS ARE COMPLETED CORRECTLY.
PERIOD ENDS, AND WE EXPECT THE
"THERE ARE ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS BEFORE
NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS
THE CURRENT APPLICATION то PICK UP
QUICKLY LATER,' HE SAID.
/THE SPOKESMAN