TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1991
FS UPDATES ON PROGRESS OF AIRPORT ROAD LINKS
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, CONTINUED HIS ROUND
AT THE CALL OF VISITS TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WITH A DEPARTMENT THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.
HIGHWAYS
BEFORE TOURING
MR KWEI VARIOUS
MR MACLEOD WAS BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS,
THE
WORK
OF
THE
ON
DEPARTMENT SEE-KAN, DIVISIONS AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS.
APPLICATION OF
AT THE STRUCTURES DIVISION, HE WAS SHOWN THE COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN FACILITIES IN THE DESIGN OF HIGHWAY STRUCTURES.
LANTAU
THE PROJECT MANAGERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ROUTE 3 AND FIXED CROSSING PROJECTS EACH GAVE MR MACLEOD AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS ACCESS PROJECT OF THE PROJECTS WHEN HE VISITED THE AIRPORT AND PORT OFFICE AND THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING PROJECT OFFICE.
MR MACLEOD THEN MET THE CHIEF LAND SURVEYOR, MR LAU CHUNG-TIM, SYSTEM FOR HIGHWAYS EXPLAINED TO
THE USE OF A
WHO ALIGNMENT DESIGN.
HIM
COMPUTER
THE CHIEF HIGHWAY ENGINEER (RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT), TEAGUE, BRIEFED MR MACLEOD ON THE CURRENT STUDIES ON WAYS TO THE COST OF ROAD MAINTENANCE AND THE LANE RENTAL SCHEME.
MR FRED OPTIMISE
FOREIGN COMPANIES URGED TO CONTRIBUTE IN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
* * *
FOREIGN COMPANIES TO TECHNOLOGIES IN HONG KONG.
THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY,
CONTRIBUTE IN
SPEAKING AT A LUNCH
MR T.H. BARMA, HAS URGED DEVELOPING MORE SOPHISTICATED
LONG MR BARMA
ISLAND FORUM FOR
SAID
DOING BY
THE MEETING OF TODAY (TUESDAY),
TECHNOLOGY IN NEW YORK 30, SUCH COMPANIES WOULD ALSO HAVE MUCH TO GAIN.
EXPERTISE BUSINESS ACUMEN WOULD MAJOR BE ASIA'S NEXT
OUTLINING THE MARKET POTENTIAL OF HONG KONG AS THE GATEWAY TO CHINA, HE SAID DEVELOPING HONG KONG'S GROWING TECHNOLOGICAL AND COMBINING IT WITH THE TERRITORY'S NATURAL MAKE HONG KONG THE HUB INDUSTRIALISED ECONOMY
-
MIGHT OF WHAT
SOUTHERN CHINA.
WELL
MR BARMA
SAID
HE
COULD
NOT SEE
DIMINISHED ANY
ROLE FOR
OVERSEAS BUSINESSES IN THIS SCENARIO.
"THEY WILL ALWAYS BE WELCOME, FOR THEY CONTRIBUTE MUCH COSMOPOLITAN AND INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER OF HONG KONG.
TO
THE
/"IT IS