3
8.
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIES
106
-2.8
+12.8
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
122
+0.8
+15.1
NOTE: FOR EASY READING, FIGURES FOR THE 4 SELECTED INDUSTRY GROUPS,
WHICH CARRY LARGER WEIGHTS AND ARE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE RESPECTIVE BROAD INDUSTRY GROUPS, ARE SHOWN IN BRACKETS.
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GOVERNOR VISITS DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, VISITED THE DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY).
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, DAVID WAS MET AT QUEEN'S PIER BY THE DIRECTOR
TRAVELLED BY MR SIU CHUEN, AND
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THE NORTH
DISPOSAL SCHEME.
DURING
THE VOYAGE,
HE
DRAINAGE SERVICES
MR JAMES BLAKE, SIR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES,
LARGEST BOAT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S WEST KOWLOON SEWAGE
BY
THE
TREATMENT
DIRECTOR
AND
AND
WAS BRIEFED
PROTECTION ASSISTANT DIRECTORS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT WHICH, WORKS AND FLOOD CONTROL WORKS THIS YEAR ALONE, WILL COST $1,500 MILLION.
SIR DAVID THEN TOURED THE CONSTRUCTION SITE WHICH EXTENDS LAI CHI KOK TO TAI KOK TSUI.
FROM
HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.
SUPERVISORY SITE
ON TEAM
THE
"SETTING
UP A
NEW SPECIALIST
IMPORTANCE WE ATTACH TO SEWAGE IMPROVEMENT,
"THIS MAJOR PROJECT EXAMPLE OF THE WORK THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE UNDERTAKING."
"
SHOWS HOW DEPARTMENT
SIR DAVID SAID.
MUCH
IN
NORTHWEST
KOWLOON IS
AN
EXCELLENT
THE PROJECT, WHICH IS DUE TO BE
MILLION,
COMMISSIONED IN AUGUST NEXT WILL TREAT THE SEWAGE OF ONE YEAR AT A COST OF $1,350
THE WATER QUALITY IN MILLION PEOPLE AND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE COASTAL WATERS.
SIR DAVID SAID THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR THE DRAINAGE
DEPARTMENT LAY AHEAD.
SERVICES
VERY
IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR SEWAGE STRATEGY WAS A IMPORTANT TASK. IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER THAN ORIGINALLY HOPED FOR BUT THE GOVERNMENT WAS FULLY COMMITTED TO IT.
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