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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1992
PER CAPITA EARNINGS COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
NOTE TO TABLES 1
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3 :
UNLIKE
"ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND
"PER
CAPITA EARNINGS", WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST COMPANIES SURVEYED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF IS PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED NOT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE SHOWN.
NOT
PROPOSED RECLAMATION AND DREDGING AT SOUTHEAST TSING YI
THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO CARRY OUT RECLAMATION AND DREDGING AT SOUTHEAST TSING YI TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER TERMINAL NO. 9 TO MEET THE RAPID GROWTH OF CONTAINERISED TRADE.
THE RECLAMATION WILL INVOLVE ABOUT 125.7 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE LAND FOR THE TERMINAL AND BACK-UP AREAS.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT, IT IS PROPOSED TO CARRY OUT DREDGING WITHIN AN AREA OF ABOUT 229.2 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED AT RAMBLER CHANNEL TO FACILITATE SUFFICIENT MANOEUVRING FOR CONTAINER VESSELS.
THE EXTENT OF THE AREA AFFECTED WAS DESCRIBED IN A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
ANY PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT HE HAS AN INTEREST, RIGHT OR EASEMENT IN OR OVER THE FORESHORE AND SEABED INVOLVED MAY SUBMIT A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS ON OR BEFORE APRIL 20, 1992.
LIFE-LONG EDUCATION IS KEY TO FUTURE SUCCESS
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THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, TODAY (FRIDAY) URGED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO EQUIP THEMSELVES WITH THE MODERN-DAY KNOWLEDGE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THIS EVER-CHANGING WORLD.
FOR
"LIFE-LONG EDUCATION OR CONTINUING EDUCATION IS NOT AN RMPTY SLOGAN. IT IS THE KEY TO FUTURE SUCCESS, AND A NECESSITY UPGRADING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE TO COPE WITH THE CHANGING NEEDS OF SOCIETY," HE SAID.
THE
/MR CHAN