WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1992
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SMITHFIELD URBAN COUNCIL PROJECT IN PROGRESS
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE TREASURY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, SAID DESIGN OF URBAN COUNCIL FACILITIES, IN A MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING AT SMITHFIELD IN WESTERN DISTRICT IS AT AN ADVANCED STAGE.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON YEUNG SUM AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID THE FACILITIES INCLUDED A MARKET, COOKED FOOD CENTRE, LIBRARY AND INDOOR GAMES HALL. SUBJECT TO URBAN COUNCIL APPROVAL, WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN APRIL 1993 AND BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 1995.
ΤΟ PROVIDE COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF WESTERN DISTRICT, MR YEUNG SAID AN ITEM WAS INCLUDED
IN CATEGORY C OF THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME IN AUGUST 1987 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF AN URBAN COUNCIL/GOVERNMENT JOINT USER MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING ON A SITE OF ABOUT 5,000 SQUARE METRES AT SMITHFIELD.
THE ITEM WAS SUBSEQUENTLY UPGRADED TO CATEGORY B IN JULY 1988.
FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF FUNDING PRIORITIES UNDER THE 1990 RESOURCE ALLOCATION SYSTEM, ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF PROVIDING THE REQUIRED FACILITIES WERE EXAMINED.
HE NOTED THAT AGREEMENT WAS REACHED IN MAY LAST YEAR THAT THE SMITHFIELD SITE SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, AND THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL WOULD PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITS OWN FACILITIES.
MEANWHILE, GOVERNMENT FACILITIES SUCH AS A CAR PARK AND POST OFFICE WOULD BE PROVIDED ON THE OTHER PART OF THE SITE AS AND WHEN FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE, HE SAID.
THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT PREPARED ARCHITECTURAL SKETCH PLANS OF THE JOINT-USER BUILDING. THE STAFF COST OF THE DESIGN TIME INVOLVED IS ESTIMATED TO BE $95,000.
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TRAVEL & TOURISM AN EXAMINATION SUBJECT IN 1995
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THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY (HKEA) HAS INCLUDE TRAVEL AND TOURISM AS A HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION SUBJECT IN 1995.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MR JOHN CHAN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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"THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE HKEA ARE JOINTLY DEVELOPING THE SYLLABUS FOR THE SUBJECT, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THIS WOULD BE READY FOR CIRCULATION TO SCHOOLS FOR COMMENT IN MAY THIS YEAR.
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