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SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1992
NOTING THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST RAINSTORMS IN HONG DAVID SAID THAT IT WAS INEVITABLE THERE WAS GOING TO BE A DEAL OF DISRUPTION IN HONG KONG.
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**I THINK IT WAS ALSO FORTUNATE THOUGH THAT THE LANDSLIPS WERE AS LIMITED AS THEY WERE, HE ADDED.
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"AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A BIG PROGRAMME OF STABILIZING SLOPES WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS NOW,
"I THINK THAT HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE TO LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND INDEED THE LOSS OF LIFE.'
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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS LOOKING AT ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.
"I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A MORE FLEXIBLE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN REACT PERHAPS MORE QUICKLY IN FUTURE," HE SAID.
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WILL UNDERTAKE THAT REVIEW AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND WE WILL MAKE KNOWN PUBLICLY WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT REVIEW IS.
"CLEARLY, I THINK WE HAVE SOME LESSONS TO LEARN AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE THAT WE MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION, PARTICULARLY ΤΟ CHILDREN.
"OBVIOUSLY WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CHILDREN BEING OUT IN THESE RAINSTORMS AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE CONCERNED TO DO.
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DEPARTMENTS,
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ASKED ABOUT COORDINATION AMONG GOVERNMENT DAVID SAID : OF COURSE IT HAPPENED AT A VERY DIFFICULT TIME INDEED. IT WAS A CRUCIAL TIME FOR CHILDREN LEAVING SCHOOLS.
"I THINK THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF COORDINATION AND IN TERMS OF THE FLEXIBILITY AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT NOW IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.
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CO-OPERATION VITAL IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED PROPERTY MANAGERS, FLAT OWNERS AND RESIDENTS TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP TO BRING ABOUT A BETTER AND SAFER LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A TRAVELLING EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES LTD, HE SAID THE KEY TO THIS PARTNERSHIP WAS COMMUNICATION AMONG THE PARTIES CONCERNED.
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