TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1992
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$78 BILLION EARMARKED FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME
HONG KONG HAS EMBARKED UPON A SERIES OF MAJOR PROGRAMMES OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WITH $78 BILLION AT MARCH 1992 PRICES ALREADY EARMARKED FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO $43 BILLION AT MARCH 1991 PRICES, FOR THE SEVEN GOVERNMENT-FUNDED AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME PROJECTS, AND REPRESENTS A 44 PER CENT GROWTH IN REAL TERMS OVER SPENDING ON PUBLIC WORKS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
ADDRESSING THE 1992 COMPLETION CEREMONY OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY TODAY (TUESDAY), MR BLAKE SAID: "WITHOUT MODERN AIRPORT AND PORT FACILITIES, HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, WE COULD NOT MAINTAIN OUR STATUS AS THE BUSINESS HUB OF ASIA."
"IN BUILDING FOR OUR FUTURE, THERE IS ALWAYS SCOPE FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, SUCH AS THOSE RELATED TO THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT."
MR BLAKE SAID THE LARGE-SCALE GOVERNMENT PROJECTS, TOGETHER WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WOULD PLACE A STRONG DEMAND ON THE CONSTRUCTION WORK FORCE OF MORE THAN 60,000 SKILLED AND SEMI-SKILLED WORKERS.
APART FROM ACTIVELY PROMOTING THE TRAINING OF ITS TECHNICIANS AND PROFESSIONALS, MR BLAKE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO STRONGLY ENCOURAGING CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TRAINING ΤΟ THEIR EMPLOYEES THROUGH LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
GOVT COMMITTED TO IMPROVING ELDERLY SERVICES
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THE SPENDING OF $445 MILLION ON ELDERLY SERVICES, BILLION ON THE PAYMENT OF OLD AGE ALLOWANCES AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THE ELDERLY THIS FINANCIAL YEAR INDICATES THE COMMITMENT TO FURTHER IMPROVING ELDERLY SERVICES.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CHARITY NIGHT
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT, WHEN ADDRESSING OF THE ARTISTE TRAINING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION,
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"IT IS ENCOURAGING TO TAKE NOTE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES," SHE SAID.
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1991 SET OUT
THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE PUBLISHED IN PROPOSALS FOR THE WAY AHEAD AND POLICIES IN FUTURE, SHE SAID.
/THE GOVERNOR