TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993
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AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ACAN WITH EFFECT
CHOA PROFESSOR CHEN CHAR-NEI IS APPOINTED TO REPLACE DR GERALD
FROM JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR. DR CHOA WHO HAVE SERVED FOR 10 YEARS IS TO RETIRE FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THREE
MR AS REGARDS CHAIRMEN FOR THE
SUB-COMMITTEES,
ALBERT
то APPOINTED
BE
OF CHAN WAI-YIP IS
CHAIRMAN
THE TREATMENT AND IS APPOINTED TO REHABILITATION SUB-COMMITTEE; MRS EVA KO LI BIK-CHI
OF
AND MR CHAIRMAN
THE RESEARCH SUB-COMMITTEE;
YIP LUKE PAO PING-WING AS CHAIRMAN JING-PING IS APPOINTED TO REPLACE MR
OF PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE.
BE
MR PAO WILL STEP DOWN
AFTER SERVING
THE COMMITTEE FOR six
YEARS.
ACAN WAS FIRST FORMED IN 1965 TO ADVISE MATTERS RELATING TO DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING.
THE GOVERNOR ON ALL
SECRETARY FOR WORKS VISITS EUROPE
THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, LEFT HONG KONG LAST (MONDAY) NIGHT FOR A VISIT TO EUROPE WHICH WILL TAKE HIM TO ENGLAND, COLOGNE AND BRUSSELS.
IN ENGLAND, MR BLAKE WILL SEE PROGRESS ON WORK FOR THE TSING MA BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE, NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN BY SPECIALIST MANUFACTURERS.
HE WILL BE IN NORTH ENGLAND TO SEE STEELWORK MANUFACTURING OF STEEL WIRE FOR THE BRIDGE CABLES.
FABRICATION AND
WHEN COMPLETED, TSING MA WILL BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST ROAD AND RAIL SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
HIS PROGRAMME IN ENGLAND INCLUDES A BRIEFING ON MANAGEMENT ASPECTS OF THE EUROTUNNEL PROJECT.
HE WILL ALSO DELIVER AN ADDRESS AT THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, DESCRIBING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG INCLUDING THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME.
MR BLAKE WILL TRAVEL TO COLOGNE IN GERMANY ON JANUARY 26 ΤΟ MEET MEMBERS OF THE COLOGNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND WILL SPEAK AT A DINNER OF THE GERMAN-CHINESE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
HE WILL THEN TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS TO ADDRESS THE BELGIUM-HONG
KONG SOCIETY.
AT EACH OF THESE SPEAKING DESCRIBING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNDERPINS HONG KONG'S CONTINUING CENTURY.
ENGAGEMENTS, MR BLAKE WILL BE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME, WHICH ECONOMIC GROWTH INTO THE NEXT
KEEN INTEREST IS BEING SHOWN IN WHAT WILL BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST INFRASTRUCTURAL PROGRAMMES ATTEMPTED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
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