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THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1993
"BECAUSE OF THE EXPANSION IN PRODUCT TYPES AND COMPETITION FROM NEARBY COUNTRIES, MANUFACTURERS HAVE INSTALLED ADVANCED PRODUCTION MACHINERY IN ADDITION TO RELOCATING LABOUR INTENSIVE PROCESSES TO SOUTHERN CHINA IN ORDER TO INCREASE THEIR COMPETITIVENESS IN THE WORLD MARKET.
"TODAY, HONG KONG'S PLASTIC INDUSTRY HAS NOT ONLY BECOME A MAJOR EXPORT INDUSTRY, BUT HAS ALSO MAINTAINED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INDUSTRIES SUCH AS THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY BY FACILITATING AND SUPPORTING THEIR DEVELOPMENT, MR FUNG SAID.
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SIR DAVID FORD VISITS ISLANDS DISTRICT
THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, WAS UPDATED ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ON PENG CHAU AND CHEUNG CHAU DURING HIS VISIT про THE ISLANDS DISTRICT THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
SIR DAVID FIRST VISITED PENG CHAU, WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS AND THE IMPACT THE PROPOSED LANTAU PORT DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE ON THE ISLAND.
THE HOUSING ESTATE WILL ACCOMMODATE 1,350 PERSONS IN 148 HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS AND 254 RENTAL FLATS.
WITH A DESIGN MATCHING THE NATURAL RURAL BACKGROUND, THE ESTATE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE ITS FIRST INTAKE OF RESIDENTS IN MID-1995.
SIR DAVID THEN TOURED THE SHOPPING AREA ADJACENT TO WING HING STREET AND WING ON STREET, BEFORE FLYING TO CHEUNG CHAU BY HELICOPTER.
ON CHEUNG CHAU HE WENT TO TUNG WAN
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BEACH FOR AN UPDATE ON LOCAL WORKS PROJECTS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BUILT BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE. HE ALSO SHOWED INTEREST IN THE PAK TAI TEMPLE, WHICH WAS BUILT AROUND 1780.
SIR DAVID WAS THEN BRIEFED ON THE SAI WAN RECLAMATION THE PROJECT · SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1995 IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT ON SOUTH CHEUNG CHAU.
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IT WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY VEHICULAR ACCESS SEWERAGE SYSTEM LINKING SAI WAN WITH THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
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AT A TEA RECEPTION AT THE WAN HO KAN CENTRE FOR THE AGED, DAVID MET A GROUP OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND DISCUSSED LOCAL ISSUES WITH THEM.
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ALSO VIEWED THE HOLIDAY BUNGALOWS, THE TYPHOON SHELTER AND SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS ALONG THE PROMENADE OF CHEUNG CHAU.
SIR DAVID WAS ACCOMPANIED ON HIS VISIT BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR ALBERT LAM CHI-CHIU; ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRISTOPHER WONG KWOK-BUN; AND ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM WAI-KEUNG.
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