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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1993
SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING, DISTRICT OFFICERS AND STAFF OF ISLANDS, YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN HAVE BEEN OUT TO THE SCENE OF FLOODING AND LANDSLIP TO OFFER HELP TO THE AFFECTED RESIDENTS.
THIRTY-FIVE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE DELIGE IN MUT WO HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF.
IN YURN LONG, FLOODING AFFECTED THREE VILLAGE HUTS IN TAN KWAI CHUEN WHERE FIREMEN RESCUED A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN AND SENT HIM TO TUEN MUN HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
FIREMEN ALSO RESCUED A 78-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM A NEARBY NULLAH. HE WAS CERTIFIED DEAD AT POK OI HOSPITAL.
ANOTHER 63-YEAR-OLD WOMAN INJURED IN SHUNG CHING SUN CHUEN, YUEN LONG WAS ALSO RESCUED BY FIREMEN.
IN TUEN MUN, FIREMEN LED 50 PEOPLE TO SAFETY IN SO KWUN WAT AND TSENG TAU CHUNG CHUEN.
ALTOGETHER THREE MEN AND TWO WOMEN WHO WERE INJURED DURING FLOODING IN TUEN MUN WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
ON LANTAU, A TAXI FELL INTO A RIVER DURING A SEVERE FLOODING AND THE DRIVER HAS YET TO BE LOCATED.
SEVERAL SECTIONS OF SOUTH LANTAU ROAD ARE STILL CLOSED ΤΟ TRAFFIC AND AFTERNOON SESSION SCHOOLS ON THE ISLAND HAD BEEN CLOSED.
PORT VITAL TO ECONOMIC GROWTH
ADEQUATE PORT FACILITIES AND THEIR EFFICIENT OPERATION ARE TWO MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMY.
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IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT PORT EXPANSION MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE GROWING ECONOMY.
THIS WAS THE MAIN MESSAGE IN A PAPER ON PORT DEVELOPMENT PRESENTED BY SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR GORDON SIU, то THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'S ECONOMIC SERVICES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES PANEL, AND LANDS AND WORKS PANEL TODAY (FRIDAY).
MR SIU TOLD MEMBERS THAT 87 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TRADE THROUGH THE PORT.
PORT AND RELATED INDUSTRIES GENERATE 15 PER CENT OF PROVIDE 350,000 JOBS (12.5 PER CENT OF THE WORKFORCE) AND KEEP 20 CENT OF ALL COMPANIES IN BUSINESS.
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