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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1994
RIVER TRADE TERMINAL PROJECT IN PROGRESS
* * * * * *
THE
TECHNICAL ON THE
SUBMISSIONS
FOR
DECIDE
THE RIVER TRADE TERMINAL AND VARIOUS ISSUES INVOLVED WERE BEING EVALUATED WITH A VIEW TO TIMING OF THE PROJECT AND THE MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN
SIU-TONG,
A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON TANG MR EASON SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL EXPRESSIONS OF
IN THE PROJECT INTEREST
IN AND TWO SUBMISSIONS
RESPONSE TO THE
INVITATION.
HE SAID THE RIVER TRADE TERMINAL PROJECT HAD NOT BEEN DEFERRED.
THE "PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT, IDEALLY, THE FIRST PHASE OF RIVER TRADE TERMINAL SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL BY THE LATTER PART OF 1997, IF POSSIBLE.
**
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LOCAL ROAD NETWORK TO COPE WITH ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC WILL BE REQUIRED.
**THESE INCLUDE THE WIDENING OF LUNG MUN ROAD CONSTRUCTION OF A BYPASS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF CASTLE PEAK,
0
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH MANPOWER ON RISE
AND THE
+ HE SAID.
TRAINED
AND
THE GOVERNMENT HAS SOUGHT TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF PERSONNEL WHO WOULD BE QUALIFIED TO UNDERTAKE INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT WORK, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MT TH CHAU, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE USED
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HUANG CHEN-YA IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHAU SAID THIS WAS ONLY ONE OF THE MEANS ΤΟ FACILITATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK BY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
THE NUMBER OF POST-GRADUATES IN SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES FROM LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS ROSE FROM 196 IN 1989 395 LAST YEAR, AND IS PROJECTED TO RISE TO 973 IN 1997.
TO
AS FOR THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES, IT HAS INCREASED FROM 2, 128 IN 1989 TO 3,087 LAST YEAR, AND IS PROJECTED TO RISE TO 7,465 BY 1997.
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