SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1994
IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT THE LATEST AIRPORT DEVELOPMENTS AND THE COMMENTS BY MR GUO FENGMIN, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE SOONER THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES COULD BE RESOLVED THE BETTER IT WOULD BE FOR HONG KONG.
"IF CHINESE OFFICIALS BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BEGIN BY A MEETING OF THE EXPERTS GROUP, THEN SO BE IT, I THINK WHAT EVERYBODY IN HONG KONG WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS AN EARLY RESOLUTION TO THESE PROBLEMS.
"THAT'S WHY THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT FORWARD NEW PROPOSALS WHICH IN OUR VIEW MEET ALL THE CONCERNS THE CHINESE SIDE PUT FORWARD A FEW MONTHS AGO," MR PATTEN SAID.
TOMORROW'S (MONDAY) PROGRAMME INCLUDES MEETINGS WITH THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNOR, HIS EXCELLENCY REAR ADMIRAL PETER SINCLAIR, THE PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES, THE HONOURABLE JOHN FAHEY, LEADING SYDNEY BUSINESSMEN, AND DELIVERING THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO THE AUSTRALIA-ASIA INSTITUTE.
LEIGHTON STRIKES GOLD ON AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME SITES
LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS (ASIA) LTD STRUCK GOLD RECENTLY ON HONG KONG'S AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) SITES WHEN IT WON TWO GOLD AWARDS FOR ITS SAFETY RECORD AND PERFORMANCE.
THE CONTRACTOR THAT BEAT CONTRACTORS OF THE 17 OTHER SITES IN THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AWARDS FOR 1993 ΤΟ CLAIM THE TWO TOP PRIZES AND TWO OTHER BRONZE PRIZES SAID IT OWED SUCCESS TO A COMPANY POLICY THAT PLACED TOP PRIORITY ON SAFETY.
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THE AWARD SCHEME WAS ORGANISED BY THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE (NAPCO) TO PROMOTE SAFETY AMONG ACP CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS BY RECOGNISING GOOD SITE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR NAPCO POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH MORE WORK HAD TO BE DONE TO MEET THE ACP SAFETY TARGETS, IT WAS PLEASING то NOTE THAT ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE ACP CONTRACTS HAD IN FACT ACHIEVED THE ACP SAFETY TARGETS OF ZERO FATALITIES AND LESS THAN 60 REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS PER THOUSAND WORKERS A YEAR.
"THESE CONTRACTORS PROVE TO ALL OF US THAT THE ACP SAFETY TARGETS, ALTHOUGH MUCH MORE STRINGENT THAN THE NORM IN HONG KONG, CAN BE ACHIEVED GIVEN ADEQUATE PRIORITY AND THE EFFORTS OF ALL CONCERNED, HE ADDED.
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A SAFE WORKS SITE IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS, ACCORDING ΤΟ LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS (ASIA) LTD. THE ARITHMETIC IS SIMPLE ACCORDING ΤΟ WILLIAM WILD, DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER OF LEIGHTON'S.
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