SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1994
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME CORNERSTONE OF PROSPERITY
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THE VARIOUS PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE WORKS DEPARTMENTS IN THE PAST AND AT PRESENT HAVE ENHANCED HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND HAVE MET RESIDENTS' NEEDS.
THE INFRASTRUCTURAL DFVELOPMENTS HAVE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED AND CONSOLIDATED HONG KONG'S POSITION AS THE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIA). CENTRE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, GIVING IMPETUS TO THE REGION'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE REMARKS WERE MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, MR CHOW CHE-KING, WHEN HE OPENED THE ROVING EXHIBITION ON HONG KONG'S PUBLIC WORKS AT THE CENTRAL MTK STATION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
"THESE PROJECTS INCLUDED CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, FLOOD MITIGATION AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, RECREATION AND CULTURE, EDUCATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES AS WELL AS NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.
MR CHOW NOTED THAT THE WORKS DEPARTMENTS HAD BEEN FUNCTIONING IN HELPING THE TERRITORY TRANSFORM FROM A SMALL FISHING VILLAGE 150 YEARS AGO TO A HIGHLY MODERN CITY.
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THIS IS PARTICULARLY SO DURING THE PAST 30 AND 40 YEARS BECAUSE HONG KONG HAS COMPLETED, WITHIN SHORT PERIODS, NUMEROUS LARGE-SCALE WORKS PROJECTS.
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"THESE PROJECTS HAVE ENABLED HONG KONG TO RANK AT THE FOREFRONT IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF QUANTITY, SCALE, QUALITY AND SPEED, MR CHOW STRESSED.
POINTING OUT THAT AS HONG KONG'S NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT HAD JUST ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY, MI CHOW SAID THE ROVING EXHIBITION BAD SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE.
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"THIS IS BECAUSE VISITORS WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE CHANGING FACES OF THE TERRITORY THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME AT THE EXHIBITION. ONE OF THE MODELS ON DISPLAY SHOWS THE NEW LOOK OF CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI, HE EXPLAINED.
MEANWHILE, MR CHOW ASSURED THE PUBLIC THAT STAFF OF THE WORKS DEPARTMENTS WOULD NOT BE COMPLACENT WITH THEIR PAST ACHIEVEMENTS.
"THEY WOULD CONTINUE DO'NG THEIR BEST IN THEIR PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC WORKS IN ORDER TO LAY A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER HONG KONG, HE STRESSED.
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THE ROVING EXHIBITION WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE WORKS BRANCH AND THE WORKS GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS TO MARK THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERRITORY'S PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME.
IT WILL CONTINUE FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM THROUGHOUT UNTIL TUESDAY (JUNE 14) BEFORE MOVING TO A NEW VENUE KOWLOON, NEXT MONTH.
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