WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1994
THE HEALTH AND WELFARE THIS IS RELEVANT TO WHAT SERVE OLDER PEOPLE IN OUR
"I AM PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH SERVICES PROVIDED TO OLDER PEOPLE IN JAPAN. WE IN HONG KONG ARE TRYING TO DO TO COMMUNITY, SHE ADDED.
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ALSO PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE (DESIGNATE), MRS KATHERINE FOK; DR C H LEONG; THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR MARGARET CHAN; PROFESSOR SHLEE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVE IN TOKYO, MR DAVID LAN.
MRS WONG ALSO ADDRESSED A WELL-ATTENDED SESSION AT THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AIDS IN YOKOHAMA IN THE EVENING.
RIGHTS OF THE
AND THE
SPEAKING ON THE SUBJECT OF "SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY
HIV-INFECTED", MRS WONG EXPLAINED HONG KONG'S INITIATIVES IN THE AREAS OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION AND PROMOTING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS.
SHE WELCOMED THE FORMATION OF SEVERAL NEW, NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS TO UNDERTAKE PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE AIDS TRUST FUND.
THE
MRS WONG IS HEADING A RECORD 33-MEMBER HONG KONG DELEGATION TO CONFERENCE, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM MANY SECTORS OF THE
COMMUNITY.
THE AIDS CONFERENCE IS BEING HELD IN ASIA FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IS ATTENDED BY 12,000 DELEGATES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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ANOTHER ACP CONTRACT AWARDED
THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAS APPROVED THE AWARD OF AN AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF A STATE-OF-THE-ACT COMPUTERISED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM AT THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.
THE CONTRACT, VALUED AT ABOUT $204 MILLION, HAS BEEN AWARDED TO RAYTHEON COMPANY, USA, BY THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT.
THE COMPANY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF A RADAR DATA PROCESSING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM, FLIGHT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SIMULATOR SYSTEM AT THE NEW AIRPORT.
WORK WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1997.
THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACP CONTRACTS AWARDED SO FAR TO 60, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF ABOUT $50.8 BILLION.
THESE INCLUDE 47 CONTRACTS WORTH OVER $33 BILLION AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT, 11 CONTRACTS WORTH OVER $11.5 BILLION AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, THE $5.7 BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE WESTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL COMPANY LIMITED, AND A $0.6 BILLION IMMERSED TUBE TUNNEL CONTRACT FOR THE AIRPORT RAILWAY AWARDED BY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION.
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