SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1975
TOP U.K. ENGINEER DEGLARES FAITH IN HONG KONG ***** *
A STATEMENT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURE OF HONG KONG WAS MADE TODAY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, SIR WILLIAM HARRIS, AT THE END OF A FOUR-DAY STAY HERE.
HE SAID THAT NO ENGINEER COULD VISIT HONG KONG AND FAIL TO BE IMPRESSED BY THE +GREATIVE AND RESOURCEFUL ENERGIES+ WHICH HAD BEEN AND WERE BEING APPLIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY.
HE ADDED : ÷APART FROM WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED ALREADY
VAST AND SOLID ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH WILL STAND ON PHYSICAL RECORD FOR MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS THE WORKS AND PLANS WHICH ARE IN HAND NOW, BOTH IN THE GOVERNMENT AND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, MERIT GREAT INTEREST AND SUPPORT.
+FOR A TERRITORY OF THIS SIZE, THE TOTAL ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT IS PROBABLY UNIQUE. AND EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE, TO ME, IS THE EVIDENCE OF THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALITY OF THE ENGINEERS WHO ARE SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.
→THE GOVERNMENT HERE DESERVES GREAT ADMIRATION FOR KEEPING GOING, IN TIMES OF CONSIDERABLE ECONOMIC DIFFICULTY, THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A VERY SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME PARTICULARLY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE DUILDING OF THREE NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
→THE VITAL AND ENTHUSIASTIC PART BEING PLAYED IN THIS PROGRAMME BY MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSION
OF BRITISH, CHINESE AND MANY OTHER NATIONALITIES IS SOMETHING WHICH SHOULD NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED OR EVER FORGOTTEN.✨
DURING HIS VISIT SIR WILLIAM HAS TOURED SOME OF HONG KONG'S MAJOR ENGINEERING PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR SITE, THE DESALTER AND THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING EXTENDED.
HE HAS ALSO BEEN CONSOLIDATING HIS INSTITUTION'S EXISTING CLOSE CONTACTS AND LINKS WITH THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING BODIES HERE NOTABLY WITH THE ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF HONG KONG, WHICH IS NOW IN PROCESS OF TRANSFORMING ITSELF INTO A MORE INDEPEN- DENT AND AUTONOMOUS ORGANISATION.
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/SIR WILLIAM'S
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