REDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1970
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SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE
THE DISAPPOINTING ENROLMENT FIGURE FOR THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR COULD PERHAPS BE IMPROVED BY MAKING PARTICIPATION IN THE SERVICE FREE AND COMPULSORY. IN THE WORDS OF THE REPORT OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE, +WHATEVER THE REASONS, TO DENY CHILDREN ACCESS TO ECONOMICAL MEDICAL TREATMENT, EVEN BY DEFAULT, CAN SCARCELY BE JUSTIFIED.+
ON THE CIVIL SERVICE, WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A GROWING TENDENCY FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, MR. CHEONG- LEEN SUGGESTED THAT ANOTHER SALARIES COMMISSION BE APPOINTED TO REVIEW WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE IT MET SEVEN YEARS AGO AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE. HE HOPED THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ICAC ON ACCOUNTABILITY WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED DOWN TO AS LOW A SUPERVISORY LEVEL AS IS PRACTICABLE.
HE WELCOMED THE IMPROVING DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR CRIME-FIGHTING EFFORTS AND DREW ATTENTION TO THE NEED TO PREVENT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM JOINING THE TRIADS WHILE IN SCHOOL OR IN THEIR TEENS.
HE ALSO WELCOMED THE NEW AGREEMENT TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF EAST RIVER WATER TO HONG KONG AND THE PRESENT STATE OF SINO- BRITISH RELATIONS. HE HOPED THE FLOW OF IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WOULD BE KEPT WITHIN SUSTAINABLE LIMITS AND VIETNAMESE REFUGEES SOJOURNING IN HONG KONG WOULD BE KEPT AT ANY ONE TIME TO A FIXED NUMBER.
PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR NEEDED TO REDUCE INCONVENIENCE TO PUBLIC BY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
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A SENIOR OFFICIAL SHOULD BE ASSIGNED TO CO-ORDINATE THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO REDUCE THE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED BY THESE PROJECTS TO THE PUBLIC.
THIS OVERALL PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR IS NEEDED, THE HON. LI FOOK-WO SAID, AS THERE ARE SO MANY MASSIVE GOVERNMENT PROJECTS
IN THE PIPELINE, AND EQUALLY NUMEROUS PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES UNDERWAY OR BEING PLANNED,
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON, MR. LI POINTED OUT THAT WHILE GENUINE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO MINIMISE THE EXTENT AND DURATION OF INCONVENIENCE CAUSED BY CONSTRUCTIONS UNDERTAKEN IN THE NEW TOWNS AND BY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, THERE WAS APPARENTLY LITTLE CO-ORDINATION. IN MOST OF THE OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS.
*MANY OF THESE UNOF-T-KINGO, FOR EXAMPLE, REQUIRE OPENINGS TO BE MADE IN THE YA - OASE"TRUCTIONS WHICH A-E A CONSTANT SOURCE OF AMMAY ST
NO VENICE TO DRIVE-S, COMMUTERO AND PEDESTRIANS LE
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