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THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1980

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CLOSE LOOK AT PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS

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MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S PUBLIC WORKS SUB- COMMITTEE SPENT THIS MORNING TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THE PROGRESS OF SEVERAL MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG.

THE TOUR, LED BY THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR DAVID JEAFFRESON, WAS ARRANGED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

IT PROVIDED MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES THE PROGRESS ON VARIOUS PROJECTS NOW UNDERWAY.

MEMBERSHIP OF THE PUBLIC WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE (PWSC) COMPRISES THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE (CHAIRMAN), MR ROGER LOBO, MR LI FOOK-WO, MR JOHN BREMRIDGE, MR FRANCIS TIEN, MR CHEN SHOU-LUM, MISS LYDIA DUNN, DR HENRY HU, MR LEUNG TAT-SHING, THE REV PATRICK MCGOVERN, MR PETER C. WONG, MR KU FA-KUANG, MR WONG PO-YAN AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR DAVID MCDONALD. THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE IS MR C.K. TAYLOR OF THE FINANCE BRANCH.

EACH YEAR THE SUB-COMMITTEE HOLDS TWO MEETINGS TO REVIEW PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME, AND TO CONSIDER NEW ITEMS FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAMME.

ALSO TAKING PART IN THE TOUR TODAY WAS DR HO KAM-FAI, A NON-PWSC UMELCO MEMBER.

THE VISITORS WERE ACCOMPANIED ON THE TOUR BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR JACK STEAN- THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR DAVID STEAD THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, MR JOHN AITKEN THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR EDDIE SHORT THE TECHNICAL SECRETARY OF THE PWD, MR JOHN MARSHALL AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE PWD.

THE PARTY VISITED A NUMBER OF MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE SECOND MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAUNDRY AT PIK UK, THE SOUTH KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE SECOND MENTAL HOSPITAL), THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS STAGE TWO AND RECLAMATION PROJECT AND THE SAM TUNG UK VILLAGE RESITE PROJECT

IN SHEUNG KWAI CHUNG.

THEY STARTED WITH A VISIT TO THE SECOND MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAUNDRY AT PIK UK WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY MR S.C. KWAN, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE PWD.

WORK ON THE $30 MILLION PROJECT BEGAN LAST APRIL AND WILL BE COMPLETED AND READY FOR HANDING OVER BY FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.

THE LAUNDRY, WHICH IS A FIVE-STOREY REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE, WILL HANDLE SOILED CLOTHING AND LINEN FROM GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN KOWLOON AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. IT WILL HAVE A CLEANING CAPACITY OF ABOUT 454 000 KG PER MONTH.

/THE PARTY