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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1980
A COMMITTEE COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CDO, THE POWER COMPANY, HOUSING DEPARTMENT, CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS STUDIED THE APPLICATION TOGETHER WITH OTHERS AND SET UP PRIORITIES FOR INSTALLATION.
LION ROCK VILLAGE, LUNG YIN HANG VILLAGE AND CHUNG SHAN VILLAGE HAVE ALREADY BENEFITTED FROM THE SUPPLY. NEXT IN LINE FOR IMPROVEMENT ARE HEUNG YEUNG VILLAGE, TAI HOM WOR VILLAGE AND NAM SHAN NEW VILLAGE.
THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY THIS SATURDAY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NAM SHAN MEI VILLAGE MAC OFFICE. THE MAC CHAIRMAN, MR LEUNG TAT MAN, THE WONG TAI SIN CDO, MR STEPHEN SELBY AND THE DISTRICT ENGINEER OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, MR T.F. TSE WILL OFFICIATE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE NAM SHAN MEI VILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME SWITCH-ON CEREMONY AT 3 PM THIS SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 29) AT THE MAC OFFICE. THOSE WHO WISH TO BE CONDUCTED TO THE VILLAGE ARE REQUESTED TO MEET CDO STAFF IN FRONT OF WILLIAM BOOTH SECONDARY SCHOOL IN YUK WAH STREET, TSZ WAN SHAN BEFORE 12.30 PM.
CONSULTANTS ON HK'S CONTAINER TRADE APPOINTED ****
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT HAS APPOINTED PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS HALCROW FOX AND ASSOCIATES IN ASSOCIATION WITH DJH CONSULTANTS LTD. TO UNDERTAKE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE HONG KONG CONTAINER TRADE.
THE ASSIGNMENT WILL INCLUDE AN EXAMINATION OF THE STRUCTURE, OPERATION AND ECONOMICS OF THE CONTAINER TRADE AND THE LAND AND LOCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF CONTAINER PORT RELATED USERS.
AN EVALUATION WILL ALSO BE MADE OF FUTURE TRENDS IN TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH TRENDS FOR HONG KONG'S CONTAINER BUSINESS.
THE STUDY WILL PROVIDE A BASIS ON WHICH THE GOVERNMENT CAN DECIDE HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL BACK-UP LAND WILL NEED TO BE ALLOCATED AT KWAI CHUNG OR ELSEWHERE TO INCREASE THE CONTAINER PORT'S THROUGHPUT TO THE POINT WHERE ITS WATERSIDE FACILITIES ARE BEING USED TO MAXIMUM CAPACITY.
THE CONSULTANTS WILL START WORK ON DECEMBER 1. 1980 AND ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THEIR REPORT WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
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