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SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1981

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FIRST WORKSHOP, SCHEDULED TO START IN THE AFTERNOON ON APRIL 11 AT HOTEL FURAMA, CONSISTS OF FOUR EVENING SESSIONS OF TALKS ON LABOUR RELATIONS OR PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. IT WILL BE IN CANTONESE FOR A MAXIMUM OF 50 PARTICIPANTS.

THE OTHER THREE WILL BE HELD LATER IN THE SAME MONTH.

SPEAKERS AT THE OPENING SESSION WILL BE MR DONALD CHAN, CHIEF LABOUR OFFICER (LABOUR RELATIONS), AND MR CHAN KAM-CHUEN, A MEMBER OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.

AT THE OTHER SESSIONS WILL BE MR NG SEK-HONG, A LECTURER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG- MR THOMAS W.C. KWONG, PERSONNEL OFFICER, CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY- MR ALFRED W.K. CHAN, SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER MRS PAMELA CHING, EMPLOYEE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER, ESSO STANDARD OIL HONG KONG LTD- MR PETER P.W. NG, PERSONNEL MANAGER, PHILIPS HONG KONG LTD- AND MR TSUI TIM-FOOK, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ADVISOR, CABLE AND WIRELESS LTD.

ADDITIONAL WATER FOR HEUNG YEUNG VILLAGE

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RESIDENTS OF HEUNG YEUNG VILLAGE NEAR SHA TIN PASS ESTATE HAVE AN IMPROVED WATER SUPPLY WITH ADDITIONAL STANDPIPES THIS MONTH.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (WONG TAI SIN) SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THE RESIDENTS NO LONGER HAVE TO QUEUE UP FOR A LONG TIME TO GET WATER EVEN DURING PEAK HOURS. AND, HE ADDED, THE DISTANCE TO THE NEAREST STANDPIPE IN SOME PARTS HAS BEEN SHORTENED.

THE CRY FOR MORE WATER CAME AS THE POPULATION OF THE SQUATTER AREA EXPANDED RAPIDLY DURING THE YEAR TO 2 500. THE EXISTING THREE STANDPIPES, LOCATED AT DIFFERENT POINTS, WERE FOUND INADEQUATE TO COPE WITH DEMAND. THE HILLY TERRAIN WHERE THE VILLAGE IS SITUATED ALSO MADE IT DIFFICULT TO FIND SUITABLE LOCATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STANDPIPES.

HOWEVER, STAFF OF CDO (WTS) AND WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT VISITED THE VILLAGE SEVERAL TIMES AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HEUNG YEUNG VILLAGE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE, WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO LOCATE TWO SITES WHERE ADDITIONAL STANDPIPES WERE INSTALLED AND PUT TO USE.

ELECTRICITY WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO THE VILLAGE AND THE CDO IS ASSISTING THE VILLAGE COMMITTEE IN TRYING TO OBTAIN ELECTRIC SUPPLY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

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