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MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1982

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+1 PERSONALLY THINK THAT THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED MOST EFFECTIVELY BY HAVING SENIOR DEPARTMENT OFFICERS ON THE BOARD, BECOMING PERSONALLY KNOWN TO BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS,

AND TO THE SENIOR STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICES AND OTHER CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS WORKING IN THE DISTRICTS.

+HOWEVER, IN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CASE THE TASK OF ESTABLISHING HOW BEST TO FIT INTO THE NEW PATTERN FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IS NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD, ESPECIALLY HAVING REGARD TO THE FACT THAT OUR OFFICES AND SERVICES ARE ALREADY QUITE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED, AND THAT THE EXTRA EXPENDITURE INVOLVED IN STAFF INCREASES AND EXTRA OFFICES SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNLESS IT HAS A SOLID JUSTIFICATION THROUGH DEMONSTRATED NEED AND PALPABLE RESULTS.

+WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING OUR ORGANISATION FOR DISTRICT SERVICES AND CLOSER CO-OPERATION WITH DISTRICT BOARDS AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES ON THAT BASIS, HE ADDED.

IMPROVEMENT TO TSING YI ROADS ***

THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) AWARDED A $45.8 MILLION CONTRACT TO LAM CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. FOR IMPROVEMENT WORK ON TWO OF THE EXISTING ROADS ON TSING YI ISLAND.

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE WIDENING OF HEUNG SZE WUI ROAD AND TSING YI ROAD TO PROVIDE DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROUNDABOUT AT THE WEST END OF TSING YI BRIDGE, TWO FOOTBRIDGES AT THE EAST END OF CHEUNG MEI ROAD AND A SUBWAY OUTSIDE CHEUNG CHING ESTATE.

THE WORK FORMS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN WHICH INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSING YI AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE,

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