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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1984

+WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL WING AND IMPROVED FACILITIES, THE KITCHEN IS NOW ABLE TO PRODUCE 40 000 MEALS IN AN EIGHT-HOUR PERIOD, HE SAID.

+THE KITCHEN HAD A RECORD OF PRODUCING 40 000 MEALS A DAY FOR 26 DAYS RUNNING IN JULY 1979 DURING THE INFLUX OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.+

MR FUNG ALSO OUTLINED OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING SOCIAL SECURITY, FAMILY SERVICES YOUTH AND COMMUNITY WORK, REHABILITATION, SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AND OFFENDERS, AND MEDICAL SOCIAL SERVICE.

INDUSTRIALISTS URGED TO INVEST MORE *****

INDUSTRIALISTS WERE URGED TODAY TO INCREASE THE IR INVESTMENT

IN PREPARATION FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

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IN MAKING THE CALL, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID, +HONG KONG'S PROSPECT HAD BECOME CLEAR AND BRIGHT+, AS A RESULT OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON ITS FUTURE.

HE ALSO TOLD THEM TO EXPRESS THE IR VIEWS ON THE DRAFT

AGREEMENT.

MR WIGGHAM WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE SHAM SHUI PO INDUSTRIAL LIAISON COMMITTEE.

HE SAID THAT THERE WERE NOW MORE THAN 7 000 FACTORIES IN SHAM SHUI PO, WITH A WORKFORCE OF ABOUT 100 000.

A DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE SHAM SHUI PO INDUSTRIAL AREA WAS THAT MOST OF THE FACTORIES WERE OF MEDIUM OR SMALL SCALE.

THESE FACTORIES PLAYED A SUPPORTING ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE-SCALE FACTORIES IN AND OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.

+TO COPE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE PRESENT DAY INDUSTRIES, IT WAS NECESSARY TO SET UP THE SHAM SHUI PO INDUSTRIAL LIAISON COMMITTEE TO STRENGTHEN TIES WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN TACKLING PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES,+ HE SAID.

THE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

ITS MAIN AIM IS TO INVOLVE THE LOCAL INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, AND TO LOOK INTO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.

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