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FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1985
IN ORDER TO WIPE OUT THIS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, ANOTHER LARGE- SCALE OPERATION WAS MOUNTED LAST MONTH. FORTY-TWO SHOPS WERE RAIDED ON THIS OCCASION, 17 ARRESTS WERE MADE AND INFRINGED BOOKS AND EQUIPMENT VALUED AT $135 000 SEIZED.
MR GREWAL SAID: +HOW THIS WILL AFFECT THE FUTURE HAS YET TO BE SEEN BUT CAN ASSURE THAT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THE LAW TO THE BEST OF ITS ABILITY.+
BUSY PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME FOR THIS YEAR
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WORK WILL START THIS FINANCIAL YEAR ON $4 900 MILLION WORTH OF NEW PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.
THE FIGURE WAS GIVEN BY THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, AT THE 13TH ANNUAL DINNER OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BUILDING THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.
MR CHAN SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONTINUING TO PRESS AHEAD WITH ITS AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ITS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS WHICH ALREADY EXTENDED BEYOND 1997.
THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR THIS FINANCIAL YEAR SHOWED A TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON NEW PROJECTS, AND THOSE ALREADY UNDER-WAY, OF ABOUT $5 900 MILLION (EXCLUDING LAND COSTS).
HE SAID THAT EXPENDITURE ON BUILDING WORKS ALONE WILL AMOUNT TO $1 700 MILLION.
MAJOR PROJECTS WHICH ARE IN HAND OR CAN BE EXPECTED TO START SOON INCLUDE:
* MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AT KAI TAK
AIRPORT ;
* NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES;
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A NEW DISTRICT COURT AND CENTRAL MAGISTRACY (TO BE LOCATED IN WAN CHAI) AS WELL AS NEW MAGISTRACIES AT SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN; AND
MAJOR GOVERNMENT OFFICES/BUILDINGS AT CONNAUGHT ROAD, HARBOUR BUILDING, QUEENSWAY AND ON THE WANCHA RECLAMATION.
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