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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1985

RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

4 227

1 443

+ 2 784

+193

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL AND

CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

3 417

3 059

357

+ 12

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES

3 127

2 083

+ 1 134

+ 54

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS,

EQUIPMENT,

SUPPLIES AND

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

2 699

2 315

+

385

+ 17

COMPROMISE PROPOSED FOR HKU REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME

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THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE HAS ENDORSED A COMPROMISE PROPOSAL FOR THE PROVISION OF PEDESTRIAN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY'S BONHAM ROAD ENTRANCE AND NEW BUILDINGS BEING PROVIDED AS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY REDEVELOPMENT, A COMMITTEE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HE RECALLED THAT AN EARLIER SCHEME BY THE UNIVERSITY TO LINK THE BONHAM ROAD ENTRANCE AND THE REDEVELOPMENT WITH THREE ESCALATOR> COVERING A VERTICAL ELEVATION OF SOME 31 METRES HAD BEEN FEATURED IN THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'3 REPORT ON THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1984.

THE COMMITTEE HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT PUBLIC MONEY SHOULD BE USED FOR THE PROVISION OF ESCALATORS FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG AND HEALTHY STUDENTS WHO SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF WALKING AROUND THE CAMPUS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR MECHANICAL ASSISTANCE.

/THE COMITTEE