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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1985

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SIR DAVID NEXT VISITED MAN KAM TO WHERE SOME $102 MILLION IS BEING SPENT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO BORDER CONTROL FACILITIES, THE MAN KAM TO ROAD AND VEHICLE HOLDING AREAS.

SIR DAVID'S FINAL CALL WAS AT SHA TAU KOK WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE NEW SHA TAU KOK VEHICULAR BORDER LINK. THE LINK WAS OPENED IN MARCH THIS YEAR AND CAN HANDLE UP TO 5 000 VEHICLES A DAY.

HE WAS TOLD THAT RELATED PROJECTS STILL TO BE COMPLETED INCLUDE THE SHA TAU KOK ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, SITE FORMATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, A SPORTS GROUND AND THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL BORDER CONTROL FACILITIES.

SIR JOHN VISITS GARMENT FACTORY *****

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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, WENT TODAY TO SEE A GARMENT FACTORY IN TO KWA WAN, BEGINNING A SERIES OF VISITS HE WILL BE MAKING TO FACTORIES.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR PAUL WONG, SIR JOHN WAS WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL AT SAN'S CLOTHING FACTORY LTD. AT YUK YAT STREET, TO KWA WAN, AND SHOWN AROUND BY MR W.H. CHOU, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE FACTORY'S PARENT COMPANY - WINSOR INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION LTD - AND OTHER SENIOR EXECUTIVES.

SAN'S CLOTHING FACTORY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1963. IT PRODUCES SHIRTS, BLOUSES, JACKETS, DRESSES AND TROUSERS FOR EXPORT, UNDER FAMOUS BRAND NAMES, TO THE EEC AND THE UNITED STATES.

FACILITIES IN THE FACTORY INCLUDE A COMPUTERISED PATTERN GRADING AND MARKING SYSTEM.

WINSOR INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION RECENTLY INVESTED ABOUT $16 MILLION IN NEW MACHINERY.

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