XN000022-1985-11-29 — Page 3

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1985

+DEVELOPMENT MOMENTUM MUST BE MAINTAINED+

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WORK IS LIKELY TO START ON SCHEMES WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY REPLACE THE EXISTING TYPHOON SHELTER AT YAU MA TEI AND RECLAMATION WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO WALK FROM KENNEDY TOWN TO GREEN ISLAND AND ON A COASTAL ROAD FROM CAUSEWAY BAY TO WESTERN WHICH WILL BYPASS CENTRAL, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING,

SIR EDWARD SAID THAT WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES REACHING COMPLETION IN THE 1990'S IT WAS NECESSARY TO PLAN NOW + IF WE ARE NOT TO LOSE MOMENTUM BEYOND THAT DATE+.

SPEAKING AT THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, HE SAID THAT THE EMPHASIS OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD MOVE BACK TO RECLAMATION AROUND THE HARBOUR.

+ INITIALLY, ANOTHER CONTAINER TERMINAL WILL BE BUILT AT KWAI CHUNG, AND HUNG HOM BAY AND MOST OF ALDRICH BAY WILL DISAPPEAR, + SIR EDWARD SAID.

THE DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE HARBOUR WOULD ENHANCE HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PROVIDE LAND FOR A CONTAINER PORT, A DEPOT FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, BETTER TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND COMMERCIAL EXPANSION, HE ADDED.

+THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR A POPULATION GROWTH OF ABOUT 300 000 PEOPLE, AND TO RELIEVE MUCH OF THE CONGESTION IN THE ADJOINING URBAN AREAS.+

THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT IN SUCH ENTERPRISES THE INVESTMENT IN PONEY TERMS WAS LARGE, ADDING THAT THE ANNUAL PROVISION FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME HAD REACHED $10 BILLION.

+PUT PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL ARE THE HUMAN RESOURCES REQUIRED. TO ACHIEVE SUCH AMBITIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES, A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF TRAINED PERSONNEL IS ESSENTIAL - HENCE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY OUR UNIVERSITIES, THE POLYTECHNICS AND THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, WORKING CLOSELY WITH INDUSTRY AND WITH PROFESSIONAL BODIES SUCH AS YOUR INSTITUTION, HAS WITHIN THREE YEARS OF ITS INCEPTION IN 1982, LAUNCHED SOME 100 PROGRAMMES FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES, HE SAID.

LOOK ING AHEAD, SIR EDWARD SAID, THERE WERE FURTHER AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR EXPANDING TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES.

+THE CITY POLYTECHNIC IS DEVELOPING AS SCHEDULED, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IS EXPANDING ITS RESEARCH PROGRAMMES, AND THE TWO UNIVERSITIES HAVE PLANS TO EXTEND THEIR PROGRAMMES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

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