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THURSDAY, AFRIL 16, 1987

MR FORD NOTED THAT A TEMPORARY POULTRY MARKET HAD BEEN BUILT AT WESTERN RECLAMATION AND WOULD BE OPERATIONAL IN JULY THIS YEAR, THE NEW MARKET WILL REPLACE THE KENNEDY TOWN POULTRY MARKET AT FORBES STREET WHICH IS CREATING ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE AREA.

HE WAS ALSO TOLD THAT PLANS WERE IN HAND FOR CONSTRUCTING TWO LARGE WHOLESALE MARKET COMPLEXES AT WESTERN AND CHEUNG SHA WAN RESPECTIVELY WHICH WERE EXPECTED TO COME ON STREAM IN THE 1990s.

MR FORD ALSO MET THE FOUR ASSISTANT DIRECTORS IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONAL BRANCHES AND DISCUSSED WITH THEM DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.

THE SUBJECTS OF INTEREST WHICH WERE DISCUSSED DURING MR FORD'S VISIT INCLUDED THE MANAGEMENT OF COUNTRY PARKS AND THE REVIEW UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT TO FORECAST THE FUTURE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES THE CONTROL OF PESTICIDES AND RABIES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARICULTURE INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.

VISIT TO ENHANCE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING

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THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR HARNAM GREWAL, (THURSDAY) MET STAFF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.

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THE MEETING WAS PART OF MR GREWAL'S SERIES OF VISITS TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND STAFF ASSOCIATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS.

MR GREWAL DESCRIBED HIS TALKS WITH THE WATER SUPPLIES STAFF AS +PART OF AN ONGOING EFFORT TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH AND DEPARTMENTS.+

+OUR DISCUSSIONS COVERED A NUMBER OF CIVIL SERVICE MATTERS. I THINK THE VISITS ARE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL IN THAT THEY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEPARTMENTAL STAFF TO BRING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT CIVIL SERVICE MATTERS TO MY ATTENTION AND ENABLE ME IN TURN TO SEE THEM WORKING ON THE GROUND AT FIRST HAND, HE ADDED.

AFTER THE MEETING AT WATER SUPPLIES HEADQUARTERS, MR GREWAL, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON, LEFT FOR THE SHA TIN WATER TREATMENT WORKS, WHERE HE TOURED THE FACILITY AND MET WSD SITE STAFF AT WORK.

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