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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1987

CLOSE LIAISON VITAL TO DEVELOPMENT : LIAO

CLOSE LIAISON AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAÐ RESULTED IN THE FRUITION OF AN IMPRESSIVE MODERN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN TSUEN WAN, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE DEDICATION CEREMONY OF CALTEX'S RIVIERA GARDENS, MR LIAO SAID: "FOR TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI, WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 700,000 PEOPLE, LIVING IN RELATIVELY CONGESTED CONDITIONS ALONGSIDE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL ARRAS, THERE IS A NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH IMAGINATIVE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, LANDSCAPING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

MR LIAO SAID RIVIERA GARDENS WAS SUCH AN EXAMPLE AS THE PROJECT CONTAINED INNOVATIVE LANDSCAPING, SHOPPING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

"IT SHOWS JUST WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED AS A RESULT OF CLOSE LIAISON BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE ADOPTION OF A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH ΤΟ PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT, HE SAID.

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INMATES PASS PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS

SIXTY-THREE PRISONERS WERE PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES TODAY (TUESDAY) FOR SUCCESSFULLY PASSING PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.

THE RECIPIENTS, AGED BETWEEN 19 TO 25, OBTAINED A TOTAL OF 40 DISTINCTIONS, SIX CREDITS AND 59 PASSES IN VARIOUS EXAMINATIONS OFFERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA, MACAU; THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE PITMAN EXAMINATIONS INSTITUTE AND THE HONG KONG EXAMINATION AUTHORITY.

OFFICIATING AT THE PRESENTATION

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CEREMONY AT PIK EDUCATION AND MANPOWER,

CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, THE SECRETARY FOR MR RON BRIDGE, COMMENDED THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR PROVIDING OFFENDERS EASY ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE EDUCATION FACILITIES DURING THEIR DETENTION,

"THE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES IN HONG KONG, THROUGH ITS VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, HELP PRISONERS BECOME RESPONSIBLE AND LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY, MR BRIDGE SAID.

MR BRIDGE