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SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1989

MR WATERS THIS

(SATURDAY)

LETTER TO THE RECENTLY APPOINTED

THE

MORNING PRESENTED CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER,

PROMOTION

MR CHOW

KING-SHING, WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN CNTA AS INSPECTOR OF WORKS I IN NORTH DISTRICT.

THE WORKS SECTIONS, MR WATERS INITIATED THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS

AND FACILITIES

FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

OUTLINING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAID THAT IN 1919 THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING RURAL AREAS AND VILLAGES.

SELF-HELP PROGRAMME "AT THAT TIME, THE SCHEME WAS BASICALLY A

то MATERIALS WERE

THE

THEM VILLAGERS FOR

TO SUPPLIED WHEREBY

AS FENCING, FOOTPATHS AND UNDERTAKE MINOR CONSTRUCTION WORKS, SUCH DRAINAGE CHANNELS," HE SAID.

LPW PROJECTS "OVER THE YEARS, THE SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE

ΤΟ CARRY THEM HAD GRADUALLY INCREASED BEYOND THE VILLAGERS' ABILITY OUT. AS A RESULT, PROJECTS HAD TO BE CARRIED OUT BY CONTRACTORS.'

IN

WITH THIS CHANGE, A WORKS MR WATERS EXPLAINED THAT TO COPE SECTION WAS SET UP IN EACH OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES

THE FOR THE 1950S WITH RESPONSIBILITY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LPW PROJECTS.

THESE

FOOTPATHS,

PLANNING,

CO-ORDINATION

AND

THE

OF CONSTRUCTION POINTS, AQUA

VAN

PRIVIES,

TRACKS, PLAYGROUNDS,

PAVILIONS AND

INCLUDED PROJECTS REFUSE COLLECTION SITTING-OUT AREAS, PIERS, SEAWALLS, VEHICULAR BRIDGES, EARTH RETAINING WALLS, HE ADDED.

MR WATERS POINTED OUT

PROJECTS HAD

THAT THE

OF COMPLEXITY MORE MANPOWER AND EXPENDITURE GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY NOT ONLY BECAUSE WERE NOW INVOLVED, BUT BECAUSE THE WORKS SECTIONS ALSO UNDERTOOK PROJECTS ON BEHALF OF OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS.

"THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE URBAN FRINGE IMPROVEMENT THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS FUNDED BY DISTRICT BOARDS, THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL PRIVATE DONATION, HE SAID.

SOME

PROJECTS FOR

IMPROVEMENT

OF AQUA-PRIVIES AS PROJECTS FUNDED BY

"FURTHERMORE, AS FROM APRIL 1987. THE CONTRACT CEILING FOR LPW PROJECTS AT THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT LEVEL WAS INCREASED $0.3 MILLION TO $1.5 MILLION.

It

NEW FROM

PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE HE NOTED THAT THE EXPENDITURE ON

IN 1988/89 WORKS SECTIONS

WAS $43.86 MILLION, TERRITORIES REPRESENTING A 90 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THAT IN 1986/87

NEW

+

UNDERTAKEN BY THE WORKS AT PRESENT, MAJOR ON-GOING PROJECTS

MILLION SECTIONS INCLUDE A $1.2 MILLION PROJECT IN FANLING AND A $1.1

UPGRADE A VAN PROJECT AT SHA TIN, BOTH OF WHICH WERE TO IMPROVE AND TRACK TO PROPER HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT STANDARD.

WILL BE A AND SLOPEWORKS

ANOTHER MAJOR PROJECT TO BE CARRIED OUT IN 1989/90 $1.5 MILLION PROJECT TO IMPROVE A VAN TRACK, DRAINAGE AT KWUN YUM SHAN IN SHA TIN.

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