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WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989

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HIGH

IN EFFICIENCY

AND

ANTI-SMUGGLING

A

NEW METHOD,

LAW

T

ANTI-NARCOTICS

ADOPT HAVE TO OPERATAIONS IS TO BE MAINTAINED, WE WILL ENFORCEMENT CONCEPT AND POLICY AND TURN TO A RISK MANAGEMENT HE ADDED.

A INVOLVED SUSPICIOUS INFORMATION

FLEXIBLE TARGETS OR ANALYSIS,

MANAGEMENT RISK MR TONG EXPLAINED THAT

ΤΟ ORDER

SELECT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN

ON CARGO FOR FURTHER

BASED EXAMINATION INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND RISK ASSESSMENT.

TONG SAID THAT IN

INCREASINGLY IN CONCLUSION, MR

VIEW OF

OF UNSAFE DIVERSIFIED RESPONSIBILITIES, SUCH AS CONTROLLING THE SALE

EXPORT OF CHEMICAL TOYS AND PRODUCTS AND RESTRICTING THE IMPORT AND SUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS TO THE EARTH'S OZONE LAYER, THE DEPARTMENT BE PROGRESSIVE, POSITIVE AND INNOVATIVE IN ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.

WOULD

BUILDING INDUSTRY URGED TO TAKE STEPS TO ATTRACT WORKERS

THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SHOULD WORK TOGETHER ΤΟ REDUCE THE UNATTRACTIVENESS OF THE PROFESSION IN ORDER TO ATTRACT MORE WORKERS, PARTICULARLY YOUNG WORKERS, TO JOIN THE INDUSTRY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL BUILDING EXHIBITION, SIR DAVID SAID MUCH BUILDING WORK IS DIRTY, PHYSICALLY DEMANDING AND DANGEROUS.

IF YOUNG MEN ARE TO BE ATTRACTED INTO THE INDUSTRY AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO WORK WHICH IS CLEAN, PHYSICALLY EASY AND SAFE, HE SAID STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO IMPROVE THE WORKING CONDITIONS IN BUILDING SITES AND THERE SHOULD BE A GREATER CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF WORKERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED.

SIR DAVID ALSO CALLED ON THE INDUSTRY TO WORK OUT A RETIREMENT BENEFIT SCHEME FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AS A FURTHER MEASURE TO ATTRACT WORKERS.

"THIS WILL BE DIFFICULT, IT WILL NEED COOPERATION, BUT I BELIEVE IT CAN BE DONE," HE NOTED.

TURNING TO PUBLIC HOUSING, SIR DAVID SAID THAT HOUSING REMAINS ONE OF HONG KONG'S MAIN SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

HE

287 000 PEOPLE

LIVING

ONLY SAID IN 1960, THERE WERE

IN PUBLIC HOUSING. THE FIGURE CONTINUED TO GROW, TO 1.5 MILLION IN 1970 AND 2.5 MILLION IN 1980.

NOW, THERE ARE 2.7 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING AND FLATS FOR OVER 200 000 PEOPLE ARE BUILT EVERY YEAR, SIR DAVID SAID. NOTING THAT ANOTHER MILLION FLATS HAVE TO BE BUILT BY THE YEAR 2001.

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