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THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1989

BALANCED AND CAREFUL DEVELOPMENT OF OUTLYING ISLANDS

WITH THE

BALANCED AND CAREFUL DAVID WILSON,

THE GOVERNMENT IS PROCEEDING DEVELOPMENT OF THE OUTLYING ISLANDS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

ISLANDS

DISTRICT,

SIR

DAVID

SPEAKING AFTER HIS VISIT TO THE SAID: "THE GOVERNMENT IS CARRYING OUT A SERIES OF PACKAGE DEVELOPMENTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE ISLANDERS.

TERRITORIES,

ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW

WAI-KEUNG, AND MR ADOLF HSU, ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JONATHAN

FIRST FLEW ΤΟ LAMMA ISLAND TO VISIT THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY AT YUNG SHUE WAN.

NG, SIR DAVID

INDUSTRIAL

WAS THE GOVERNOR

BRIEFED ON THE COMPANY'S ASH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY WHICH AIMS TO MARKET PULVERISED FUEL ASH (PFA) TO USERS AND TO LANDFILL SITES.

ΤΟ FILL

RESTORE THE OF PFA

THE STRATEGY INCLUDES THE USE OF PFA AS LAMMA QUARRY SITE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LAGOON TO DISPOSE AS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.

IDENTIFY

DETAILED

SIR DAVID WAS ASSURED THAT THE STRATEGY WAS ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE AND STUDIES WOULD BE CONTINUED TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES.

THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO PO LIN MONASTERY ON BY HELICOPTER.

LANTAU ISLAND

COMPLETED

BUDDHA IN

THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT THE WORLD'S TALLEST OPEN AIR

CONSTRUCTED

BE WOULD

J

STATUE SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

BY

THE

MONASTERY

-

THE BRONZE STATUE,

33.95 METRES TALL AND

WEIGHING FACILITIES

250 TONS, SUCH

AS

A

COSTS ABOUT $68 MILLION TO BUILD. OTHER CONVENTION HALL, A HOSTEL FOR BUDDHIST SCHOLARS AND AN AUDIO-VISUAL LIBRARY OF BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED.

ATTRACT

THREE ENABLE VEHICULAR

SIR DAVID LEARNT THAT, AS THE BIG BUDDHA STATUE WILL

FOREIGN THOUSANDS OF LOCAL AND

PILGRIMS AND TOURISTS, THE

BE

ΤΟ IMPROVED KILOMETRES LONG NGONG PING ACCESS ROAD WOULD

INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC TO COPE WITH THE ACCESS,

OTHER RELATED FACILITIES SUCH AS A

ALSO BE PUBLIC CARPARK AND A TAXI STAND WILL MONASTERY.

LARGER BUS

CONSTRUCTED

TERMINUS,

NEAR

A

THE

ESTATE AND WILL

THE TOUR IN JULY

NGAN WAN LAST YEAR PEOPLE.

THE PARTY THEN LEFT FOR MUI WO TO WHICH STARTED ITS INTAKE OF RESIDENTS PROVIDE MORE THAN 460 FLATS TO HOUSE ABOUT 1,650

/SIR DAVID