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THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1989

SIR DAVID VISITED ONE OF THE FAMILIES THERE AND WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT ISLANDERS WERE ENJOYING AN IMPROVED LIVING ENVIRONMENT

IN RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING.

THE GOVERNOR THEN WENT TO THE ROOFTOP OF THE ESTATE WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE PACKAGE DEVELOPMENT AT MUI WO WHICH WOULD COST A TOTAL OF $550 MILLION.

A FOUR-STOREY COMPLEX ARE NOW REGIONAL COUNCIL

SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT CONSTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING AND A SWIMMING POOL AND SPORTS IN PROGRESS. ALSO, PROJECTS LIKE A SPORTS GROUND, A COMPLEX, AND A NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE WITH A MULTI-PURPOSE HALL WILL START SOON.

BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID MET WITH ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AT THE NGAN WAN ESTATE PLAZA.

CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS MARINE DEPARTMENT

COMPREHENSIVE

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, WAS GIVEN A

HONG BRIEFING ON THE PORT OF

KONG DURING A VISIT TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.

SIR DAVID, WHO WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE MR DERICK HALL, ALSO SPENT PART OF THE VISIT ON TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE OPERATIONS OF THE PORT DEPARTMENT.

THE

HE WAS TOLD BY SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE PORT HANDLED 56 MILLION TONNES OF CARGO FORECAST TO HANDLE 449 MILLION TONNES BY 2011,

DIRECTOR OF

MARINE,

LAUNCH THE

A

A GOVERNMENT AND THE WORK OF

DEPARTMENT THAT WHILE IN 1986, THE PORT

THE CHIEF SECRETARY WAS BRIEFED ON THE FUTURE PORT FACILITIES IN ORDER TO COPE WITH DEMAND AS WELL

CONSTRAINTS.

WAS

REQUIREMENTS OF AS THE RELATED

PUBLIC

WESTERN HE ALSO LOOKED AT THE HANDLING OF CARGO AT THE CARGO WORKING AREA (PCWA) AND LEARNT THAT THEMARINE DEPARTMENT MANAGED IN TOTAL 10 PCWA'S, THREE PUBLIC WATERFRONTS AND THREE PERMITTED SEAFRONTS.

ENSURE

MEASURES SIR DAVID WAS FURTHER TOLD THAT OPTIMUM UTILISATION OF THE

THAN MORE

WOULD BE TAKEN TO METRES OF 8,300

SEA FRONTAGE.

VISITED THE CHIEF SECRETARY THEN

THE VESSEL TRAFFIC CENTRE SITUATED AT THE OUTER PIER OF THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL.

/THE $160