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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1990

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"AS YET, THE LETTER STATES,

"THE PLANS CONSIST SIMPLY OF LINES ON A MAP WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO PREDICT THE PRECISE SIZE AND FORM OF INDUSTRY IN THE FUTURE.

"BUT, HAVING TAKEN DECISIONS ABOUT KEY PROJECTS SUCH AS THE SITE OF THE NEW AIRPORT AND FUTURE CONTAINER TERMINALS, THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW TURNING ITS ATTENTION TOWARDS THE QUESTION OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT UP TO THE YEAR 2011.1

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IT WAS DIFFICULT HOWEVER TO PLAN WITHOUT SOME APPRECIATION OF HOW INDUSTRIALISTS THEMSELVES SAW THE FUTURE.

BEEN

"IN ORDER TO INPUT SUCH KEY INFORMATION INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HAS

TASKED WITH CO-ORDINATING

VIEWS OF INDUSTRIALISTS," MR

BARMA SAID.

SURVEYS ΤΟ SEEK THE

ANSWERS ΤΟ THE QUESTIONNAIRES WOULD HELP THE GOVERNMENT FORMULATE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS AS REGARDS DEVELOPING LAND, ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INDUSTRY UP ΤΟ THE YEAR 2011, HE SAID.

MR BARMA URGES RECIPIENTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES TO RESPOND, STATING: "AT THE MOMENT THE GOVERNMENT IS OPEN TO ANY AND ALL SUGGESTIONS, BUT ONCE FORMAL PLANNING HAS TAKEN PLACE IN SOME DETAIL IT WILL BECOME MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO MAKE RADICAL CHANGES.

HI

THE QUESTIONNAIRES ARE TO BE RETURNED EARLY NEXT MONTH.

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POLICE FAREWELL TO OUTGOING SENIOR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER

ATTENDED (MONDAY)

A

HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TODAY TRADITIONAL GUARD OF HONOUR то BID FAREWELL TO OUTGOING SENIOR HAS SERVED 32 ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR ERIC MCCOSH, WHO YEARS IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.

MR MCCOSH WILL TAKE UP THE POST OF COMMISSIONER CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ON NOVEMBER 21.

THE ASSEMBLY, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE COMPOUND HEADQUARTERS, WAS ATTENDED BY REGULAR AND AUXILIARY CIVILIAN STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES.

OF

OF THE POLICE POLICE OFFICERS,

THE GUARD WAS DRAWN FROM THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL, COMMAND OF SUPERINTENDENT BILL FULLERTON.

UNDER THE

MR MCCOSH JOINED THE POLICE FORCE AS A PROBATIONARY

BEEN PROMOTED THROUGH THE RANKS SUB-INSPECTOR IN 1958 AND HAS

ΤΟ 1988. HIS LAST SENIOR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IN NOVEMBER POSTING WAS THE DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES.

HE WAS AWARDED

THE QUEEN'S POLICE

MEDAL AND THE COLONIAL

POLICE MEDAL IN 1987 AND 1981 RESPECTIVELY,

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