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8.

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING

INDUSTRIES

106

-2.8

+12.8

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

122

+0.8

+15.1

NOTE: FOR EASY READING, FIGURES FOR THE 4 SELECTED INDUSTRY GROUPS,

WHICH CARRY LARGER WEIGHTS AND ARE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE RESPECTIVE BROAD INDUSTRY GROUPS, ARE SHOWN IN BRACKETS.

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GOVERNOR VISITS DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, VISITED THE DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY).

ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, DAVID WAS MET AT QUEEN'S PIER BY THE DIRECTOR

TRAVELLED BY MR SIU CHUEN, AND

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THE NORTH

DISPOSAL SCHEME.

DURING

THE VOYAGE,

HE

DRAINAGE SERVICES

MR JAMES BLAKE, SIR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES,

LARGEST BOAT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S WEST KOWLOON SEWAGE

BY

THE

TREATMENT

DIRECTOR

AND

AND

WAS BRIEFED

PROTECTION ASSISTANT DIRECTORS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL

UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT WHICH, WORKS AND FLOOD CONTROL WORKS THIS YEAR ALONE, WILL COST $1,500 MILLION.

SIR DAVID THEN TOURED THE CONSTRUCTION SITE WHICH EXTENDS LAI CHI KOK TO TAI KOK TSUI.

FROM

HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.

SUPERVISORY SITE

ON TEAM

THE

"SETTING

UP A

NEW SPECIALIST

IMPORTANCE WE ATTACH TO SEWAGE IMPROVEMENT,

"THIS MAJOR PROJECT EXAMPLE OF THE WORK THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE UNDERTAKING."

"

SHOWS HOW DEPARTMENT

SIR DAVID SAID.

MUCH

IN

NORTHWEST

KOWLOON IS

AN

EXCELLENT

THE PROJECT, WHICH IS DUE TO BE

MILLION,

COMMISSIONED IN AUGUST NEXT WILL TREAT THE SEWAGE OF ONE YEAR AT A COST OF $1,350

THE WATER QUALITY IN MILLION PEOPLE AND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE COASTAL WATERS.

SIR DAVID SAID THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR THE DRAINAGE

DEPARTMENT LAY AHEAD.

SERVICES

VERY

IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR SEWAGE STRATEGY WAS A IMPORTANT TASK. IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER THAN ORIGINALLY HOPED FOR BUT THE GOVERNMENT WAS FULLY COMMITTED TO IT.

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