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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1992

HE SAID: "OF THE $78 BILLION, $12.5 BILLION WILL BE SPENT ON PORT WORKS, $13 BILLION ON WORKS ON LAND FORMATION AND FLOOD CONTROL, WELFARE, $13 BILLION ON ENVIRONMENTAL WORKS, $9 BILLION ON HEALTH AND $8 BILLION ON TRANSPORT, $8 BILLION ON EDUCATION AND $14.5 BILLION OTHER WORKS.

"DURING

ON

AUTHORITY IS THE SAME FIVE-YEARS PERIOD, THE HOUSING

THE EXPECTED

AND TO SPEND $41 BILLION, THE URBAN COUNCIL $4 BILLION REGIONAL COUNCIL $4 BILLION ON OTHER CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS.

"THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL CAPITAL WORKS SPENDING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO $127 BILLION, EXCLUDING THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACP PROGRAMME," HE SAID.

MR BLAKE SAID OVER 2,100 ITEMS, EACH IN EXCESS OF $10 HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME.

MILLION,

"WORK STARTED LAST AUGUST TO RECLAIM 19 HECTARES OF LAND AT ALDRICH BAY IN SHAU KEI WAN FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY USES.

YIELD

"A NEW STAGE OF ENGINEERING WORKS WILL COMMENCE IN TSEUNG о IN

THIS DECEMBER

YEAR. ON FULL COMPLETION, IT WILL HECTARES OF LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

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"WE WILL ALSO START RECLAIMING BELCHER BAY IN KENNEDY TOWN IN JANUARY 1993. THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE RECLAMATION WILL PRODUCE ABOUT

MR BLAKE SAID. 10 HECTARES OF LAND FOR THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING,

"

IN

AREAS,

A

OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS DUE TO BEGIN BEFORE THE END OF 1993

A $1.1 BILLION SCHEME TO WIDEN AND REALIGN RIVER CHANNELS INCLUDE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES TO PREVENT FLOODING TO LOW-LYING

IN LANDFILL $1.8 BILLION PROJECT TO DEVELOP A LARGE WASTE DISPOSAL

NT WHICH NORTHEAST

HAS AN OPERATING LIFE

YEARS OF 18

AND THE A CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE MORE AIRCRAFT PARKING BAYS AT KAI TAK AIRPORT,

TIN SHUI SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR MILDLY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AT WAI AND A DUPLICATE TSING YI SOUTH BRIDGE.

MR

BLAKE ALSO SAID GOOD PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN A SERIES MANAGEMENT REVIEWS OF THE DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE WORKS BRANCH.

OF

EXPECTED TO

HE SAID: "REVIEWS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (ASD) AND TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (TDD) ARE COMPLETE THIS YEAR.

CONCLUDED THAT "THE ASD REVIEW HAS

THE DEPARTMENT IS MORE

ΤΟ THAN BEFORE AND SEVERAL OPTIONS ON HOW PRODUCTIVE

MAKE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING EXAMINED.

"THE TDD REVIEW HAS PRODUCED PROPOSALS ΤΟ DEPARTMENT, AND EXPENDITURE SAVING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.

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THE

(EMSD),

MR

ON

AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ELECTRICAL BLAKE SAID THE SCHEME INTRODUCED LAST APRIL TO CHARGE OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR THE USE OF ITS VEHICLE WORKSHOPS WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

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