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MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1993

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IT WAS FELT THAT ANY LICENSING REQUIREMENT SHOULD BE LINKED AN APPROPRIATE AND SUFFICIENT INDUSTRY-WIDE TRAINING PROGRAMME ALLOW EXISTING PLANT OPERATORS TO ATTAIN THE REQUIRED STANDARDS.

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ON THE USE OF HAND-DUG CAISSONS, AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, MEMBERS NOTED THAT WHILE HAND-DUG CAISSONS WILL BE SELDOM USED IN PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE, THERE IS STILL WIDE USE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. MEMBERS WERE SUPPORTIVE OF ALTERNATIVES BEING USED WHEREVER PRACTICABLE.

THE BOARD ALSO AGREED THAT PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN IN ITS FUTURE MEETINGS то CONSIDERATIONS OF QUALITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

MEMBERS NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE A START то WORK TOWARDS THIS GOAL IN PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE ΤΟ EXTEND THIS PROCESS TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STAGES OF THEIR WORK. THE SETTING OF QUALITY STANDARDS WILL LEAD TO BETTER SAFETY AND HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY,

THESE THREE TOPICS WILL BE DISCUSSED FURTHER BY THE BOARD AT ITS NEXT MEETING IN JULY.

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AT TODAY'S MEETING, MR BLAKE ALSO BRIEFED MEMBERS ON MEASURES STRENGTHEN THE MONITORING OF THE PROGRESS AND EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME.

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THE CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST BETWEEN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND THE GOVERNMENT.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD INCLUDE LEGCO MEMBERS MR EDWARD MR TAM YIU-CHUNG, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRAINING AUTHORITIES AS ACADEMICS AND WORKS DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.

HO. AND INDUSTRY, WELL

AS

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF SFC APPOINTED

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, UNDER AUTHORITY DELEGATED GOVERNOR, HAS APPOINTED MR VINCENT CHENG HOI-CHUEN AS A

BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION FOR A PERIOD OF

NON-EXECUTIVE YEARS FROM MAY 1, 1993 TO APRIL 30, 1995.

HE WILL REPLACE MR DENIS CHANG, WHO HAS COMMISSION SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN MAY 1989.

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BEEN WITH THE

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY HAS REAPPOINTED MR RODERICK CHALMERS AS A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALSO FROM MAY 1, 1993 TO APRIL 30, 1995.

UNDER SECTION 5. OF THE SECURITIES AND

ORDINANCE,

FUTURES COMMISSION

THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT NOT FEWER THAN EIGHT OF THE COMMISSION, HALF OF WHOM SHALL BE NON-EXECUTIVE.

DIRECTORS

/AT PRESENT,