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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1993

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PUBLIC WORKS PROGRESS COMMITTEE REVAMPED

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THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRESS COMMITTEE (PWPC) HAS BEEN RECENTLY REVAMPED TO INCLUDE RELEVANT POLICY SECRETARIES FOR BETTER CONTROL UNDERSPENDING IN CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMMES.

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THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, IN REPLY ΤΟ A QUESTION BY THE HON CHRISTINE LOH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR BLAKE SAID IT WAS EXPECTED THAT PROGRAMME, INTERFACE OR RESOURCE PROBLEMS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME WHICH COULD NOT BE SOLVED AT THE DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL COULD BE RESOLVED AT THE PWPC.

THE WORKS BRANCH CONSTANTLY MONITORS THE OVERALL EXPENDITURE SITUATION AS WELL AS PROGRESS ON ALL SIGNIFICANT CATEGORY A PROJECTS 1.E. PROJECTS IN PROGRESS AND CATEGORY B PROJECTS WHICH ARE UNDER PLANNING.

HE EXPLAINED THAT THE WORKS DIRECTORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND FRONT LINE MONITORING OF PROJECTS UNDER THEIR

CONTROL.

THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DECIDING THE APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVELS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS, RECOMMENDING WHETHER CONSULTANTS SHOULD BE EMPLOYED.

BROADER REPRESENTATION TO HOUSING AUTHORITY CONTINUES

THE NEED TO APPOINT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WHO CAN REFLECT A FULL RANGE OF VIEWS FROM THE COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN FUTURE, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LER WING-TAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR BASON SAID MORE MEMBERS FROM REPRESENTATIVE BODIES AND POLITICAL GROUPS HAD BEEN APPOINTED то THE AUTHORITY.

OF THE 18 NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS SERVING ON THE AUTHORITY, ABOUT 40 PER CENT ARE FROM THE ELECTED MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND DISTRICT BOARDS.

THIS COMPARES WITH ABOUT 30 PER CENT MEMBERS ARE THEMSELVES PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS.

IN 1989. SOME SERVING

CAN APPOINT FOUR HOUSING, AND

UNDER THE HOUSING ORDINANCE THE GOVERNOR OFFICIAL MEMBERS. INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR OF UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

AN

/THEY ARE