THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1993
"AND I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO FIND WAYS OF TRYING TO SPEED UP THE WHOLE PROGRAMME, HE ADDED.
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HE ALSO DESCRIBED THE CLEAN-UP WORK TO THE YUEN LONG NULLAH A TYPICAL IMPROVEMENT WORK THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS TRYING то BRING ABOUT,
ON THE POLICY TO ALLOW EXPATRIATE CIVIL SERVANTS TO SWITCH TO LOCAL EMPLOYMENT TERMS, SIR DAVID URGED CIVIL SERVANTS TO GIVE THE NEW ARRANGEMENT A CHANCE TO WORK BEFORE CRITICISING IT TOO HEAVILY.
"IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION THAT WE HAD. WE KNEW THAT IT WOULDN'T BE POPULAR WITH EVERYBODY BUT WE HAD TO TRY TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY. THAT'S WHAT WE'D TRIED TO DO."
HE SAID THE REACTIONS SO FAR HAD BEEN
OVER-STRONG.
** I BELIEVE THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE SHOULD WAIT TO SEE OPERATES BEFORE THEY OVER-REACT TO THIS ISSUE. BUT I DON'T THAT WE COULD HAVE TAKEN ANY OTHER MEASURES.'
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HOW IT BELIEVE
"IT WILL NOT HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON LOCALISATION AND WILL NOT HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON THE CIVIL SERVICE, HE ADDED.
ACTING GOVERNOR SEES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS * * * * *
THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED YUEN LONG TO SEE FOR HIMSELF SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS CARRIED OUT BY THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT UNDER THE RURAL PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY (RPIS).
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR CANICE MAK, AND THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, MR CHOW CHE-KING.
SIR DAVID BEGAN HIS VISIT BY HAVING A BRIEFING ON THE PROJECTS AT THE NORTH WEST NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IN TIN SHUI WAI.
HE THEN PROCEEDED TO WANG LOK STREET TO SEE THE CONDITION OF SECTION OF THE YUEN LONG NULLAH.
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SIR DAVID LEARNED THAT THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA NEAR THE NULLAH HAD BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF AN INFLATABLE DAM ACROSS THAT SECTION OF THE NULLAH.
THE DAM, BUILT UNDER A $135 MILLION PROJECT ΤΟ TACKLE POLLUTION OF THE NULLAHS IN YUEN LONG, PREVENTS POLLUTED TIDAL WATER FROM ENTERING THE NULLAH.
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