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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1993

OTHER WORKS OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE A 700-METRE CONCRETE IN THE NULLAH AND A PUMPING STATION.

LINING

IN

NAM

FLYOVER THE ACTING GOVERNOR THEN WENT TO A PEDESTRIAN BIN WAI TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE YUEN LONG KAU HUI, AN OLD MARKET TOWN.

SIR DAVID LEARNED THAT THE EXISTING FACILITIES IN KAU NOT MEET THE CURRENT LIVING STANDARDS.

HUI DID

FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

THE OLD MARKET TOWN INCLUDE THE AREAS, FORMATION OF LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGE HOUSING EXPANSION

FACILITIES AND OPEN SPACES, COMMUNITY

INDUSTRIAL AREAS FOR LIGHT

INDUSTRIES.

AND CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS

ASSOCIATED DRA INS HAS ALSO BEEN

PLANNED.

BEFORE WINDING UP THE VISIT, SIR DAVID INSPECTED A FLOOD PREVENTION SCHEME IN THE LO UK VILLAGE, TIN SHUI WAI.

THE SCHEME CONSISTS OF BUNDS AND CATCHWATERS TO PREVENT FLOOD STORAGE PONDS WATER FROM ENTERING INTO THE VILLAGE, AS WELL AS FLOOD AND PUMPING STATIONS TO DRAIN THE CATCHMENTS INSIDE THE VILLAGE.

RPIS THE GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED THE

IN 1989 TO IMPROVE TERRITORIES THROUGH INVESTMENT QUALITY OF RURAL LIFE IN THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE IN

TRANSCRIPT OF SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE

MRS ANSON CHAN SPEAKING TO PRESS ON PROPOSED EXPATRIATE PACKAGE

SCS:

WE HAVE OF

COURSE BEEN PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION ΤΟ THE IN THE MEDIA AND ALSO COMMENTARIES FROM DIFFERENT THOUGHT THERE ARE SEVERAL POINTS THAT WE SHOULD

COMMENTARIES QUARTERS. AND I CLARIFY.

WE

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO STRESS THAT THE POLICY CHANGES THAT ANNOUNCED SEVERAL DAYS AGO ARE OF A SHORT-TERM, TRANSITIONAL NATURE. ESSENTIALLY, THE CONTRACTS WILL BE RENEWED ONLY FOR A PERIOD OF TWO AND A HALF YEARS. AS REGARDS LONGER-TERM ARRANGEMENTS, CERTAINLY ARRANGEMENTS THAT WOULD COMMIT THE FUTURE SAR GOVERNMENT, WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO START ANY EARLY DIALOGUE WITH THE CHINESE AND THE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS SO THAT WE CAN WORK HARD AND SET UP ARRANGEMENTS THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE TO ALL PARTIES.

SECONDLY, I THOUGHT THERE HAS BEEN A GROSS EXAGGERATION OF THE NUMBERS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN TRANSFERRING ΤΟ LOCAL AGREEMENT TERMS. WE THINK IN FACT THAT THE NUMBERS ARE LIKELY ΤΟ BE VERY SMALL,

BEARING IN MIND THAT EVEN UNDER THE OLD POLICY, A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF OVERSEAS AGREEMENT OFFICERS WERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN HAVING THEIR CONTRACTS RENEWED.

/THIRDLY, THE