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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1993

ANYONE POSSESSING THE

UNDER THE QUALIFICATION SYSTEM, FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE ISSUED A PLUMBER'S LICENCE:

CRAFT CERTIFICATE IN PLUMBING AND PIPE-FITTING COURSE ISSUED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AFTER 1987; OR

PLUMBING CRAFT CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON; OR

A FELLOW OR MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION UNITED KINGDOM, AND

OF PLUMBING OF THE

CERTIFICATE IN PLUMBING SERVICES (HONG KONG) COURSES ISSUED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE QUALIFICATION SYSTEM NOT ONLY PROVIDED AN ASSURANCE WITH REGARD TO THE QUALITY AND STANDARD OF THE LICENSED PLUMBERS IN SERVING THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO MADE THE ADMINISTRATION PROCESS FOR LICENSING FASTER AND SIMPLER.

LEGCO MEMBERS BRIEFED ON ACP WORKS PROGRESS

A GROUP OF 14 LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE FINANCING OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP), WERE BRIEFED TODAY (MONDAY) ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE 10 CORE PROJECTS.

DURING A FOUR-HOUR BOAT TOUR, THE MEMBERS SAW THE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION, THE TSING SHUI MUN BRIDGES, THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY, THE TUNG TOWN RECLAMATION AND THE AIRPORT SITE AT CHECK LAP KOK.

PROGRESS ON MA AND KAP NEW CHUNG

THEY WERE ADDRESSED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE AND BRIEFED ON THE OVERALL PROGRESS OF THE ACP BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW AIRPORT CO-ORDINATION OFFICE, MR BILLY LAM.

THE MEMBERS ALSO VISITED CHEK LAP KOK FOR A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF THE WORKS THERE. THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE VAST AMOUNT OF EXCAVATION AND RECLAMATION WORKS UNDERWAY ON AND AROUND THE ISLAND BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY.

WITH

MR BLAKE INFORMED THE MEMBERS THAT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS A TOTAL VALUE OF OVER $44 BILLION HAD BEEN AWARDED ON THE ACP. THEY INCLUDED 27 MAJOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AT A VALUE OF NEARLY $29 BILLION.

"THIS $29 BILLION REPRESENTS 69 PER CENT OF THE VALUE OF ALL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS FOR THE ACP,' HE SAID.

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FOUR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AMOUNTING ΤΟ $9.7 BILLION HAVE BEEN LET BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY. THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING FRANCHISEE HAS AWARDED A MAJOR CONTRACT WORTH $5.7 BILLION.

MR BLAKE SAID ALL THE CONTRACTS WERE WITHIN BUDGET AND WORK WAS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.

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