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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1993

HE CALLED ON MORE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS TIME AND EFFORT TO HELP THESE NEEDY PEOPLE.

TO DEVOTE

"THEY ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND DESERVE OUR COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING, HE SAID.

THE YEE ON HOSTEL IS THE FIRST OF FIVE HOSTELS TO BE SET UP UNDER THE URBAN HOSTEL SCHEME WITH A DONATION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE BRIEFED ON NEW AIRPORT WORKS

MEMBERS OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON THE NEW AIRPORT AND RELATED PROJECTS WERE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOLD THAT GOOD BEEN MADE WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROGRAMME (ACP) PROJECTS.

PROGRESS HAS AIRPORT CORE

AN OVERVIEW CO-ORDINATION

DURING A FOUR-HOUR BOAT TOUR, MEMBERS WERE GIVEN OF THE PROGRESS BY THE DIRECTOR OF NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS OFFICE, MR BILLY LAM, AND THE PROJECT DIRECTOR OF THE CROSSING PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE, HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, MR H S KWONG.

LANTAU FIXED

THEY SAW THE WORKS ON THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION, THE TSING MA AND KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGES, THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY AND THE TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN RECLAMATION.

ON THE NEW AIRPORT SITE AT CHEK LAP KOK, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, DR HENRY TOWNSEND, TOLD MEMBERS THAT ABOUT 24 PER CENT OF THE AIRPORT SITE HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND MORE THAN 220 HECTARES OF LAND HAD BEEN RECLAIMED.

A TOTAL OF 17 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WENT ON THE TOUR. THEY WERE THE CHAIRMAN MR WONG PO-YAN, MRS ENA CHAN YUEN YIN-HUNG, MR LINUS CHEUNG, MR CHOW CHUN-FAI, MR RAYMOND CHOY, MR FUNG SHIU-WING, MR GERRY HIGGINSON, DR RAYMOND HO, MR HO KING-ON, MR AMBROSE LAU, MR DAVID MORRIS, MR SHAO YOU-BAO, MR TAN MAN-KOU, DR LAURIE WAN, DR OWEN WONG, PROFESSOR YEUNG YUE-MAN AND MR YIP WAH.

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