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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993

GOVERNOR SEES HOW USD UPGRADES CIVIC SERVICES

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THIS [ WEDNESDAY)

THREE MILLION

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AFTERNOON SAW FOR HIMSELF ASPECTS OF HOW THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONTINUALLY UPGRADES MUNICIPAL SERVICES FOR MORE THAN URBAN DWELLERS.

MR ALBERT LAM

IN RONALD

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, CHI-CHTV, THE GOVERNOR VISITED THE URBAN COUNCIL JAVA ROAD COMPLEX NORTH POINT, WHERE HE WAS GREETED BY URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN DR LEUNG DING-BONG AND OTHER COUNCILLORS.

THE PARTY THEN INSPECTED THE MAIN FACILITIES OF THE COMPLEX, INCLUDING THE COOKED FOOD CENTRE, THE MARKET AND THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINT.

OPENING OF THE HAD ENABLED

MR LAM POINTED OUT TO THE GOVERNOR HOW THE COMPLEX LAST YEAR, AND THE NEARBY ELECTRIC ROAD MARKET, THE DEPARTMENT TO CARRY OUT A LARGE HAWKER RE-SITING EXERCISE THAT HAD GREATLY LESSENED THE ONCE NOTORIOUS CONGESTION IN NEARBY STREET AND MARBLE ROAD.

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THE GOVERNOR WAS INTERESTED TO FIND THAT OPERATORS OF STALLS IN THE COOKED FOOD CENTRE PAID AN AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT OF ABOUT $7,000 AND HAD A DAILY TURNOVER RANGING BETWEEN $10,000 AND $20,000.

AT THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINT, MR PATTEN ALSO OBSERVED HOW HI- TECH INSTALLATIONS SUCH AS A CARBON-FILTRATION SYSTEM AND AIR CURTAINS ARE USED TO ELIMINATE OFFENSIVE SMELLS.

MODEL REFUSE-COLLECTION

HE TOOK KEEN INTEREST IN THE LATEST VEHICLE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ON TEST WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

WHERE BEEN

FROM NORTH POINT, THE PARTY TRAVELLED TO HONG KONG PARK,

AREA HAS BARRACKS THE GOVERNOR WAS SHOWN HOW THE HISTORIC

COMBINING RECREATIONAL, TRANSFORMED INTO A SUPERBLY LANDSCAPED AREA LEISURE AND EDUCATION FACILITIES.

AT THE CONSERVATORY, HE TOOK GREAT INTEREST IN THE MANY PLANTS, AND LATER, IN THE WALK THROUGH AVIARY, WAS PLEASED TO SEE HOW THE

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FOREST HAVE MALESIAN THE

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SIMULATED TROPICAL RAIN FOREST ENVIRONMENT.

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THE GOVERNOR MET ΤΟ STIMULATE THE

SUBSEQUENTLY, ΑΤ THE VISUAL ARTS CENTRE, ARTISTS AND SAW HOW THE URBAN COUNCIL IS HELPING CREATIVE TALENTS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG.

AT THE

MESSRS

THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT BEGAN WITH AN IN-DEPTH BRIEFING

BY

DEPUTY MR LAM AND

DIRECTORS, HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT'S RANDOLPH O'HARA (CULTURE), MARTIN WHITE (ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE), PETER NG KWOK-TAI (LEISURE SERVICES) AND H T LUI (ADMINISTRATION), INSPECTION OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION UNIT, HEADED BY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, MR THOMAS HAHN,

AND AN

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