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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1994

"WHILE ALL COMPLETED NEW TOWNS CONTINUE TO PROSPER, TIN SHUI WAI WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR IN MARCH.

"TUNG

CHUNG

WEST

KOWLOON

IS GRADUALLY TAKING SHAPE. RECLAMATION HAS SEEN LARGE AREAS RISING ABOVE THE SEA, AND CENTRAL RECLAMATION HAS ALREADY STARTED,

F HE SAID.

"IN NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES, WE ALSO SEE THE COMPLETION OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AND THE TUNNEL/SUBMARINE OUTFALL SEWERAGE SCHEME," HE ADDED.

HE POINTED OUT THAT CONTINUATION OF MAJOR DRAINAGE SCHEMES WOULD ALLEVIATE FLOODING PROBLEMS.

MR CHOW NOTED THAT LAST YEAR WAS PARTICULARLY "MEMORABLE" FOR TDD AS IT CELEBRATED ITS 20 YEARS OF ESTABLISHMENT.

"WE HAVE DEVELOPED EIGHT NEW TOWNS AND STARTED THE NINTH AS WELL AS SOME MAJOR RECLAMATIONS AROUND THE HARBOUR.

ONB,

"TWO AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE ARE NOW LIVING IN A BETTER

ENVIRONMENT.

"THIS IS NOT A SMALL ACHIEVEMENT, BUT SOMETHING HONG KONG CAN BE PROUD OF." HE NOTED.

MEANWHILE, MR CHOW STRESSED THAT HIS STAFF WOULD CONTINUE DOING THEIR BEST TO KEEP UP WITH THAT QUALITY CULTURE.

"WITH THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, TDD LOOKS FORWARD TO THE CONTINUING SUCCESS IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AHEAD WHICH ARE PROGRAMMED TO CONTINUE BEYOND THE END OF THE CENTURY, HE SAID.

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MEASURES TO FURTHER IMPROVE AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION SAFETY

THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING A SERIES OF MEASURES то FURTHER IMPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION SAFETY OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) PROJECTS WITH A VIEW TO ACHIEVING LOWER ACCIDENT RATES.

THIS WAS SAID BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, AT THE AWARD-PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE 1993 ACP CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AWARD SCHEME TODAY (TUESDAY).

MR BLAKE SAID THE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT RATE AND FATAL ACCIDENT RATE FOR ACP CONTRACTS UP TO THE END OF DECEMBER LAST YEAR WAS 98 PER "HOUSAND WORKERS A YEAR AND 0.8 PER THOUSAND WORKERS A YEAR RESPECTIVELY, MUCH LOWER THAN THE CORRESPONDING RATES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE OF 302 AND 0.8 IN 1992.

"FROM AUGUST 1993 ONWARDS, WE HAVE ALSO SEEN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN ACP'S INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT RATES, WITH THE LAST QUARTER OF 1993 BEING PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING; THE AVERAGE ACH INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT RATE WAS ABOUT 80 REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS PER THOUSAND PER YEAR.

WORKERS

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