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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1994

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AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 130 PROFESSIONAL POSTS IN THE INSTITUTE, OF WHICH 32 (OR 25 PER CENT) ARE FILLED THROUGH OPEN RECRUITMENT.

THE NUMBER ÍS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 44 (OR 34 PER CENT) BY

1994/95.

"AT THIS RATE, THE 60 PER CENT TARGET WOULD BE ACHIEVED BY 1998/99, MR LEUNG ADDED.

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CONTROL STEPPED UP TO REDUCE WATER MAINS BURST

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS NOW STEPPING UP CONTROL ON EXCAVATION WORKS NEAR WATER MAINS BY CONDUCTING REGULAR INSPECTION

ON ROAD WORKS AND ADVISING CONTRACTORS ON THE METHOD OF PREVENTING DAMAGE TO THE WATER MAINS.

THE

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION ABOUT FLUSHING WATER SUSPENSIONS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES BY THE HON LEE WING-TAT.

MR BLAKE NOTED THAT THERE WERE 244 PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF FLUSHING WATER SUSPENSION PER HOUSING ESTATE PER YEAR WAS LESS THAN ONE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SUSPENSION CASES, MOST OF WHICH AFFECTED ONLY PART OF THE HOUSING ESTATE, WERE CAUSED BY MAINS BURST AND MAINTENANCE AND CONNECTION WORK IN DISTRIBUTION MAINS OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

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HELP FOR HK TOURISTS

THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED THREE REQUESTS FOR HELP FROM FAMILY THAILAND OVER MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH RELATIVES VISITING THE PAST THREE YEARS.

THIS

SECURITY,

MR ALISTAIR

WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHIM PUI-CHUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN EACH CASE, THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN BANGKOK WAS CONTACTED ASSISTANCE, HE SAID.

FOR

REGARDING THE FOUR CASES OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS NOW BELIEVED TO NOT HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN THAILAND, MR ASPREY SAID THE GOVERNMENT DID RECEIVE ANY REQUEST FOR HELP.

HE ADDED THAT

AND THROUGH THE FOREIGN

OFFICE COMMONWEALTH

HONG (FCO), THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAD SOUGHT DETAILS OF THE FOUR KONG

WHICH HAD ALSO TOURISTS FROM THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN BANGKOK, LIAISED WITH THE FAMILIES OVER FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.

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/"WE UNDERSTAND