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TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1994

MRS PATTEN SAID WHILE MORE WOMEN WERF GETTING TO THE TOP, ENOUGH WERE DOING SO.

NOT

"THIRTY-EIGHT

PER

FEMALE, BUT

MEN

CENT OF THE WORKFORCE IS STILL ACCOUNT FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF MANAGERIAL POSTS.

"AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE CLOSING GAP IN PAY, WOMEN'S INCOME

SHE SAID. STILL ONLY 77 PER CENT OF THAT OF MEN,

IS

POLITICAL

TO MAKE SOME

"IF WE WANT MORE WOMEN CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMIC, AND PUBLIC LIFE OF THE TERRITORY, THEN WE WILL HAVE ALLOWANCE FOR WOMEN IN THE WORK PLACE; THAT MEANS THINGS LIKE FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS, CRECHES, AND PROVISION FOR CHILD CARE.

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THE SOCIETY TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MRS PATTEN SAID MUST BE READY TO GIVE THOSE WOMEN ABUSED BY THEIR HUSBANDS OR PARTNERS THE HELP AND SUPPORT THEY NEEDED.

GREEN HELPED

THE IN SHE SAID SHE WAS DELIGHTED THAT THE PROPOSALS PAPER ON WOMEN'S ISSUES HAD GENERATED A HEALTHY DEBATE AND HAD TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED.

"AS

WOMAN I AM AS INTERESTED AS YOU ARE A IN THE GREEN

AS CONTAINED

PAPER, AND WILL BE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE.

IN THE QUESTIONS INTERESTED

IN

THE

TENDERS FOR RIVER TRADE TERMINAL

THE

AND

CONSTRUCTION GOVERNMENT IS TO INVITE TENDERS FOR THE OPERATION OF A RIVER TRADE TERMINAL IN AREA 38, TUEN MUN TO HANDLE THE GROWING RIVER TRADE WITH THE PEARL RIVER DELTA.

THE

DECISION

ΤΟ

ADDRESS COUNCIL

WAS TAKEN AFTER EXTENSIVE PROPOSALS RESIDENTS CONCERNS HAD BEEN DRAWN UP AND THE EXECUTIVE HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE PLAN.

LOCAL

TERMINAL ON WILL BE NOISE

TO DEAL WITH THE CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE LOCAL TRAFFIC AND TUEN MUN ROAD, THE PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPER REQUIRED TO CONDUCT A FULL TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT INCLUDING GENERATED BY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES AND NIGHT-TIME TRAFFIC.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO UPGRADE THE LOCAL ROAD NETWORK TO IN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND AVOID CONGESTION BY TERMINAL TRAFFIC.

THIS WILL INCLUDE WIDENING A SECTION OF LUNG MUN BUILDING A NEW BYPASS ALONG THE CASTLE PEAK FOOTHILLS.

TIE

ROAD

AND

DEVELOPER WILL ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO USE SEA THE LAND TRANSPORT FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING RIVER BOAT CARGOES.

RATHER THAN

PROPOSALS HAVE ALSO BEEN DRAWN UP TO ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS.

/A GOVERNMENT