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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1994

MR BLAKE EMPHASISED THAT SUBJECT TO THE FINDINGS OF THE FINAL REPORT AND

TAKE WOULD THE ADVICE OF DR MORGENSTERN, THE GOVERNMENT WHATEVER REMEDIAL ACTION DEEM NECESSARY TO STRENGTHEN THE EXISTING LANDSLIP PREVENTIVE MEASURES.

THE INTERIM REPORT IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH IS AVAILABLE FOR DISTRICT PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE AND OFFICES.

DEPARTURE OF CBF MAJOR GENERAL SIR JOHN FOLEY

MAJOR GENERAL SIR JOHN FOLEY, COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES HONG KONG SINCE MARCH 1992, LEFT HIS HEADQUARTERS AT THE PRINCE OF WALES BARRACKS, CENTRAL, FOR THE LAST TIME TODAY (TUESDAY) ON COMPLETION OF HIS TOUR OF DUTY.

SIR JOHN IS RETURNING TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE IN LONDON ON PROMOTION TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL. HE IS TO BE REPLACED IN HONG KONG BY MAJOR GENERAL BRYAN DUTTON, WHO TAKES UP HIS DUTIES NEXT WEEK.

SIR JOHN, WHO WAS KNIGHTED IN. THE BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST, HAS BEEN COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES DURING A DIFFICULT PERIOD WHICH INCLUDED THE NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE ACCELERATED RUN-DOWN OF THE GARRISON AND THE CULMINATION OF SEVEN YEARS OF TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF DEFENCE LANDS.

EARLIER THIS YEAR HE OVERSAW THE OPERATION TO FIND AND RESCUE FIVE BRITISH SOLDIERS, INCLUDING THREE MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG MILITARY SERVICE CORPS, WHO WERE LOST IN LOW'S GULLEY ON MOUNT KINABALU IN MALAYSIA.

HE SERVED AN EARLIER TOUR OF DUTY IN HONG KONG IN THE EARLY

1970S.

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GOOD PROGRESS MADE IN SEWAGE SERVICES

THE VOLUME OF SEWAGE TREATED BY THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT (DSD) HAS INCREASED FROM 385 MILLION CUBIC METRES IN 1989 TO ALMOST 600 MILLION CUBIC METRES IN 1993.

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AND THE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL RECURRENT EXPENDITURE ON OPERATION MAINTENANCE OF SEWAGE SERVICE AMOUNTS TO $435 MILLION AND IS

STEADILY INCREASING.

THE DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES, MR NG YEE-YUM, SAID THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) AT A MEDIA SESSION ON THE SEWAGE SERVICES PROVIDED BY H'S DEPARTMENT.

/"GOOD PROGRESS