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Finally, on the question of maintaining closer ties with overseas museums, since the opening of the Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui in November 1991, the Museum has jointly organised 18 major exhibitions with museums and institutions in Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Museum will continue to maintain an international character in its exhibition programmes.

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Manpower resources for transport-related studies

Following is a question by Dr the Hon Samuel Wong Ping-wai and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport, Mr Haider Barma, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

In regard to the manpower resources required for various transport-related studies (such as the Bus-only-lane Study, the Freight Transport Study and the Parking Demand Study) being carried out by the Transport Department, will the Government inform this Council:

(a) whether the existing establishment of professional staff in the Transport Department is adequate to handle the extra workload arising from the above studies:

(b) if the answer to (a) is in the negative, whether additional staff have been or will be recruited; if so, what are the details; and

(c) whether a forecast has been made of the additional manpower resources required for implementing the recommendations of the studies; if so, what are the details?