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144.
Honourable Members will have noted the recurrent theme in
this address of shortage of technical and professional manpower.
This is a serious problem and your Government is now developing long-
térm manpower planning in conjunction with the Universities and
Polytechnic in order to better meet requirements. At the same time,
new arrangements have been introduced for extensions of service to be
granted after the age of 55 to ensure that Government does not deprive
itself of the contribution that efficient and experienced officers,
especially those in senior ranks, can make.
CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN
145.
Last year I mentioned, that a territory-wide campaign to make
Hong Kong cleaner again would begin this month. It will supplement
the blitz in 1972 which successfully broke the back of a very long-
standing problem in the Urban Area. It will include the New Territories
and Country Parks. It will start on the 25th and will be divided into
phases dealing with six different areas, and will continue up to
December 1982.
146.
In preparation the departments concerned have already been
strengthened with both staff and vehicles. For instance the New
Territories Services Department will spend $42 million this year on
cleansing vehicles most of which are now in service.
Harbour, cleansing,
and rubbish collection in housing estates, and temporary housing and
cottage areas, and in the country parks and along highways have all been
stepped up.
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