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MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1977
THE THEATRE CULD BE LOCATED ON AN UPPER LEVEL SURROUNDED BY A GALLERY OVERLOOKING A LARGE EXHIBITION AREA FOR DISPLAYS ON ASTRONOMY, EARTH SCIENCES AND ASTRO-NAVIGATION.
DIRECTLY UNDER THE SKY THEATRE WOULD BE THE CONTROL ROOM STUDIOS, WORKSHOPS AND OFFICES.
MR. LEI SAID THE OTHER MAIN FEATURE OF THE PLANETARIUM WOULD BE A TWO-STOREY RECTANGULAR BUILDING EMBRACING THE EGG-SHAPED DOME, WITH SUCH FACILITIES AS A LARGE FIRST-FLOOR RESTAURANT AND A LECTURE HALL WITH SEATS FOR AN AUDIENCE OF 200 CN THE GROUND FLOOR.
ORDERS HAD ALREADY BEEN PLACED WITH A GERMAN FIRM FOR THE MAJOR PART OF THE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING A
SOPHISTICATED PLANETARIUM STAR-PROJECTOR, THE PROJECTION DOME AND VARIOUS SPECIAL-EFFECTS PROJECTORS,
THESE WOULD BE DELIVERED FOR INSTALLATION WHEN THE BUILDING WORKS HAD REACHED AN ADVANCED STAGE.
MR. LEI SAID THE PLANETARIUM WOULD FILL AN IMPORTANT RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEED.
TELEPHONE LINK FOR REMOTE NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGES
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THE COMMUNICATIONS GAP FOR A REMOTE NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGE WAS CLOSED A LITTLE FURTHER TODAY WHEN THE FIRST TELEPHONES BEGAN OPERATING IN TAI LONG, THE EASTERN MOST VILLAGE IN SAI KUNG.
ONE OF THE FIRST CALLS FROM TAI LONG WAS MADE BY THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR. LEO KWAN, WHO WAS MAKING A REGULAR VISIT TO THE AREA.
THE THREE TELEPHONES IN TAI LONG, WHICH ARE OPERATED THROUGH THE JUST OPENED TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AT KO TONG, WENT INTO ACTION AT 2 P.M.
THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. ROBERT UPTON, SAID LATER, +APART FROM THE OBVIOUS ADVANTAGES FOR THE VILLAGERS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TELEPHONE SERVICE IN TAI LONG WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE MANY WEEKEND TRIPPERS AND HOLIDAY MAKERS WHO FLOCK TO THE AREA FOR HIKING AND PICNICKING.
+ IN THE PAST, WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN MISHAPS, THERE WAS A FORTY MINUTE WALK TO THE NEAREST TELEPHONE TO SUMMON HELP.
+WITH TAI LONG AND SAI WAN NOW BOTH CONNECTED TO THE NEW EXCHANGE, THIS PROBLEM WILL NO LONGER EXIST. +
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