FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1977
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TENDER FOR CLEANSING OF KA! TAK AIRPORT EXTERNAL AREAS
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THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR CLEANSING OF THE EXTERNAL AREAS OF THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THE CONTRACT, COMMENCING FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1977 FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, REQUIRES THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERER TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANSING THE ROADS, CARPARKS AND OTHER OUTDOOR AREAS WITHIN THE AIRPORT PRECINCT AND REMOVING OIL AND GREASE FROM THE APRONS AND RUBBISH FROM THE GRASS AREAS.
TENDER FORMS AND FURTHER PARTICULARS ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AT NEW RODNEY BLOCK, QUEENSWAY OR THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
ALL TENDERS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD AND PLACED IN THE TENDER BOX AT THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT BEFORE NOON ON FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1977.
ANOTHER COMMUNITY CENTRE OPENS IN TSUEN WAN
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TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN NOW HAS THREE FULLY-OPERATIONAL COMMUNITY HALLS ANOTHER TWO UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND OTHERS PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE, MR. JAMES HAYES, TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, SAID TODAY WHEN HE OFFICIALLY OPENED THE NEWEST OF THE HALLS AT LAI KING ESTATE.
HE SAID THAT THE HALLS WHICH ARE MANAGED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WERE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE RANGE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES THE GOVERNMENT WAS PROVIDING TO SERVE THE +NEW CITIZENS WHO ARE POURING INTO THE NEW TOWN.
+THE HALL PROVIDES A PLACE TO WHICH RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES CAN COME TO MEET EACH OTHER AND JOIN IN A VARIETY OF FUNCTIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ORGANISED BY THE S.K.D. OFFICER IN CHARGE, HE ADDED.
+IT IS ALSO INTENDED TO BE A PLACE FROM WHICH SOME OF THOSE PERSONS, AND ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER ONES, CAN TAKE A GREATER INTEREST IN THEIR COMMUNITY BY PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT SERVICES FOR OTHERS IN THE AREA, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY SERVICES GROUP AND THE LAI KING COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER.
+THIS HALL ALSO PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION IN WHICH LOCALLY- BASED ASSOCIATIONS CAN HOLD THEIR MEETINGS AND STAGE THEIR EVENTS ON BEHALF OF THEIR MEMBERS AND OTHERS.+
MR. HAYES DESCRIBED THE HALL AS A SYMBOL+ OF COMMUNITY
FOR THE PEOPLE OF LAI KING.
+ I HOPE THEY WILL COME FORWARD TO USE IT, BENEFIT FROY IT AND THAT THEY WILL REGARD IT AS THE POINT FROM WHICH COMMUNITY ACTION CAN BE PLANNED AND EXECUTED, HE ADDED.