WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1978
TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS AT LAI KING HEADLAND
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TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS WITH ACCESS ROADS AND A DRAINAGE SYSTEM WILL BE BUILT SOON ON THE HILLTOPS OF LAI KING HEADLAND IN TSUEN WAN.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS CALLING TENDERS FOR THE WORK WHICH FORMS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.
MR. NORMAN TUCKER, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SAID TODAY THAT WORK ON THE CONTRACT WOULD BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
+THE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET CLEARANCE COMMITMENTS ARISING FROM THE EXTENSION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TO TSUEN WAN TOGETHER WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN, HE ADDED.
MR. TUCKER SAID THAT THE HILLTOPS, WHICH WERE USED AS BORROW AREAS, HAD NOW BEEN FORMED INTO PLATFORMS BY THE DEVELOPERS OF THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL.
INITIALLY, HE POINTED OUT, THE PLATFORMS WOULD BE USED AS TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS BUT WOULD EVENTUALLY BE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
HONG KONG DONATES CRANES TO USA
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SIX WHITE-NECKED CRANES WERE FLOWN TO THE U.S.A. THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING AS GIFTS OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
THE CRANES WERE SEIZED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT EARLY LAST YEAR UNDER THE WILD ANIMALS PROTECTION ORDINANCE.
+ THE CRANE IS INCLUDED IN THE ENDANGERED SPECIES CATEGORY AND THE SEIZURES WERE IN RELATION TO ILLEGAL POSSESSION AND ILLEGAL EXPORTATION OF THE SPECIES,+ THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID.
SINCE THEN THEY WERE KEPT AT THE ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS UNTIL ARRANGEMENTS COULD BE MADE FOR THEIR FUTURE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE CRANES WERE SENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION IN WISCONSIN, U.S.A., FOR BREEDING PURPOSES.
HE ADDED THAT THE OFF-SPRING OF THESE CRANES WOULD BE SENT TO OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD TO HELP ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPECIES.
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