TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1978
EXTENSION TO COLUMBARIUM AT CAPE COLLINSON CREMATORIUM
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THE COLUMBARIUM AT CAPE COLLINSON CREMATORIUM WILL SOON BE EXTENDED TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR CREMATION.
TENDERS FOR THE EXTENSION WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR. K.M. TSENG, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE P.W.D., SAID TODAY THAT THE EXTENSION, CONSISTING OF THREE BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS, WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO THE WEST OF THE EXISTING CAR PARK,
HE EXPLAINED THAT BECAUSE OF THE ACCEPTABILITY AND THE NECESSITY OF CREMATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO BURIAL, DEMAND FOR CREMATION HAD BEEN INCREASING STEADILY IN RECENT YEARS.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXTENSION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
ON COMPLETION, IT WILL BE HANDED BACK TO THE URBAN COUNCIL FOR MANAGEMENT.
ROAD TO BE BUILT IN PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL SOON BUILD A THREE- KILOMETRE ROAD AT WU KAU TANG IN THE PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE ROAD, MEASURING SIX METRES IN WIDTH, WOULD RUN EASTWARDS FROM THE EXISTING ROAD AT WỤ KAU TANG TO SAM AH CHUNG.
HE SAID: +THE PROJECT AIMS TO MEET DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF
THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE PARK AREA.
+OPPORTUNITY IS ALSO BEING TAKEN TO PROVIDE AN EASY, PLEASANT APPROACH TO THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY PARK THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC AREAS OF COUNTRYSIDE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.+
THE ROAD WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN JULY AND WILL TAKE 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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