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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1979
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT OF THE $71 MILLION CONTRACT WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY HONG KONG CONTRACTORS.
THE WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN PHASES AND THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 1982.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY WHEN THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED THE WHOLE RAILWAY WILL BE OPERATED FROM ONE CENTRAL SIGNAL CONTROL ROOM WHICH WILL HOUSE BOTH THE SIGNALLING PANEL AND THE CONTROL PANEL FOR THE 25 KILOVOLT ELECTRIC TRACTION SUPPLY.
A COMPUTER 1SED TRAIN OPERATING SYSTEM WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THE SIGNALLING PANEL AND THIS WILL ALSO OPERATE PLATFORM INDICATORS AT STATIONS GIVING TRAIN ARRIVAL AND DESTINATION INFORMATION.
THE PROJECT WILL BE MANAGED ON BEHALF OF THE KCR BY TRANSMARK LTD, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD.
YUEN LONG MID-AUTUMN CELEBRATION STARTS
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THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER FOR THE NORTHWESTERN NEW
TERRITORIES, MR. JIMMY SWEETMAN, THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING OFFICIALLY OPENED A WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION TO MARK THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL IN YUEN LONG.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR. SWEETMAN DESCRIBED THE CELEBRATION AS A MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE IT AIMED NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT BUT ALSO TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN CULTURE BY PROVIDING A SERIES OF HIGH QUALITY CULTURAL EVENTS IN A FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE.
BEFORE SWITCHING ON THE LANTERN LIGHTS IN THE NEW TOWN TO MARK THE START OF THE ACTIVITIES - THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE DISTRICT - MR. SWEETMAN SAID YUEN LONG HAD ALWAYS BEEN BLESSED BY ITS STRONG COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
+ IT HAS ITS OWN TOWN HALL WHICH IS SET UP AND RUN BY LOCAL PEOPLE IT HAS THE ONLY ARTS PROMOTION COMMITTEE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THAT RUNS CANTONESE OPERA AND BALLET SCHOOLS.
+AND IT IS THE ONLY DISTRICT HAVING A JAYCEE WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED AS AN ENERGETIC AND INNOVATIVE ORGANISATION, HE SAID.
THE CELEBRATION PROGRAMME WHICH LASTS UNTIL OCTOBER 9, INCLUDES A CONCERT BY THE YUEN LONG YOUTH AND CHILDREN CHOIR, A FUN FAIR FOR 6 000 PEOPLE, CANTONESE OPERA AND BALLET PERFORMANCES AND A VARIETY SHOW FEATURING HKTVB ARTISTES AS WELL AS A LANTERN DESIGN COMPETITION.
MR. SWEETMAN SAID THE WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION IS A BREAKTHROUGH FOR LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN POOLING THE IR TALENTS AND RESOURCES TOGETHER TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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