TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1980
SHA TIN SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL HAVE NEW LIBRARY
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SHA TIN SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL HAVE ANOTHER QUIET PLACE TO READ AND TO BORROW BOOKS WHEN A MINI LIBRARY IS OPENED IN LEK YUEN ESTATE IN MARCH.
THE LIBRARY, OCCUPYING SOME 56 SQUARE METRES (600 SQUARE FEET) ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD OFFICE IN SAU CHUEN HOUSE, WILL ALSO BE USED AS A STUDY ROOM.
THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH IS MAKING FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE OPENING, WILL FINANCE THE $30 000 PROJECT.
THE BOARD IS STOCKING BOOKS AND PERIODICALS AND IS RECRUITING PART-TIME STAFF TO RUN IT.
OPENING HOURS WILL BE FROM 5 PM TO 9.30 PM DAILY, EXCEPT TUESDAYS, AND FROM 9 AM TO 1 PM ON SUNDAY.
A SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT EXPANSION OF LIBRARY SERVICE IN SHA TIN WAS NECESSARY TO SERVE THE RAPIDLY INCREASING POPULATION OF THE NEW TOWN. *WE ARE SURE THIS MINI LIBRARY WILL BE VERY POPULAR,
HE SAID.
AT PRESENT THERE IS A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN SHA TIN OPERATED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE FOUR SMALLER LIBRARIES RUN BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND A MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IN THE NEW TOWN.
NEW SERVICE RESERVOIR FOR POKFULAM
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A NEW SERVICE RESERVOIR WILL BE BUILT SHORTLY TO IMPROVE THE WATER SUPPLY TO THE POKFULAM HIGH LEVEL AREAS ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
IT WILL BE LOCATED SOUTH-EAST OF THE EXISTING NO 2 SERVICE RESERVOIR IN POKFULAM AND WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 8 000 CUBIC METRES.
A CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT WHICH COSTS MORE THAN $8 MILLION WAS SIGNED THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING BETWEEN THE CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION), MR LEE GUN-CHEUNG, OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WAN HIN AND CO LTD.
ON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, THE NEW RESERVOIR TOGETHER WITH TWO OTHER EXISTING SERVICE RESERVOIRS IN THE DISTRICT WILL SERVE DEVELOPMENTS ALONG POKFULAM ROAD FROM THE CHINESE CHRISTIAN CEMETERY TO CHI FU FA YUEN,
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START NEXT WEEK AND WILL TAKE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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