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+AND EVEN THESE AREAS ARE HEAVILY USED BY THE PUBLIC, COMPARED WITH 20 OR 30 YEARS AGO WHEN FEW PEOPLE EVER WENT TO THE COUNTRYSIDE, APART FROM THE LOCAL VILLAGERS, SAID MR JU.
MR 1U SPOKE ON THE NEED FOR PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE IN REGARD TO THE BALANCE OF NATURE AND POINTED OUT THAT INDISCRIMINATE ERADICATION OF SOME BIRDS COULD RESULT IN AN OUTBREAK OF INSECT PESTS, WHICH IN TURN COULD CAUSE THE FAILURE OF CROPS.
+NOT ALL OF US MAY HAVE THE SAME INTEREST IN THE OBSERVATION OF WILDLIFE, OR IN TRADING WILD ANIMALS AND THEIR PRODUCTS, BUT WE ALL HAVE ONE INESCAPABLE RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE BECAUSE IT IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR OWN LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM, HE TOLD THE ROTARIANS,
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CONTRACT FOR KCR DEPOT DEVELOPMENT SIGNED ****
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) AWARDED A CONTRACT, WORTH MORE THAN $78 MILLION, TO PAUL Y CONSTRUCTION CO LTD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PODIUM ABOVE THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY DEPOT AT HO TUNG LAU, SHA TIN.
THE AGREEMENT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED BETWEEN MR WONG MANG-KI, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL ENGINEER OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND MR GEORGE C. TSO, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT, SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN MID-1982, INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PODIUM DECK OF ABOUT 2.7 HECTARES AND ITS SUPPORTING COLUMNS, AN ADJOINING ELEVATED ROAD AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE TO THE RACECOURSE BUS TERMINUS.
MR WONG SAIDI +TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HO TUNG LAU KCR DEPOT WHICH WILL BE BENEATH THE PODIUM, HAVE ALREADY BEEN INVITED AND WORK WILL ALSO START SHORTLY.
+THE WORK WILL INCLUDE SITE FORMATION, TRACK-LAYING, ANCILLARY ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL WORKS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE MAINTENANCE SHED AND OFFICES.-
UPON COMPLETION, HE SAID, THE DEPOT WOULD PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING OF THE NEW ELECTRIC ROLLING STOCKS.
ON THE PODIUM DEVELOPMENT ABOVE THE KCR DEPOT, MR WONG SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD APPROVED THAT THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE PODIUM BE DEVELOPED INTO A LARGE-SCALE, SELF-CONTA I NED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEX OVERLOOKING THE RACECOURSE.
*UNDER THE PRESENT PLAN BY THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER ABOUT NINE RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS WILL BE BUILT ABOVE THE PODIUM, PROVIDING HOUSING FOR ABOUT 13 000 PEOPLE,+ HE SAID.
THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE PODIUM HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA, WHO WILL ALSO SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION, IN THEIR CAPACITY AS SUB-CONSULTANTS TO TRANSMARK, WHO ARE ADVISING THE GOVERNMENT ON THE MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KCR.