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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1980
APART FROM THE SUB-OFFICES IN TAI PO, YUEN LONG, TSUEN WAN AND SHEUNG SHUI, FOUR PART-TIME REGISTRIES IN SHA TIN, SAI KUNG, CHEUNG CHÁU AND TAI O ON LANTAU ISLAND ALSO RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE LAST YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
SINCE ALL REGISTRIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AND URBAN DISTRICTS, THE SPOKESMAN STRONGLY ADVISED THOSE WHO INTEND TO CUT SHORT THEIR WAITING TIME FOR MARRIAGES TO MAKE FULL USE OF THESE RURAL FACILITIES WHICH ARE LESS USED BY URBAN RESIDENTS.
IN ADDITION THERE ARE MOBILE PART-TIME REGISTRIES AND INFORMATION ON THEIR TIME SCHEDULES COULD BE OBTAINED AT ALL MARRIAGE REGISTRIES AND IMMIGRATION OFFICES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
AS A RESULT OF THE CENTRALISATION OF PERSONAL REGISTRATION SERVICES, THE MARRIAGE REGISTRY FORMERLY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SINCE JULY LAST YEAR.
SPACE MUSEUM NEARS COMPLETION
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WORK ON THE HONG KONG SPACE MUSEUM IN TSIM SHA TSUI IS VIRTUALLY COMPLETED AND THE BUILDING IS EXPECTED TO BE HANDED OVER TO THE URBAN COUNCIL BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN APRIL.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT STRUCTURAL WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND THE ONLY THING LEFT TO BE DONE WAS DECORATION.
DESPITE THIS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THE WORK HAD BEEN PROGRAMMED IN SUCH A WAY THAT URBAN COUNCIL CONTRACTORS COULD PROCEED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF PROJECTION EQUIPMENT, SCREEN AS WELL AS SOUND AND LIGHTING SYSTEM DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
THE INSTALLATION WORK IS NOW IN AN ADVANCED STAGE AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE SPACE MUSEUM, ONE OF THE MOST MODERN PROJECTS OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.
THE DOMINANT FEATURE OF THE SPACE MUSEUM IS THE LARGE EGG- SHAPED DOME STRUCTURE WHICH HOUSES THE 320-SEAT SKY THEATRE.
THE SPACE MUSEUM, SITUATED AT THE TSIM SHA TSUI WATERFRONT, ALSO HOUSES AN EXHIBITION HALL AND A LECTURE HALL CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING 200 PEOPLE.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A SOLAR HALL IN WHICH EXHIBITS WILL BE ON DISPLAY TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUN.
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