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FOOTBRIDGE IN SHA TIN
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A FOOTBRIDGE OF A NEW DESIGN WILL BE BUILT OVER TAI PO ROAD TO LINK THE NEW SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION WITH THE NEW TOWN CENTRE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID: THE BRIDGE, WHICH IS 36 METRES WIDE, WILL HAVE TWO LEVELS, HE SAID.
+ IT WILL PROVIDE NOT ONLY A SAFE COVERED CROSSING FOR TRAIN PASSENGERS BUT ALSO SPACE FOR SHOPS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BRIDGE.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE FOOTBRIDGE, DESIGNED BY PWD CONSULTANTS, WILL ALSO SERVE AS AN EXTENSION OF THE SHOPPING FACILITIES OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
TENDERS FOR THE FOUNDATION WORK OF THE FOOTBRIDGE ARE BEING
INVITED.
THE WORK FORMS PART OF A PROJECT UNDER THE KCR ELECTRIFICATION AND MODERNISATION SCHEME WHICH INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAILWAY STATION, A PODIUM AND A TEN-STOREY BLOCK HOUSING GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
FOUNDATION WORK FOR THE NEW STATION HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED AND TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PODIUM WILL BE INVITED SHORTLY, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
OPENING OF TECHNICAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ******
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE TODAY (FRIDAY) OFFICIALLY OPENED THE LEUNG SHEK CHEE COLLEGE, AN AIDED TECHNICAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AT SAU MAU PING.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY MR HAYE PAID TRIBUTE TO MR K K LEUNG AND HIS BROTHERS WHOSE GENEROUS DONATIONS IN HONOUR OF THEIR LATE FATHER HAD MADE THE BUILDING OF THE COLLEGE POSSIBLE.
HE ALSO PRAISED THE DEDICATION OF THE COLUMBAN SISTERS WHO OPERATE THE SCHOOL. MR HAYE SAID THEY EPITOMIZED THE DEVOTION OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS TO THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. WITHOUT THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CHURCHES I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD BE, HE SAID.
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, THE MOST REV JOHN BAPTIST WU, BISHOP OF HONG KONG, BLESSED THE COLLEGE. THE SCHOOL NOW HAS 750 STUDENTS AND WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE FULL RANGE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION FROM FI TO FVII.
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