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MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1980
MR MCDONALD SAID THE APPLICATION OF PRESTRESSING TECHNIQUES TO BUILDINGS, IN PARTICULAR, RENDERED IT POSSIBLE FOR SLENDER STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, CAPABLE OF BEING FORMED TO A VARIETY OF SHAPES AND PROFILES, BOTH STRAIGHT AND CURVED, TO SUPPORT HEAVY LOADS.
IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, SUCH TECHNIQUES HAD BEEN USED IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, CITING THE ELLIPTICAL DOME OF THE PLANETARIUM AT TSIM SHA TSUI AND THE CANTILEVERED CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRITISH FORCES HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AT HMS TAMAR AS EXAMPLES.
MR MCDONALD STRESSED IN THIS FIELD, WITH CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, THERE IS GREAT SCOPE FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF MORE IMAGINATIVE AND ADVENTUROUS ARCHITECTURE.+
SHA TIN TO HAVE FIRST PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE SOON
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SHA TIN WILL SOON HAVE ITS FIRST PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE WHICH WILL OPERATE IN THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD (DAB) OFFICE IN THE CENTRE OF LEK YUEN ESTATE.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED TODAY (MONDAY) BY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHEN OPENING THE DISTRICT'S NEWEST LIBRARY, ALSO IN THE DAB OFFICE, ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF SAU CHUEN HOUSE.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD OFFICE, OPENED JUST SIX MONTHS AGO, HAD PROVED POPULAR, BUT WAS CAPABLE OF HEAVIER USAGE.
+THUS, THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS OFFICE ARE BEING EXPANDED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SHA TIN RESIDENTS.
THE NEW LIBRARY IS THE SIXTH IN THE NEW TOWN. COSTING $30 000, IT IS SPONSORED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD TO COMPLEMENT SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARY AND FOUR SMALLER LIBRARIES RUN BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES,
OCCUPYING AN AREA OF 56 SQUARE METRES (600 SQUARE FEET), IT IS KNOWN AS THE SHA TIN ARTS ASSOCIATION READING ROOM. THE ASSOCIATION IS BEING SET UP AS A PERMANENT BODY TO PROMOTE ARTS AND CULTURE IN SHA TIN,
MR AKERS-JONES SAID IT WOULD PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED STUDY FACILITIES DURING NON-SCHOOL HOURS.
APART FROM THE LIBRARY, THE NEW PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE WOULD SOON COMMENCE OPERATION.
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