THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1980
APPRENTICES COMPLETE PWD COURSES
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FORTY-ONE APPRENTICES WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED COURSES RUN BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL RECEIVE THEIR CERTIFICATES TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
LEGISLATIVE_COUNCILLOR, MR CHEN SHOU-LUM WILL PRESENT CERTIFICATES TO THEM AT A CEREMONY IN THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL
INSTITUTE.
TO THE BEST TO THE BEST CRAFT
MR CHEN WILL ALSO PRESENT THE +BROWN CUP TECHNICAL APPRENTICE AND THE +LAISHLEY CUP APPRENTICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PWD APPRENTICE GRADUATION CEREMONY IN THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT 01 KWAN ROAD AT 5.30 PM TOMORROW (FRIDAY). PWD'S PUBLICITY UNIT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS,
OFFICERS OF
FOOTBRIDGES FOR SHA TIN *****
TWO FOOTBRIDGES WILL BE BUILT SHORTLY IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN TO PROVIDE SAFE CROSSING FOR PEDESTRIANS.
A CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT, WORTH JUST OVER $5 MILLION, WAS SIGNED THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING BETWEEN MR KWEI SEE-KAN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PWD'S SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CHUN WO CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING COMPANY,
A SPOKESMAN FOR PWD SAID THAT ONE OF THE FOOTBRIDGES WOULD BE OVER THE RAILWAY TRACK AT TIN LIU AND THE OTHER OVER THE RAILWAY AND A TRUNK ROAD AT WO CHE.
THE FOOTBRIDGES WITH CONCRETE ROOF WILL BE 2.8-METRE WIDE.
HE SAID THAT THE PROJECT FORMED PART OF A PROGRAMME TO SEPARATE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC FROM THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START NEXT WEEK AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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