SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1980
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IMPROVED FACILITIES AT TECHNICAL INSTITUTES
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ADDITIONAL FLOORS AND ANNEXES WILL BE BUILT AT THREE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO PROVIDE MORE SPACE AND BETTER FACILITIES,
AT MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, THERE WILL BE PLACES FOR AN ADDITIONAL 600 FULL-TIME STUDENTS WHEN THE FORMER VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL BUILDING NEARBY IS REPROVISIONED AND ACQUIRED.
THE CONVERSION WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
A WATERFRONT WORKSHOP WILL BE ADDED TO HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT CHEUNG SHA WAN IN OCTOBER NEXT YEAR. THIS WILL ENABLE STUDENTS OF THE MARINE AND FABRICATION DEPARTMENT TO LEARN SHIP BUILDING AND REPAIR.
AT LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN KOWLOON TONG, AN ADDITIONAL BLOCK WILL BE BUILT.
ON ITS COMPLETION, THE INSTITUTE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE IN 830 MORE FULL-TIME STUDENTS AND TO EXTEND EXISTING COURSES, THE NEWEST OF WHICH ARE DESIGN AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY.
1983.
THE EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE OF THE NEW BLOCK IS SEPTEMBER,
TEMPORARY BAZAAR FOR KWAI CHUNG HAWKERS
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A TEMPORARY BAZAAR WILL BE PROVIDED AT SHEK YAM ROAD, KWAI CHUNG, TO ACCOMMODATE HAWKERS BEFORE A PERMANENT MARKET IS PUT UP.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THE BAZAAR, TO BE LOCATED BETWEEN SHEK YAM ROAD AND WO YI HOP ROAD, WOULD HAVE SPACE FOR 10 COOKED FOOD STALLS, 56 MINI STALLS AND A REFUSE COLLECTION POINT.
→WHEN THE HAWKERS HAVE MOVED INTO THIS BAZAAR, THE EXISTING TEMPORARY MARKET WILL BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR A PERMANENT FOUR-STOREY ONE.+
AFTER THE PERMANENT MARKET IS COMPLETED, THE TEMPORARY BAZAAR WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A REST GARDEN.
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WORK ON THE PROJECT, TENDERS FOR WHICH ARE BEING INVITED, IS EXPECTED TO START IN SEPTEMBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
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