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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1980
MR GREWAL SAID THAT LATER THIS YEAR WORK WILL START ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHA TIN RECREATION GROUND AND NEXT SPRING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC.
ATTACHED TO THIS SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WILL BE SIX SQUASH
COURTS.
APART FROM THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN SHA TIN, DR LAING SAID PENFOLD PARK HAS PROVED TO BE A VERY POPULAR RECREATIONAL GROUND FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, WHICH IS FINANCED BY THE JOCKEY CLUB, WILL IN DUE COURSE, PROVIDE EXCELLENT SPORTING FACILITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG,
HE ADDED THAT THE SHA TIN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND
THE SQUASH COURTS WERE ALSO FUNDED BY THE CLUB.
+ IT HAS BEEN THE CLUB'S POLICY OVER RECENT YEARS TO ESTABLISH RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE USE OF THE COMMUNITY IN OUR GENERALLY CONGESTED SURROUNDINGS. AND SUCH A POLICY HAS ALREADY BROUGHT ABOUT NUMEROUS NEW FACILITIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, DR LAING SAID.
$64.5 MILLION CONTRACT LET FOR ABERDEEN TUNNEL
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS LET A $64.5 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL.
THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (HONG KONG) LIMITED AND WAS SIGNED BY MR YEUNG KIM-CHOY, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE PWD'S HIGHWAYS OFFICE, AND MR JOHN WEEDON, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY.
A VENTILATION SYSTEM, A SOPHISTICATED COMPUTERISED SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE AIR POLLUTION AND A CLOSE CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEM AND OTHER ITEMS WILL BE PROVIDED AND INSTALLED UNDER THIS CONTRACT.
+WORK ON THE CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO START DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND WILL INITIALLY INVOLVE THE MANUFACTURING OF THE VARIOUS MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, MR YEUNG SAID.
→THE INSTALLATION WORK WILL START IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, TO COINCIDE WITH THE OPENING OF THE TUNNEL. +
MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL AND ITS ASSOCIATED APPROACHES IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.
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