SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1980
CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX FOR TUEN MUN
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TUEN MUN WILL HAVE ITS OWN CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX BY THE MID-1980'S.
THE COMPLEX, WHICH IS TO BE BUILT IN THREE PHASES, WILL BE SITUATED ON A 4.5 HECTARE SITE NEAR THE NEW TOWN'S COMMERCIAL CENTRE.
THE CIVIC AREA WILL CONSIST OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES, A MULTI- STOREY CAR PARK, A BUS STATION, A LIBRARY AND A MAGISTRACY.
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CULTURAL FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE A MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM WITH SEATING FOR 1 500 (TO BE BUILT IN PHASE 1), AN EXHIBITION AREA, LECTURE AND MUSIC PRACTICE ROOMS AND A RESTAURANT.
DESIGN OF THE AUDITORIUM WILL BE ALONG THE SAME LINES AS THE CITY HALL, HOWEVER, SOME MINOR VARIATIONS IN FINISHINGS AND COLOUR SCHEME WILL BE INTRODUCED TO ENABLE THE AUDITORIUM TO HAVE ITS OWN DISTINCTIVE IDENTITY. THIS PHASE WILL COST $60 MILLION.
PHASE II OF THE PROJECT COSTING $104.06 MILLION INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF THE CIVIC AREA, LESS THE MAGISTRACY WHICH WILL BE BUILT IN PHASE 11.
WORK ON PHASES AND II IS EXPECTED TO START IN 1982/83 AND BE COMPLETED BY 1985/86.
WORK ON THE MAGISTRACY IS TO START ABOUT SEPTEMBER, 1983, AND BE COMPLETED BY 1986/87. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS PHASE WILL BE SUBJECT TO DESIGN BEING FINALISED.
A PLAN OF THE COMPLEX HAS BEEN SHOWN TO TUEN MUN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR COMMENTS BY THE PROJECT ARCHITECT, MR FRANCIS LAW, AND A SENIOR ARCHITECT IN THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MR C.Y. KAN.
A FINAL DECISION ON THE PLAN WILL BE MADE WHEN ALL THE VIEWS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.
JOB-SEEKERS BEWARE OF OVERCHARGES BY AGENCIES ****
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) WARNED JOB-SEEKERS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING CHEATED OF REGISTRATION FEES AND AMOUNT OF COMMISSION PAYABLE TO FEE-CHARGING EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.
A SPOKESMAN FROM THE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT SAID CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN BY JOB-SEEKERS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN MANY SCHOOL LEAVERS ARE ONLY TOO EAGER TO SECURE JOBS.
BY LAW THE MAXIMUM REGISTRATION FEE CHARGEABLE TO A JOB-SEEKER IS $3. AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF COMMISSION IS TEN PER CENT OF THE FIRST MONTH'S SALARY.
/FREE-CHARGING