MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1980
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TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE WORK, EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1982, HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE RAILWAY DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AS PART OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY'S MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME.
THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK FOR THE NEW STATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT LATER UNDER A SEPARATE CONTRACT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
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PRESS CONFERENCE ON KCR MODERNISATION
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THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY,
MP D.M. HOWES WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE KCR'S
MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME AT 3 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT THE GIS THEATRE, 5TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE.
POWER SUPPLY FOR MORE SQUATTERS ****
PROPER ELECTRICITY SUPPLY WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE HOMES OF MORE THAN 220 SQUATTERS IN CHUNG SHAN VILLAGE, WONG TAI SIN ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 17).
A SWITCH-ON CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON THAT DAY TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE SCHEME FOR RESIDENTS OF THE SQUATTER AREA.
THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN SELBY AND THE DISTRICT ENGINEER OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, MR C.F. TSE WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY ORGANISED BY THE CHUNG SHAN VILLAGE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE HAD BEEN FORMED TO CO-ORDINATE AND FACILITATE INSTALLATION WORKS.
THE ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME WAS JOINTLY DEVELOPED BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE POWER COMPANY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
SO FAR, MORE THAN 9 500 SQUATTERS IN LION ROCK AREA AND LUNG YIN HANG HAVE BENEFITTED FROM SIMILAR SCHEMES IMPLEMENTED SINCE 1975.
/THE CDO