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WORK WILL BEGIN SOON AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE START OF THE 1982/83 ACADEMIC YEAR, HE SAID,
THE SCHOOL, WHICH WILL BE BUILT TO STANDARD PLANS, WILL HAVE 24 CLASSROOMS AND 12 OTHER ROOMS, INCLUDING LABORATORIES. IT WILL PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION TO CHILDREN LIVING IN ISLANDS DISTRICT.
THE PROJECT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, WHICH HAVE EXPERIENCE AND HAVE ACHIEVED A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE, HAVE CO-OPERATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN EXPANDING EDUCATION.
THE CONTRIBUTION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN THIS AREA HAS PLAYED AN IMMENSELY IMPORTANT PART IN HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT, MR CHUI SAID,
HE ADDED THAT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE LAST DECADE, 54 PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROVIDING 102 000 PLACES AND 43 SECONDARY SCHOOLS PROVIDING 45 000 PLACES HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
FURTHER WORK ON KCR MODERNISATION
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WORK ON YET ANOTHER SECTION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL START SOON AS PART OF ITS MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $96 MILLION CONTRACT TO KIN SHING CONSTRUCTION CO, FOR THE DOUBLE TRACKING OF A THREE KILOMETRE SECTION OF THE RAILWAY BETWEEN TAI PO KAU AND TAI PO MARKET STATIONS.
COMMENTING ON THE CONTRACT, MR K.K. CHAN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE RAILWAY DIVISION OF THE PWD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFF ICE SAID THE WORK WOULD START IMMEDIATELY AND BE COMPLETED BY LATE 1982.
+WORK ON THE CONTRACT, WHICH FORMS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE $2 000 MILLION KCR MODERNISATION AND ELECTR IF ICATION PROGRAMME, HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE RAILWAY DIVISION ON BEHALF OF KCR, HE SAID.
SO FAR, CONTRACTS TOTALLING SOME $86 MILLION HAVE ALREADY BEEN AWARDED AND WORK IS IN PROGRESS FOR DOUBLE TRACKING BETWEEN THREE OTHER SECTIONS -- CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND TAI PO KAU, TAI PO MARKET AND SHEUNG SHUI, AND SHEUNG SHUI AND LO WU STATIONS.
+TODAY'S CONTRACT IS FOR EMBANKMENT WIDENING AND LAYING A SECOND TRACK AS WELL AS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF TWO EXISTING RAILWAY BRIDGES TO PROVIDE A HIGHER LCAD CAPACITY TO MEET THE KCR REQUIREMENTS, MR. CHAN EXPLAINED,
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