THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1981
THEY PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND FRIENDSHIP WITHIN THE IR AREAS OF PERSONAL INTERESTS AND ABILITY: PROFESSIONALS MAY PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR OWN FIELD OF SPECIALTY WHILE HOUSEWIVES CAN TEACH IN MANAGING HOUSEHOLD CHORES OTHERS MAY BECOME TUITORS IN SCHOOLWORK OR HELP PROBATIONERS DEVELOP WHOLESOME INTEREST AND HOBBIES.
ALL VOLUNTEERS ARE AGED 21 OR ABOVE, WITH SECONDARY EDUCATION QUALIFICATION, A MATURE AND SOCIABLE PERSONAL ITY AND A FLAIR TO HELP OTHERS.
NEW CARGO HANDLING AREA IN WESTERN
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED A $3.5 MILLION CONTRACT TO WONG KEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE SURFACING OF A PERMANENT CARGO HANDLING AREA AT THE WESTERN RECLAMATION.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY MR PANG HAU-CHUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF HIGHWAYS (HONG KONG) DIVISION OF THE PWD, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY.
THE PERMANENT CARGO HANDLING AREA WILL BE PROVIDED ON A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BREAKWATER AND A SEAWALL ADJOINING THE BREAKWATER AT THE WESTERN RECLAMATION, WITH 800 METRES OF SEA FRONTAGE.
CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT
12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
UPON COMPLETION, THE EXISTING CARGO HANDLING ACTIVITIES ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST WILL THEN BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW AREA TO ENABLE RECLAMATION IN THE AREA TO COMMENCE.
LADY CATER VISITS COMMUNITY CHEST MEMBER AGENCIES IN NT ******
LADY CATER SPENT AN AFTERNOON TODAY VISITING TWO MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF HONG KONG AT TUEN MUN IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE CHEST.
LADY CATER FIRST VISITED THE ST. SIMON HOME FOR FISHERMEN'S AND WORKMEN'S CHILDREN WHICH INCLUDED THE TAI HING DAY NURSERY AT TAI HING ESTATE, THE CHILD WELFARE CENTRE AND HOSTEL IN TSING WUN ROAD.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST, MR G.A. HENDERSON, LADY CATER WAS MET BY THE REV RICHARD P.S. TSANG GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE HOME, AND OTHER OFFICIALS,
THIS YEAR MARKS THE 27TH YEAR OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE TO BOTH THE LAND AND SEA POPULATION OF THE TUEN MUN AREA SINCE 1954 WHEN ST. SIMON STARTED AS A HOSTEL.
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