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SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1981
SERVICE ROAD FOR WATER TUNNEL
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A SERVICE ROAD IS TO BE BUILT BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT ALONG THE HILLSIDE IN NGAU TAM MEI, YUEN LONG.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE NEW ROAD, MEASURING ABOUT 1 700 METRES, WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS FOR DRIVING A WATER TUNNEL WHICH FORMS PART OF STAGE ONE OF A $1 300 MILLION SCHEME TO CATER FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES OF WATER FROM CHINA OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN AUGUST AND WILL TAKE ABOUT NINE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
HILLTOP PUMPING STATION *****
A FRESH WATER PUMPING STATION WILL BE BUILT ON A HILLTOP NEAR BRAEMAR HILL MANSION AT BRAEMAR HILL ROAD IN NORTH POINT.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK, WHICH FORMS PART OF A PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE SUPPLY SYSTEM IN THE HIGH LEVEL AREA THERE, ARE BEING INVITED BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.
THE PUMPING STATION WILL HOUSE TWO ELECTRIC PUMP SETS, EACH WITH A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 1 500 CUBIC METRES DAILY, TO DRAW WATER FROM THE NORTH POINT FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WORK WILL START NEXT MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT 14 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
TAI PO TO FORM DISTRICT DANCE GROUP
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THE TAI PO DISTRICT ARTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION IS PLANNING TO FORM A LOCAL MODERN DANCE GROUP.
THE ASSOCIATION, BACKED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT BOARD, WAS SET UP A YEAR AGO TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW TOWN.
AN ASSOCIATION SPOKESMAN SAID ITS AIMS WERE TO BRING A RICHER CULTURAL LIFE TO TAI PO THROUGH ARTS ACTIVITIES.
+WE ARE NOW WORKING OUT DETAILS OF THE MODERN DANCE GROUP SUCH AS ELIGIBILITY TO JOIN CLASSES, TIMINGS OF TRAINING SESSIONS AND WHERE CLASSES WILL BE HELD, HE SAID. AN ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE MADE SOON.
/HE SAID