SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1982.
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DISABLED TAKE PART IN TREE PLANTING
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A GROUP OF ABOUT 100 DISABLED PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS DISTRICTS TOOK PART IN A TREE-PLANTING PROJECT IN KWAI CHUNG NEW TOWN TODAY (SUNDAY).
AGED FROM 20 TO 60, THEY OVERCAME THEIR HANDICAPS AND PLANTED 40 EVERGREENS AT THE LOVERS ISLAND SITTING-OUT AREA AT KWAI CHUNG ROAD.
THIS ACTIVITY WAS ORGANISED BY THE LIK HEEP ASSOCIATION FOR THE DISABLED AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE TREES WERE PLANTED AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT OF KWAI CHUNG.
TENDERS SOUGHT FOR POLYCLINIC AND AMBULANCE DEPOT
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TENDERS ARE BEING SOUGHT BY THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE 11 OF THE PROPOSED TUEN MUN POLYCLINIC.
THE PROJECT AND THE CONSTRUCTED YAN OI POLYCLINIC (PHASE I) WOULD COMPLETE THE FINAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED IN THE SEVEN-STOREY BUILDING INCLUDE A MINIMAL-HELP DIALYSIS CENTRE AND DISPENSARY, PAEDIATRIC, GERIATRIC, MEDICAL, SURGERY, ORTHOPAEDIC AND OBSTETRICS-GYNAECOLOGY DEPARTMENTS, A PSYCHIATRIC DAY CENTRE AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATIONS.
CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER 1982 AND
BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 14 MONTHS' TIME.
TENDERS ARE ALSO BEING INVITED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR SITE FORMATION WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR A DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION AND AMBULANCE DEPOT IN POK FU LAM.
THE CONTRACT INVOLVES THE SITE FORMATION AND SLOPE STABILISATION WORKS ON A 6 800-SQUARE-METRE AREA AT VICTORIA ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH POK FU LAM ROAD.
A STANDARD FOUR-STOREY AMBULANCE DEPOT, A FOUR-STOREY DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION, AND A 25-STOREY BLOCK CF 50 UNITS FOR OFFICER GRADE QUARTERS, WILL BE BUILT ON THE SITE.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN OCTOBER AND RE COMPLETED IN A YEAR.
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