MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1983
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PARTY FOR 600 OLD PEOPLE
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ABOUT 600 ELDERLY PEOPLE IN NORTH DISTRICT, NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BE TREATED TO A VEGETARIAN LUNCH AND A GARDEN PARTY TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT FUNG YIN SIN KOON, A TAOIST MONASTERY IN FAN LING.
THE PARTY, TO BE HELD FROM 1.30 PM TO 4 PM, WILL INCLUDE A VARIETY SHOW, A LUCKY DRAW AND A TOUR OF THE FUNG YIN SIN KOON.
THE EVENT IS ORGANISED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR ELDERLY ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE RECREATION FOR PEOPLE AGED OVER 60.
THE PARTY HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE WITH A CONTRIBUTION OF $17 500 FROM THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD. PLUS $3 000 EACH FROM FUNG YIN SIN KOON AND SHEK WU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF FLYOVER
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PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER IN HO MAN TIN WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY (JANUARY 26 AND 27) FOR MAINTENANCE WORKS.
DURING THE CLOSURE, TRAFFIC BETWEEN PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD AND WATERLOO ROAD WILL BE MAINTAINED ON GROUND LEVEL ROADS.
WATER FIGURES ***
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 72.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 420.851 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 252.761 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 43.8 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.