SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1983
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TAI PO ROAD PROJECT
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WORK WILL START IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TAI PO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR ON A MAJOR ROAD PROJECT WHICH FORMS A VITAL PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROUTE.
THE PROJECT COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE KILOMETRE OF A DUAL THREE-LANE TRUNK ROAD BETWEEN NORTH TAI PO AND LAM KAM ROAD, A GRADE-SEPARATED INTERCHANGE AND A ROUNDABOUT WITH ASSOCIATED SLIP ROADS.
ALSO INCLUDED WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR MAJOR VEHICULAR BRIDGES AND FOUR PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS AND THE RETRAINING OF A SECTION OF LAN TSUEN RIVER.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 33 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, ARE NOW BEING INVITED BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
ON COMPLETION, THE NEW SECTION OF THE TRUNK ROAD WILL LINK UP WITH SHA TÍN – TAI PO COASTAL TRUNK ROAD VIA THE TAI PO BYPASS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION, TO FORM A MAJOR PART OF THE CIRCULAR ROUTE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
NEW MUSIC CENTRE IN NT OPENED ****
THE OPENING OF A NEW MUSIC CENTRE IN YUEN LONG TODAY WILL FURTHER PROMOTE MUSIC IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE YUEN LONG MUSIC CENTRE IS THE SECOND OF ITS KIND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE FIRST - THE NEW TERRITORIES MUSIC CENTRE IN TSUEN WAN -- WILL BE RENAMED TSUEN WAN MUSIC CENTRE AND WILL COVER THE TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN, SAI KUNG AND ISLANDS DISTRICTS.
+WITH THE OPENING OF THE YUEN LONG MUSIC CENTRE, WE HOPE THAT THE INCREASING DEMAND IN THE YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN, TAI PO AND NORTH DISTRICTS FOR MUSIC ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING WILL BE CATERED FOR.
+THE CENTRE WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN THE LINK BETWEEN THE MUSIC OFFICE AND DISTRICT BOARDS AS WELL AS AMONG LOCAL CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN PROMOTING AND ORGANISING DISTRICT MUSIC ACTIVITIES, HE SAID.
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