MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1983
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THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ON ITS SECOND DAY AND WILL START WITH A PANEL DISCUSSION AT 9.30 AM ON +PARTNERSHIP IN THE PROMOTION OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL SERVICES+.
AMONG THOSE TAKING PART IN THE PANEL DISCUSSION WILL BE MR CHRISTOPHER WONG, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE: MR JAMES MÁN, COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICER (YAU MA TEI), SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND MISS ALIMA TUET, ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN, URBAN COUNCIL PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY GROUP DISCUSSIONS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY AND THE SUBSEQUENT SEMINARS.
GOVERNMENT OFFICE BLOCK IN TUEN MUN *****
THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GOVERNMENT OFFICE BLOCK IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
THE WORK FORMS PART OF THE TUEN MUN CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX WHICH WILL PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL FACILITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TOWN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE COMPLEX, OCCUPYING A FOUR-HECTARE SITE ON THE RECLAIMED LAND NEAR THE NEW TOWN COMMERCIAL CENTRE, WOULD CONSIST OF A
1 450-SEAT AUDITORIUM, TWO GOVERNMENT OFFICE BLOCKS, A LIBRARY, A MAGISTRACY, A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, POST OFFICE AND MARRIAGE REGISTRY AND A BUS STATION.
HE SAID, THE COMPLEX WILL HAVE A LANDSCAPED GARDEN IN ITS CENTRE.+
WORK ON THE PRESENT CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE THE BUILDING OF A 7-STOREY BLOCK WHICH WILL PROVIDE 7 000 SQUARE METRES OF ACCOMMODATION FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ABOUT 30 CAR PARKING SPACES WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE BLOCK.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL START IN EARLY JULY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN MID-1985,
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