FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1983
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CHILDREN'S DRAWINGS SHOWN AT MTR STATION
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WINNING ENTRIES OF AN INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DRAWING CONTEST WILL BE PUT ON DISPLAY AT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION IN CENTRAL FOR FOUR DAYS FROM SUNDAY (JULY 31).
THE DRAWING CONTEST, HELD EARLIER LAST MONTH AT THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT, ATTRACTED MORE THAN 6 000 YOUNG PARTICIPANTS AGED BETWEEN FOUR AND 13.
THE TITLES FOR THE DRAWING CONTEST WERE: +HONG KONG AS I SEE IT AND THE FUTURE WORLD AS I SEE IT+.
WINNERS WILL RECEIVE THEIR PRIZES AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 11 AM ON SUNDAY.
THE CONTEST WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE HARBOUR JAYCEES.
STREET SECTION TO BE RESUMED
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO RESUME A SECTION OF HING YUEN WESTERN STREET AT NORTH POINT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ISLAND LINE.
A NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT HAS BEEN GAZETTED TODAY. THE SECTION OF MING YUEN WESTERN STREET INVOLVED IS ADJACENT TO NOS. 404 AND 406 KING'S ROAD AND NOS. 1, 2, 3 AND 4 MING YUEN WESTERN STREET.
THE LAND IS REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A VENT-SHAFT AND WORK IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE SHORTLY.
ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE TO ENSURE THAT VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS WILL BE MAINTAINED TO THE REMAINDER OF MING YUEN WESTERN STREET DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VENT SHAFT.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE WORK WILL BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1985 WHEN THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD WILL BE REINSTATED.
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