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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1983
STREET CLOSURE FOR MTR ISLAND LINE WORK
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TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ISLAND LINE, A CUL-DE-SAC AT THE END OF MODEL LANE IN NORTH POINT WILL BE PERMANENTLY CLOSED. A NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT IS PUBLISHED
IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
THE AREA TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDES THE CUL-DE-SAC AND ADJACENT FOOTPATHS ON MODEL LANE WHICH LIE 24 METRES SOUTH OF TSAT TSZ MUI ROAD AND THE DATE TO EFFECT THE CLOSURE WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER. AFTER THE CUL-DE-SAC IS CLOSED, ACCESS TO THE YOUTH CENTRE BEHIND BLOCK F OF MODEL HOUSING ESTATE WILL STILL BE MAINTAINED.
DETAILS OF THE AFFECTED AREA ARE SHOWN ON PLAN MT/G/260. COPIES OF THE PLAN AND THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER AUTHORISING THE STREET CLOSURE MAY BE INSPECTED DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS AT THE ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) AT CGO WEST WING; THE DISTRICT OFFICE (EASTERN) AT 884-886 KING'S ROAD OR THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, SURVEY DIVISION IN MURRAY BUILDING, COTTON TREE DRIVE.
CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION IN RESPECT OF THE CLOSURE MUST BE MADE IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT AND MUST REACH HIS OFFICE WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE ROAD IS CLOSED.
COMMUNITY LEADERS VISIT CHILDREN'S CHOIR
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A GROUP OF SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING VISITED THE DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHOIR WHO ARE ATTENDING A TWO-DAY MUSIC CAMP AT THE ROTARY YOUTH CAMP
IN FANLING.
MORE THAN 80 MEMBERS OF THE CHOIR TOOK PART IN THE MUSIC CAMP, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE SHAM SHUI PO ARTS ASSOCIATION AND WHICH BEGAN YESTERDAY.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHOIR, MR FAN KAM-PING, TOLD THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT THE CAMP WAS AIMED AT PROVIDING ORIENTATION COURSE FOR THE NEW RECRUITS, AND AT ENRICHING THE MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHOIR MEMBERS.
ACTIVITIES HELD AT THE MUSIC CAMP INCLUDE A TALK ON FAMOUS COMPOSERS AND THE IR WORKS, A LECTURE AND A DEMONSTRATION ON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, A VOCAL TRAINING, A SINGING CONTEST, AND A MUSIC APPRECIATION SESSION.
THE SHAM SHUI PO CHILDREN'S CHOIR COMPRISES A SENIOR AND JUNIOR VOCAL GROUP, AND A PERCUSSION GROUP AND HAS ABOUT 100 MEMBERS AGED BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12.
SINCE IT WAS FORMED LAST YEAR, THE CHOIR HAS GIVEN MORE THAN 10 PERFORMANCES, AND WILL GIVE A FULL CONCERT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.