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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1983
FREE TRIPS ABROAD FOR SAFETY SLOGAN WINNERS
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MR KWONG LAI-CHUEN, AN EMPLOYEE OF OKUMURA CORPORATION, HAS WON THE FIRST PRIZE OF AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SLOGAN COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.
MR KWONG'S ENTRY, WHICH EMPHASISES THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT CONSTRUCTION SITES, HAS EARNED HIM A FREE TRIP TO JAPAN.
THE SECOND PRIZE, A FREE TRIP TO THAILAND, GOES TO MR POON YAU-CHEONG OF GAMMON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION LTD, AND THE THIRD PRIZE, A FREE TRIP TO THE PHILIPPINES, GOES TO MR FUNG TIM OF LOK'S CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD.
THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD AT THE I CLUB IN THE BANK OF AMERICA TOWER, CENTRAL, ON DECEMBER 6.
THE SLOGAN COMPETITION IS PART OF A CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY AWARD SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE SUB-COMMITTEE.
THE SCHEME'S TWO OTHER COMPETITIONS - THE SAFETY EMPLOYEE AWARD AND THE SAFETY CONTRACTOR AWARD - ARE IN PROGRESS AND THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.
JAPANESE GARDEN AT KWAI CHUNG
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A SMALL JAPANESE GARDEN WAS RECENTLY OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AT THE KWAI CHUNG CREMATORIUM.
THE ATTRACTIVE JAPANESE GARDEN IS LOCATED AT A 60-SQUARE-METRE FORMER BARREN OPEN SPACE ADJACENT TO THE COLUMBARIUM OF THE CREMATORIUM, AND IS TO SERVE ALSO AS A PUBLIC SITTING-OUT AREA, EVEN THOUGH IT IS IN THE COMPOUND OF THE CREMATORIUM, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID,
THE JAPANESE DECOR IN THE GARDEN INCLUDES A STONE FOOTPATH, A JAPANESE STONE LANTERN, AND A PEBBLE PATCH, IN PLACE OF A POND, OVER WHICH A WOODEN BRIDGE WILL BE BUILT AT A LATER STAGE, TO COMPLEMENT THE LANDSCAPE, SAID THE NTSD SPOKESMAN.
IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 20 SPECIES OF JAPANESE AND LOCAL PLANTS HAVE BEEN PLANTED THERE.
FLYOVER TO BE PARTLY CLOSED
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FROM TUESDAY (OCTOBER 25) TO FRIDAY (OCTOBER 28), THE DOWN RAMP LEADING FROM CANAL ROAD EAST FLYOVER TO LEIGHTON ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 0.01 AM AND 6 AM FOR ROAD RESURFACING.
DURING THE CLOSURE, TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED VIA THE DOWN RAMP TO MORRISON HILL ROAD, THE U-TURN SLIP ROAD AT THE JUNCTION OF SPORTS ROAD WITH MORRISON HILL ROAD, MORRISON HILL ROAD NORTHBOUND AND LEIGHTON ROAD.
MEANWHILE, FROM 10 AM ON TUESDAY (OCTOBER 25), ALL SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES ALONG FLEMING ROAD WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM TURNING RIGHT INTO LOCKHART ROAD WESTBOUND.
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