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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1983
FIRE SERVICES BUILDING FOR TSIM SHA TSUI EAST
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THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE FOR A FIRE SERVICES BUILDING AT TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.
WORKS WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOURTEEN-STOREY BUILDING AND AN EXTERNAL DRILL YARD ON A 2 600-SQUARE-METRE SITE BETWEEN HONG CHONG ROAD AND SCIENCE MUSEUM ROAD.
UPON COMPLETION, THE BUILDING WILL PROVIDE ABOUT 2 300 SQUARE METRES OF BASEMENT FOR CAR-PARKING AND STORAGE, ABOUT 16 400 SQUARE METRES OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION, MAINLY TO HOUSE THE FIRE SERVICES HEADQUARTERS, AND ABOUT 1 300 SQUARE METRES FOR AN INTERNALLY SEGREGATED SUB-DIVISIONAL FIRE STATION.
CONSTRUCTION WILL START TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 22 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
FIRST DISTRICT FESTIVAL IN SOUTHERN
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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL REFLECTS THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE'S EFFORTS IN OVERCOMING THE CONSTRAINTS THEY HAVE IN COMMUNITY BUILDING AND PROMOTION OF DISTRICT IDENTITY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL, MR WIGGHAM SAID THE GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD OF THE DISTRICT AND THE WIDELY DIFFERENT INTERESTS IN THE VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE LOCAL POPULATION HAD BEEN THE MAJOR DIFFICULTIES FACED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD IN COMMUNITY BUILDING.
+THESE CONSTRAINTS HAVE BEEN WELL RECOGNISED BY THE CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE WHEN PLANNING THE DISTRICT FESTIVAL, HE SAID.
+TO OVERCOME THESE, THE PROGRAMMES FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE WEEKS HAVE BEEN PLANNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND IN ALL SIX CONSTITUENCIES OF THE DISTRICT WILL FIND SOME OF THE RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS OF INTEREST TO THEM,+ HE SAID.
PROGRAMMES IN THE FESTIVAL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY THE HONG KONG CHORUS AND THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF BALLET FOR THE CULTURALLY INCLINED, CANTONESE OPERAS FOR THOSE WITH TRADITIONAL MUSICAL TASTES; A WALKATHON, A DANCING COMPETITION AND A CANOE COMPETITION FOR THE HEALTHY AND VIGOROUS, A TELEMATCH AND LAUNCH PICNIC FOR THE WORKERS AND A DISTRICT TOUR FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THE HANDICAPPED.
/MR NIGGHAN
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