SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1984
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NEW ENQUIRY CENTRE FOR WATER CONSUMERS
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL OPEN ITS FOURTH ENQUIRY CENTRE FOR CONSUMERS TOMORROW (MONDAY), ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY HOUSE AT SHA TIN.
THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR TOM MCDONOUGH DESCRIBED THE OPENING AS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE SERVICES FOR ITS 1.2 MILLION CONSUMERS.
THE NEW CENTRE WILL BE OPEN FROM 8.30 AM - 4.30 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 9 AM - 11.30 AM ON SATURDAYS.
IT WILL DEAL WITH ENQUIRIES FROM CONSUMERS ON ALL ASPECTS OF WATER ACCOUNTS.
A COMPUTER VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT THE CENTRE TO SPEED UP HANDLING OF ENQUIRIES.
BILLS, HOWEVER, SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SETTLED EITHER BY CHEQUE THROUGH THE POST OR AT THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE ON THE SIXTH FLOOR OF KCR HOUSE, MR MCDONOUGH POINTED OUT.
THE DEPARTMENT'S OTHER THREE ENQUIRY CENTRES ARE AT LEIGHTON CENTRE, CAUSEWAY BAY TAI PO GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING IN TING KOK ROAD; AND THE ARGYLE STREET DEPOT, MONG KOK.
SAI KUNG TO HAVE TOWN HALL SOON
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CONSTRUCTION OF A TOWN HALL IN SAI KUNG TOWN CENTRE WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
STAGE DEVELOPMENT, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $11.2 MILLION, INCLUDES A SINGLE-STOREY AIR-CONDITIONED MULTI-PURPOSE HALL WITH A SEATING CAPACITY OF 1 000 AND AN ANNEX TO ACCOMMODATE MANAGEMENT STAFF.
+ALLOWANCE HAS ALSO BEEN MADE FOR STAGE II DEVELOPMENT WHICH MAY INCLUDE A PUBLIC LIBRARY, A NURSERY, A SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, A YOUTH CENTRE, ACTIVITIES ROOMS AND A RESTAURANT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE ADDED THAT PILING WORK FOR THE TOWN HALL HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND TENDERS ARE BEING CALLED FOR THE SUPERSTRUCTURE.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAI KUNG TOWN HALL WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH ANOTHER DONATION OF $3.5 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB RECENTLY.
/+THIS, TOGETHER