WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1984
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HOSPITAL FOR TSING YI RECLAMATION
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THIRTY HECTARES OF LAND ARE TO BE FORMED FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND A DISTRICT HOSPITAL AT TSING YI ISLAND FOLLOWING THE AWARD OF A $45.5 MILLION CONTRACT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER (SOUTH) OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MR DIAN MITCHELL, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE HARBOUR ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED, MR NICOLAS YEUNG.
THE CONTRACT WILL INVOLVE THE EXCAVATION AND FORMATION OF
THESE WILL PLATFORMS WEST OF FUNG SHUE WO TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA. PROVIDE SITES FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 12 000 PEOPLE AND A DISTRICT HOSPITAL.
LAND WILL ALSO BE FORMED TO THE EAST OF THE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA FOR PHASE 11 OF TSING YI ESTATE AND FOR A HOUSING SOCIETY ESTATE TO ACCOMMODATE 17 800 PEOPLE.
THE EXCAVATED MATERIAL WILL BE USED TO RECLAIM LAND AT TSING YI BAY ON WHICH TSING YI TOWN CENTRE, A SPORTS GROUND AND A DISTRICT OPEN SPACE WILL BE BUILT.
THE MOON TSAI TONG TYPHOON SHELTER, WHERE THE SECOND AND THIRD PHASES OF CHEUNG ON ESTATE FOR 30 000 PEOPLE IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED, WILL BE RECLAIMED AS WELL.
PHASE II OF CHEUNG ON ESTATE WILL TAKE ITS FIRST RESIDENTS BY THE END OF 1988, WHILE PHASE 111 WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION IN MAY, 1989.
WORK UNDER THE CONTRACT WILL START AT THE END OF THIS WEEK AND TAKE 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
AMERICA'S OLDEST ORCHESTRA VISITS HK
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THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, THE OLDEST ORCHESTRA IN AMERICA, ARRIVED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO GIVE FOUR PERFORMANCES AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL AND HONG KONG COLISEUM FROM THIS EVENING TO SEPTEMBER 1 (SATURDAY).
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THE 115-MEMBER ORCHESTRA INCLUDES MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR ZUBIN MEHTA, MANAGING DIRECTOR ALBERT WEBSTER, AND VIOLIN SOLOIST CHO-LIANG LIN. THE VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE 142-YEAR-OLD ORCHESTRA MARKS A NUMBER OF +FIRSTS+ IN LOCAL MUSICAL HISTORY.
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