SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1984
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TENDERS CALLED FOR MA ON SHAN DEVELOPMENT
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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR A PACKAGE OF PROJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MA ON SHAN IN SHA TIN.
THE PACKAGE INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 1.25-KILOMETRE SINGLE-CARRIAGEWAY ROAD WHICH WILL PROVIDE A PORTION OF THE FUTURE ROUTE LINKING THE PROPOSED MA ON SHAN DEVELOPMENT WITH THE EXISTING ROAD NETWORK IN SHA TIN.
AT A LATER DATE ANOTHER CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE BUILT TO CONVERT THE ROUTE INTO A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY.
BESIDES THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION, AN AREA OF SITE FORMATION WILL BE PREPARED. THIS SITE IS BEING CONSIDERED AS A POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR AN INF IRMARY AND CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT.
WORK ON THE PROJECTS IS EXPECTED TO START IN DECEMBER 1984
AND TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA, THE ENGINEERS AND DESIGNERS OF THE PROJECTS, WILL SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION.
NO LET UP IN PRESSURE ON PESTS
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THE URBAN COUNCIL'S ON-GOING PROGRAMME OF PERSISTENT CONTROL MEASURES TO SUPPRESS PEST NUISANCES IN URBAN AREAS HAS PAID OFF IN THE CREATING OF AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS RELATIVELY FREE OF PEST INFESTATIONS AND VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES.
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AS PART OF THE COUNCIL'S MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND HYGIENE EDUCATION, THREE CAMPAIGNS - TWO AGAINST MOSQUITOES AND
ARE LAUNCHED ANNUALLY UNDER THE OVERALL ONE AGAINST RATS COORDINATION OF ITS HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT AND PEST CONTROL ADVISORY UNIT.
THE ANTI-MOSQUITO CAMPAIGNS BEGIN AT THE START AND THE END OF THE WET SEASON WHEN MOSQUITO NUISANCE IS GENERALLY EXPERIENCED BECAUSE OF THE HUMID AND WARM WEATHER. THIS IS USUALLY PRODUCED FROM TEMPORARY MAN-MADE CULICINE MOSQUITO-BREEDING SOURCES.
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