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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1985
REMINDING PARTICIPANTS ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS, MR HSU SAID: +ON MARCH 7, THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD FOR THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS, INCLUDING YUEN LONG.+
ALTHOUGH THIS YEAR IT WILL BE THE STUDENTS' PARENTS AND THEIR ELDER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO WOULD CAST THEIR VOTES, MR HSU URGED THE STUDENTS TO MAKE USE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AN INTEREST IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THE TIME WHEN THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
THE YUEN LONG PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS PLANNING TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE SCHOOL'S PREMISES TO PROVIDE MORE FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS.
THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INCLUDES BUILDING AN EXTENSION OF 12 CLASSROOMS, A BIOLOGY LABORATORY, A CHEMISTRY LABORATORY, A WOODWORK ROOM, A NEW LIBRARY AND RENOVATING THE ASSEMBLY HALL.
JUNK BAY WORK GOES ON ****
WORK WILL START NEXT MONTH ON A $34,2 MILLION CONTRACT FOR RECLAMATION AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION WORK IN JUNK BAY.
THE CONTRACT IS PART OF THE CONTINUING PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN. IT COVERS LAND FORMATION AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION WORKS AT YAU YUE WAN IN NORTHERN JUNK BAY, FOR NEW HOMES FOR YAU YUE WAN VILLAGERS AND FOR USE BY GOVERNMENT.
WORK WILL ALSO INVOLVE THE FORMATION OF ABOUT TWO HECTARES OF PLATFORMS WITH RETAINING WALLS, THE RECLAMATION OF ABOUT SIX HECTARES OF LAND, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 800 METRES OF ACCESS ROADS WITH TWO ASSOCIATED SUBWAYS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
THE WORK, WHICH WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE, WAS AWARDED TO GAMMON (HK) LIMITED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
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