FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1985
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CHINESE PAINTINGS ON SHOW
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A THREE-DAY EXHIBITION OF CHINESE PAINTING, CALLIGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY WILL BE OPENED AT THE NORTH DISTRICT TOWN HALL IN SHEUNG SHUI TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
ON DISPLAY WILL BE WORKS OF ABOUT 120 FAMOUS LOCAL ARTISTS AND OF MEMBERS OF THE NORTH DISTRICT ARTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION.
SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT ARTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING AT 3 PM TOMORROW.
CENTRAL FOOTBRIDGE WORK STARTS MAY
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WORK WILL START IN MAY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL AT RUMSEY STREET, AND THE EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING ELEVATED WALKWAY FROM GILMAN STREET TO RUMSEY STREET.
THE FOOTBRIDGE WILL SERVE MTR COMMUTERS EXPECTED TO CROSS CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL TO THE FEEDER BUS TERMINUS AND FERRY PIERS, AFTER THE OPENING OF THE MTR ISLAND LINE TO SHEUNG WAN STATION IN MID-1986.
THE ELEVATED WALKWAY WILL PROVIDE A SHELTERED AND CONTINUOUS PEDESTRIAN PASSAGEWAY ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL FROM PEDDER STREET TO MORRISON STREET THROUGH THE NEW MACAU FERRY TERMINAL.
THE FOOTBRIDGE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY MID-1986, TO TIE IN WITH THE OPENING OF MTR SHEUNG WAN STATION, WHILE THE ELEVATED WALKWAY IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY LATE 1986.
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