SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1985
WOMEN BELONGING TO THESE AGE GROUPS WHO HAD SPENT THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS OUTSIDE HONG KONG AND HAD NOT YET APPLIED FOR NEW I.D. CARDS SHOULD DO SO IMMEDIATELY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD NOT BE BACK UNTIL THE END OF THE PHASE, THEY SHOULD APPLY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE IR RETURN, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
HE REITERATED THAT NO AMNESTY WOULD BE GIVEN TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. ONCE DETECTED, THEY WOULD BE REPATRIATED.
MORE NEW ROADS FOR TUEN MUN ****
SEVEN NEW ROADS, TOTALLING 1.3 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH, ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON RECLAIMED LAND NEAR PILLAR POINT, TUEN MUN, AS PART OF THE CONTINUING PROGRAMME OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TOWN.
THE DUAL SINGLE-LANE CARRIAGEWAYS ARE TO PROVIDE LOCAL ACCESS TO SITES PLANNED FOR A LOG STORAGE AREA FOR SAWMILL OPERATORS, BOATYARDS, MARINE WORKSHOPS AND A PUBLIC WATERFRONT.
WORK WILL INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF A 260-METRE-LONG, FOUR-CELL REINFORCED CONCRETE CULVERT AND ASSOCIATED FOUL AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE WORKS.
THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES SOME PROTECTION WORKS TO SLOPES ACROSS LUNG MUN ROAD WHICH IS IN THE AREA, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CAR PARK IN KIN ON STREET WHERE A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN SET UP.
THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT, WORK OF WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START IN MAY THIS YEAR AND TAKE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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