FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1985
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GRANT FOR CYCLING ASSOCIATION
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THE SIR DAVID TRENCH FUND FOR RECREATION AWARDED A GRANT OF ABOUT $95 000 TO THE HONG KONG CYCLING ASSOCIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF A NUMBER OF TRACK BICYCLES, ARTISTIC CYCLES AND EQUIPMENT TO HELP PROMOTE THE SPORT.
AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE VELODROME TODAY (FRIDAY), MR C.C. LO, CHAIRMAN OF THE SIR DAVID TRENCH FUND COMMITTEE, HANDED OVER THE BICYCLES AND EQUIPMENT TO MR LEUNG SIK-WAH, CHAIRMAN OF HKCA.
GUESTS ATTENDING THE CEREMONY THEN WATCHED A TRACK
CYCLE RACE, AN INDOOR CYCLING DEMONSTRATION AND A VIDEO DISPLAY OF CYCLE RACING.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE BOARD, SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES, WAS ALSO PRESENT.
TOILET, BATHHOUSE PLANNED FOR LEI YUE MUN
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THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC TOILET AND BATHHOUSE IN LEI YUE MUN TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE VILLAGE RESIDENTS.
THE PROJECT, ESTIMATED TO COST $1.8 MILLION, WILL BE BUILT ON A 445-SQUARE-METRE SITE ADJACENT TO THE LEI YUE MUN REST GARDEN.
IT WILL CONSIST OF A MALE AND FEMALE TOILET EACH WITH 12 COMPARTMENTS, A MALE AND FEMALE BATHHOUSE EACH WITH 10 COMPARTMENTS AND A UNISEX TOILET FOR THE DISABLED.
CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START EARLY NEXT YEAR AND SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN NINE MONTHS' TIME.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNCIL SAID THERE ARE AT PRESENT 7 000 PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL BRICK HOUSES AND SQUATTER HUTS IN LEI YUE MUN VILLAGE WHERE ABLUTION FACILITIES ARE VERY SUBSTANDARD.
AND MOST OF THE TOILETS IN THE DWELLING HOUSES AND RESTAURANTS THERE ARE VERY PRIMITIVE AND WITHOUT A PROPER SEWER SYSTEM,
+ THE PROVISION OF PROPER TOILET FACILITIES WILL NO DOUBT BE WELCOMED NOT ONLY BY THE LOCAL RESIDENTS BUT RESIDENTS BUT ALSO THOSE WHO VISIT THE SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS IN LEI YUE MUN EVERYDAY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN THE MEANTIME, HE ADDED, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS INSTALLED 16 FIBRE-GLASS TOILETS AT THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE OF THE VILLAGE.
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