FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1985
OVER $20.7'1 HOUSING TENDERS APPROVED
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THREE PUBLIC HOUSING TENDERS TOTALLING OVER $20.7 MILLION HAVE JUST BEEN APPROVED FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND LANDSCAPING AT TWO RENTAL AND ONE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME ESTATES.
TWO OF THE TENDERS, VALUED AT $19.1 MILLION, ARE FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS ON SEVEN NEW BLOCKS, TWO COMMERCIAL CENTRES, ONE COOKED-FOOD CENTRE AND ONE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT TIN PING AND LEI TUNG ESTATES UNDER THEIR SECOND PHASE.
TIN PING ESTATE, THE THIRD PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT IN FANLING/ SHEK WU HUI NEW TOWN, IS BEING DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES AND WILL HOUSE ABOUT 22 700 PEOPLE IN SIX BLOCKS ON FULL COMPLETION BY 1987.
THE REMAINING TENDER IS WORTH $1.5 MILLION UNDER WHICH LANDSCAPE WORKS WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO PROVIDE MORE GREENERY AT THE HOS CHOI PO COURT IN SHEK WU HUI.
THE TENDERS WERE APPROVED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S BUILDING COMMITTEE AT ITS LAST MEETING.
MUSIC FUND GRANTS OFFERED
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SCHOOLS AS WELL AS MUSIC AND DANCE ORGANISATIONS CAN NOW APPLY FOR GRANTS FROM THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB MUSIC FUND FOR THE YEAR 1985-86.
THE GRANTS ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE FIELDS OF MUSIC, DANCE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES.
GRANTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN MADE TO SCHOOLS, MUSIC AND DANCE ORGANISATIONS FOR PURCHASING INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT, PAYING INSTRUCTORS' FEES FOR TRAINING, PURCHASING MUSIC BOOKS, SCORES AND TAPES, ORGANISING MUSIC EVENTS SUCH AS CONCERTS AND MUSIC CAMPS.
APPLICATIONS CAN ALSO BE MADE FOR GRANTS FOR OTHER PURPOSES WHICH CONFORM WITH THE OVERALL EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF THE FUND.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MUSIC FUND SAID THE MUSIC FUND HAS GRANTED ABOUT $4.6 MILLION TO VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS. IN 1934- MORE THAN $540 000 WAS GRANTED TO 35 SCHOOLS, NINE MUSIC AND DANCE ORGANISATIONS AND FOUR VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, HE SAID.
SALI, REGISTERED