SATURDAY, AUGUST 17,
1985
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NEW BRITISH POSTAL ORDERS AVAILABLE
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THE POST OFFICE WILL BE INTRODUCING FROM SEPTEMBER 2 BRITISH POSTAL ORDERS IN DENOMINATIONS OF SIX TO NINE POUNDS STERLING.
THE COLOUR AND DESIGN OF THE FOUR NEW ORDERS ARE THE SAME AS THOSE OF THE EXISTING TWO TO FIVE POUND ORDERS, A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE CURRENT RANGE OF BRITISH POSTAL ORDERS AVAILABLE AT ALL POST OFFICES ARE 25 PENCE, 50 PENCE, 75 PENCE, ONE POUND, TWO POUNDS, THREE POUNDS, FOUR POUNDS, FIVE POUNDS AND TEN POUNDS STERLING.
CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS INVITED
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TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR A NUMBER OF CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN,
THE WORKS WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO DUAL CARRIAGEWAY ROADS, TWO SINGLE CARRIAGEWAY ROADS, AND FOUR FOOTBRIDGES NEAR LEUNG TIN HOUSING ESTATE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEY WILL PROVIDE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE ESTATE AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.
THERE WILL ALSO BE STREET FACILITIES, AND TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN AIDS.
OTHER WORKS WILL INCLUDE SLOPE WORKS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND PAVEMENTS.
A NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE TUEN MUN NULLAH NEAR THE EXISTING ROAD BRIDGE AT PUI TO ROAD WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO ENABLE THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT VEHICLES TO CROSS.
IN ADDITION, THE SITE FORMATION WORK FOR A SCHOOL CHILDREN'S CLINIC TO THE NORTH-WEST OF TUEN MUN SAN HUI WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.
THE WORK, TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, IS EXPECTED TO START AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.