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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1985
+EVEN LOOKING FROM THE VANTAGE POINT ON THE TWO ELEVATED VIEWING PLATFORMS IN THE GARDENS WILL STILL NOT GIVE THE VIEWERS A FULL VIEW OF THE FOUNTAIN, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
+ THE ONLY WAY TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF THE FOUNTAIN IS TO TAKE A SLOW WALK AROUND IT, HE ADDED.
THE +SCENES+ OF THE FOUNTAIN ARE EVEN MORE FASCINATING AT NIGHT WHEN MULTI-COLOUR LIGHTS INSTALLED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL ADD POLY-PIGMENTS TO ALL THE WATER COLUMNS.
TO ENABLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SEE THESE WONDERFUL SCENES THERE, THE MANAGEMENT OF THE GARDENS WILL EXTEND THE OPENING HOURS OF THAT PART OF THE GARDENS UNTIL 10 P.M. EVERY DAY, INSTEAD OF THE PRESENT CLOSING TIME OF 7 P.M.
APART FROM THE FOUNTAIN ITSELF, THE FOUR FLOWER BEDS SURROUNDING THE FOUNTAIN ARE ALSO WORTH A CLOSE LOOK.
BESIDES COLOURFUL FLOWERS AND GREEN GRASS, ALONG THE BORDER OF EACH FLOWER BED ARE PLANTED SOME 200 SPECIES OF SHRUBS AND PLANTS. EACH SPECIES IS IDENTIFIED BY A LABEL CARRYING THE LATIN AND CHINESE NAMES OF THE PLANT TO AROUSE VIEWERS' INTERESTS IN BOTANICAL FIELD.
THE TERRACE AREA IS SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE GARDENS BY A SCREEN OF GREEN PLANTS AND MATURE TREES WHERE WOODEN BENCHES ARE PROVIDED UNDER ARBOURS.
LOCATED NOT FAR AWAY FROM THE FOUNTAIN IS A NEW REFRESHMENT KIOSK.
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TENDERS CALLED FOR SITE FORMATION ******
TWO TENDERS ARE INVITED FOR THE FORMATION OF SITES IN TAI PO AND CHEUNG CHAU.
THE TAI PO PROJECT INVOLVES THE FORMATION OF ABOUT 18 HECTARES OF LAND NORTH OF TAI YUEN ESTATE FOR THE PROPOSED PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND OTHER USES.
IT ALSO INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 1 970-METRE TWO-WAY CARRIAGEWAY SURROUNDING THE FUTURE ESTATE.
A FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS TING KOK ROAD, LINKING TAI YUEN ESTATE WITH THE PROPOSED PUBLIC ESTATE, WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED.
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