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OVER THE PAST 20 MONTHS ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PROJECT HAVE CONCENTRATED ON THE NECESSARY REPROVISIONING OF THOSE OPERATIONAL FACILITIES WHICH WERE LOCATED ON THE SITE ITSELF EARMARKED FOR THE EXTENSION PROJECT,
THE REPROVISIONING EXERCISES INCLUDED THE AIRPORT STORES, INTER-LINE BAGGAGE AND CONTAINER STORAGE AREAS, REPLACEMENT ACCOMMODATION FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, A COACH HOLDING AREA, AND AN ELECTRICAL SUB-STATION.
WITHIN THIS PERIOD, MR THORPE SAID LANDSIDE ACCESS WAS ALSO IMPROVED, NOTABLY WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF THE TRANSPORT TERMINUS AND THE WIDENING OF OLYMPIC AVENUE IN JULY AND SEPTEMBER RESPECTIVELY.
BUILDING NO. 3 JOINS NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME
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SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME .. WAN CHAI UNDER THE DISTRICT'S FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN LAST MONTH, The RESPONSE FROM RESIDENTS HAS BEEN MOST ENCOURAGING, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME AT EVERWIN MANSION IN JOHNSTON ROAD, MR GARCIA SAID THE BUILDING WAS THE THIRD IN THE DISTRICT TO JOIN THE SCHEME.
ALL 151 HOUSEHOLDS OF THE BUILDING HAVE JOINED THE SCHEME TO FORM A TOTAL OF 24 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH UNITS.
MR GARCIA STRESSED AGAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SCHEME IN HELPING THE POLICE TO PREVENT BURGLARIES AND ROBBERIES IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. HE ALSO PRAISED RESIDENTS' DETERMINATION TO FIGHT CRINE BY SUPPORTING THE SCHEME.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE WAN CHAI POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, MR LAU TO-YEE; DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM; CHAIRMAN OF THE WAN CHAI WEST AREA COMMITTEE, MR HSU CHUNG-CHI, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE EVERWIN MANSION OWNERS' CORPORATION, MR HUI HEE- MING.
WORK ON NEW BORDER LINK TO START
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WORK ON THE LOK MA CHAU VEHICULAR BORDER LINK AND STAGE TWO OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD IN SAN TIN WILL START SHORTLY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LANDS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT LAND FOR THE PROJECTS WAS DULY REVERTED TO GOVERNMENT LY RESUMPTION UNDER THE ROADS (WORKS, USE AND COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE ON SEPTEMBER 2 AND OCTOBER 2, 1985.
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