MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1985
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HONG KONG RAILWAY MUSEUM TO OPEN FRIDAY
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THE HONG KONG RAILWAY MUSEUM WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 20), FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF RESTORATION AND FITTING-OUT WORK AT THE OLD TAI PO MARKET RAILWAY STATION.
SPEAKING AT A MEETING OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (LEISURE SERVICES), MR ALEX NG, SAID: THE FACILITIES OF THE MUSEUM WILL INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL STATION BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN 1913, A MUSEUM OFFICE BLOCK CONVERTED FROM THE FORMER STATION STAFF QUARTERS, A NEW EXHIBITION SHED AND A FULL-SIZED MOCK-UP OF AN ELECTRIC TRAIN COACH.+
THE 1913 STATION BUILDING, WHICH WAS BUILT IN A TRADITIONAL CHINESE STYLE AND GAZETTED A HISTORICAL BUILDING IN NOVEMBER 1994, HAD BEEN RESTORED IN ITS ORIGINAL COLOUR SCHEME WITH DECORATIVE FEATURES PRESERVED, HE ADDED.
THE MUSEUM WOULD BE OPEN FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM DAILY, INCLUDING
IT WOULD BE CLOSED ON TUESDAYS SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
AT THE MEETING, MEMBERS OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE SELECT COMMITTEE ENDORSED THE PROPOSED POLICY ON THE DEMARCATION OF RESPONSIBLITY FOR FUNDING SPORTS BETWEEN THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT (CRS), THE REGIONAL AND URBAN COUNCILS.
UNDER THE PROPOSED POLICY, THE CRS SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL COMPETITIVE SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND THE REGIONAL AND URBAN COUNCILS FOR REGIONAL, LOCAL AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS.
WAYS AND MEANS SELECT COMMITTEE TO MEET
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THE WAYS AND MEANS SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL HOLD A MEETING TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
IT WILL DISCUSS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE APPOINTMENT OF A BANKER. FOR THE FINANCIALLY AUTONOMOUS REGIONAL COUNCIL WHICH WILL COME INT) BEING NEXT APRIL.
THE MENTING,