SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1986
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MR CHOW SAID A PROVIDENT FUND SCHEME WOULD ALSO PROVIDE EMPLOYEES WITH ADDED PROTECTION TO THE IR PAST YEARS OF SERVICE AND THUS INJECT A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG STAFF.
HE ADVISED EMPLOYERS WHO WISHED TO SET UP PROVIDENT FUND SCHEMES TO APPROACH THE BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES WHICH OFFERED THIS KIND OF SERVICE, OR CONTACT THE PROMOTION UNIT OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS DIVISION AT 12TH FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL.
LANDSCAPING FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT
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THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS TO LANDSCAPE 12 HECTARES OF ROADS IN TUEN MUN IN A PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE TOWN'S RESIDENTS.
THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW TERRITORIES NORTH WEST DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IS CALLING TENDERS FOR BOTH HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING OF CENTRAL ROAD RESERVES, VERGES AND ROADSIDE OPEN SPACES ON TUEN MUN, WONG CHU, PUI TO, TSING WUN, CASTLE PEAK AND LUNG MUN ROADS.
TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE PLANTED ON EMBANKMENTS AND ALONG ROADS TO SCREEN THEM FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SHADED SITTING-OUT AREAS AND LANDSCAPED FOOTWAYS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO IMPROVING THE AREA FRONTING CASTLE PEAK ROAD FROM CHI LOK FA YUEN TO THE WONG KA WAI MONASTERY.
THE OPEN SPACE AND AMENITY AREAS ADJACENT TO YAN O TONG CIRCUIT AND THE NEW REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AND CAR PARK AT KAL FAT PATH BENEATH THE PUI TO ROAD FLYOVER ACROSS TUEN MUN ROAD ARE ALSO TO BE LANDSCAPED.
NEW RAISED PLANTERS WILL BE ADDED AND THE EXISTING DEACON CHIU PARK ON PUI TO ROAD WILL BE REFURBISHED.
IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO PAVE AN AREA FOR INFORMAL GAMES UNDER THE ELEVATED PORTION OF WONG CHU ROAD FRONTING ON TING ESTATE.
THE CONTRACT IS DUE TO START IN JULY AND TAKE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. THE AREA AT KAI FAT PATH WILL BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER, 1986, AS A RESULT OF REQUESTS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD TO COMPLETE THE CAR PARK AND SCREEN THE REFUSE COLLECTION POINT WITHOUT DELAY.
SIMILARLY, THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLANTERS AND PAVING ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND AT PUI TO ROAD AND YAN OI TONG CIRCUIT WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY MARCH, 1987.
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