SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 193€
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FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF LYEMUN BARRACKS OUTLINED
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3. T 52 HECTARES OF LAND SURROUNDING LYEMUN BARRACKS WILL RE USED TO CONSTRUCT A LARGE PARK AFTER THE BARRACKS IS HANDED BACK TO GOVERNMENT LATER THIS YEAR, THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER,
BOWEN LEUNG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
OFFICIATING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AT THE OLD FORT IN THE BARRACKS, MR LEUNG SAID THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PARK, TO BE BUILT BY THE URBAN COUNCIL,
OULD INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS AND BARBECUE SITES NEAR THE NORTH-EASTERN COAST, AND THE SECOND PHASE WOULD INCLUDE VARIOUS TYPES OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES SOUTH OF THE BARRACKS.
+THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERING TURNING THE ORIGINAL SITE OF THE BARRACKS INTO A 2 300-FLAT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND A 400-FLAT HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME BY 1993, + HE SAID.
THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AT THE OLD FORT WAS FUNDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AT A COST OF $50 000,
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THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAIN SHELTER FLOWER ARBOURS WITH BENCHES AND FLOWER BEDS AND AN ORIENTATION TABLE FOR MORNING WALKERS AND VISITORS.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, AND LT. COL. W.J. DAWSON.
CONTRACT SIGNING FOR MAJOR ROADWORK
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THE HARCOURT ROAD FLYOVER/PEDDER STREET UNDERPASS CONTRACT, VALUED AT $197 MILLION, WILL BE SIGNED ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 8) AT 3 PM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE NINTH FLOOR OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, EMPIRE CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.
SIGNING FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, AND MR C.R.M. LIVINGSTON WILL SIGN FOR THE CONTRACTOR, KIEP (HONG KONG) LIMITED.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO OVER THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY.
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