SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1986
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LRT TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM CONTRACT AWARDED.
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THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $19.9 MILLION CONTRACT TO PLESSEY U.K. LIMITED FOR THE DESIGN, SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PHASE ONE OF THE TUEN MUN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM.
THE TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, OPERATED BY MICRO-PROCESSOR BASED TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLLERS, WILL BE INSTALLED AT VARIOUS SITES AND AT ROAD JUNCTIONS.
IT WILL HELP CONTROL VEHICULAR, PEDESTRIAN AND LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT VEHICLE MOVEMENT EFFICIENTLY AND SAFELY.
INSTALLATION WILL BEGIN NEXT FEBRUARY AND BE COMPLETED IN MID-1988 WHEN PHASE ONE OF THE SYSTEM STARTS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
IT WILL WORK ON PHASE ONE STARTED IN AUGUST LAST YEAR. OPERATE BETWEEN MELODY GARDEN IN TUEN MUN AND THE EASTERN PART OF YUEN LONG, COMPRISING ABOUT 23 KILOMETRES OF DOUBLE TRACK.
ENTRIES INVITED FOR INTERNATIONAL CHILD, YOUTH ART EXHIBITION
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SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE INTERNATIONAL CHILD AND YOUTH ART EXHIBITION 1987 THAT IS BEING STAGED BY FINLAND.
THE EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED BY THE ART CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OPERATED BY FINLAND'S MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND THE CITY OF HYVINKAA,
IT WILL BE HELD IN MAY NEXT YEAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CHILD AND YOUTH PICTORIAL ART COMPETITION.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN TO ALL PUPILS AGED UNDER 18 BUT THE COMPETITION IS RESTRICTED TO THOSE AGED BETWEEN 10 AND 18.
ENTRIES CAN BE SUBMITTED IN THE FORM OF A DRAWING, PAINTING, PRINTMAKING COLLAGE OR ANY OTHER TWO-DIMENSIONAL WORK WITH THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF A2 (420 X 594 MM) ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING THEMES:
* MY COUNTRY'S NATIVE MYTHS, NATIONAL LEGEND AND STORIES.
* MUSIC, LITERATURE, TALES, IMAGES FROM THE THEATRE, POPULAR ENTERTAINMENTS AND OTHER MEDIA OF MASS
COMMUNICATION.
MODERN AND