THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1986
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CONTRACT LET FOR ROUTE 5 TUNNEL LIGHTING
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THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $22.8 MILLION CONTRACT FOR LIGHTING THE ROUTE 5 TUNNELS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AT THE ENTRANCES TO THE TUNNELS, BOOST LIGHTING WILL BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE LIGHT THRESHOLD ZONES SO THAT TUNNEL USERS WILL PROGRESSIVELY ADAPT TO THE RELATIVELY LOW ILLUMINATION LEVEL
INSIDE.
A LOWER WATTAGE BOOST LIGHTING SYSTEM WAS CHOSEN AS IT SAVES ON ELECTRICITY COSTS.
INSTALLATION WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1989.
THREE OTHER ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTS WILL BE AWARDED LATER THIS MONTH.
THE $452 MILLION CONTRACT FOR BUILDING THE TUNNEL, WHICH IS PART OF A ROAD NETWORK LINKING TSUEN WAN AND SHA TIN, WAS AWARDED LAST MARCH. MAIN TUNNELING WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1988.
1989.
ROUTE 5 TUNNELS ARE DUE TO BECOME OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF
SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO HANDICAPPED STUDENTS
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A HANDICAP IS BY NO MEANS AN INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLE TO ACHIEVEMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
HE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE LAST ACADEMIC YEAR MORE THAN 70 DISABLED STUDENTS WERE STUDYING AT THE TWO UNIVERSITIES AND TWO POLYTECHNICS.
THEIR IMPAIRMENTS, AURAL, VISUAL OR PHYSICAL, WERE NO BAR TO THEIR LEARNING ABILITY, MR LEUNG SAID AT THE FIFTH AWARD PRESENTATION OF THE SHELL-ISLAND JAYCEES SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE DISABLED.
THESE STUDENTS WERE MAJORING IN A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS, RANGING FROM SOCIAL WORK, LAW AND ENGINEERING TO FINE ARTS AND COMPUTERS.
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