TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1986
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NEW ROADS TO PROVIDE HOSPITAL ACCESS
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NEW ROADS ARE PLANNED TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE EASTERN DISTRICT HOSPITAL BEING BUILT IN CHAI WAN.
THE WORK INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS - PROVIDING ENTRY FROM ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, AND ENTRY AND EXIT TO LOK MAN ROAD, TOGETHER WITH FOOTPATHS AND ASSOCIATED STORMWATER DRAINAGE WORKS.
THE ROADWORKS ARE INTENDED TO BE CARRIED OUT UNDER THE MAIN HOSPITAL BUILDING CONTRACT.
A NOTICE ON THE PROPOSED ROAD BUILDING WAS PUBLISHED IN
THE LATEST GAZETTE.
WRITTEN OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSALS MUST REACH THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT BY FEBRUARY 17.
DANCERS TO TEST SKILLS
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MORE THAN 350 DANCE ENTHUSIASTS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR SKILL IN THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT DANCE COMPETITION AT THE KO SHAN THEATRE ON THURSDAY (DECEMBER 25).
THE WINNING TEAMS WILL BE AWARDED PRIZES AND INVITED TO PERFORM IN THE KOWLOON CITY DANCE APPRECIATION NIGHT TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 10.
BOTH EVENTS, BEING HELD FOR THE FOURTH TIME, ARE INTENDED TO PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY'S INTEREST IN DANCING AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIR TALENTS.
THE COMPETITION IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS: OPEN SECTION FOR ALL AGES, YOUTH SECTION FOR THOSE BETWEEN 13 AND 18, CHILDREN SECTION FOR THOSE BETWEEN SIX AND 12, AND KINDERGARTEN FOR THOSE UNDER SIX.
STUDENTS AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT HAVE FORMED 55 TEAMS TO PERFORM ORIENTAL AND WESTERN DANCES IN THE COMPETITION.
/BOTH FUNCTIONS