MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1987
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PUMP HOUSE FOR HUNG HOM BAY RECLAMATION
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A PUMPHOUSE IS TO BE BUILT AS PART OF THE FIRST PHASE OF HUNG HOM BAY RECLAMATION PROJECT.
THE RECLAMATION WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR EXPANSION OF THE KOWLOON GOODS YARD OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION.
THE PUMP HOUSE CONTRACT COMPRISES CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERGROUND SEA WATER PUMPING STATION AND LAYING ABOUT 700 METRES OF SEA WATER SUPPLY PIPE.
IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE KCRC KOWLOON GOODS YARD ADJACENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE.
IT WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING PUMP HOUSE AT THE HUNG HOM FERRY
PIER WHICH WILL BE ENGULFED BY THE RECLAMATION.
THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START IN APRIL AND BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER.
WAN CHAI ELDERLY HONOURED AT BANQUET
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ABOUT 550 WAN CHAI RESIDENTS AGED OVER 75 WERE TREATED TO A BANQUET THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.
THE BANQUET IN A WAN CHAI RESTAURANT WAS THE FINAL ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT'S MONTH-LONG CARE FOR THE OLD CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE AND VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS AND SHOPS.
SPEAKING AT THE BANQUET, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, SAID ALTHOUGH DEMAND FOR SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY HAD
INCREASED MUCH HAD BEEN DONE IN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THESE PEOPLE.
MANY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES HAD SET UP SECTIONS TO TAKE CARE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD FORMED A CONCERN FOR THE AGED WORKING GROUP TO LOOK INTO THEIR NEEDS, HE SAID.
MR GARCIA NOTED THAT THE DISTRICT'S +CARE FOR THE OLD+ CAMPAIGN HAD BECOME A TRADITION, HAVING BEEN HELD YEARLY SINCE 1969.
BEFORE THE DINNER, PARTICIPANTS WERE ENTERTAINED TO CANTONESE OPERA. THEY ALSO RECEVIED NEW YEAR GIFTS AND +LA! SEE+ PACKETS.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE CEREMONY INCLUDED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHOW WAI-KAM DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, MR HSU CHUNG-CHI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS CARMAN CHIU.
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