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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1989
"IT IS HOPED THAT RESIDENTS WILL HELP TO SPREAD HEALTH MESSAGES TO THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AFTER VISITING THE EXHIBITION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE SENIOR PRO-VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE OP THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, PROFESSOR ROSIE YOUNG, AND THE DIRECTOR THE OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF HEALTH EXHIBITION AT 3 PM ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 201.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION HALL NO LATER THAN 2.45 PM. INFORMATION OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
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$77M TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE IN NORTHWEST NT
THE DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY} AWARDED A MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE PHASE III WORKS OF THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME IN THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES.
$77
THE WORKS, WHICH ARE AIMED AT ALLEVIATING THE FLOOD HAZARDS
DRAINAGE CHANNEL THE AREA, INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHUI KIU AND THE WIDENING OF HUNG SHUI KIU RIVER.
IN
NEAR HUNG
BE MAJOR FACILITIES TO
PROVIDED INCLUDE A TOTAL OF 2,200 METRES OF CONCRETE-LINED CHANNELS, ASSOCIATED ACCESS ROADS, FOOTBRIDGES, CYCLE TRACKS, FOOTPATHS AND SEWERS. EXISTING CROSSINGS OVER THE CHANNELS WILL ALSO BE RECONSTRUCTED.
F
ALL CONSTRUCTED DRAINAGE CHANNELS WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE TRUNK DRAINAGE SYSTEM AT TIN SHUI WAI.
MILLION CARRIED
AND
UNDER THE TWO PREVIOUS PHASES OF WORKS, WHICH COST $30 AND $20 MILLION RESPECTIVELY, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING OUT AT UK TSUEN, FUI SHA WAI, TAI TO TSUEN, TIN SAM, SIK KONG WAI TSEUNG KONG WAI.
WORKS FOR THE CURRENT PHASE WILL COMMENCE LATER THIS MONTH AND ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE 30 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT, MR TSE HON-SUM, AND OF HENRYVICY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED, MR LAI WING-YIP.
THE
(PROJECTS DIRECTOR
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