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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1990
NEW CREMATORIUM ON CHEUNG CHAU
A $2.1 MILLION DOLLAR CREMATORIUM PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN CHEUNG CHAU BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE MORE MODERN FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC.
OCCUPYING AN AREA OF ABOUT 8,500 SQUARE METRES, THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF A CREMATORIUM, A COLUMBARIUM FOR 1,000 NICHES, A SERVICE HALL, A LANDSCAPED GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE, AN OFFICE/RECEPTION AREA AND ANCILLARY SERVICES BUILDINGS.
THE DESIGN CONCEPT IS TO CREATE A SERIES OF FORMAL SPACE FOR PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD.
A HARMONIOUS ENVIRONMENT IS CREATED THROUGH THE SITING OF THE "PAI LAU", A POND, A PAVILION AND THE COLUMBARIUM. THE COLOUR, FORM, MATERIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF THE FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS WILL ALSO HELPED TO ACHIEVE THE EFFECT.
THE FACILITIES WHICH TOOK 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, WERE BARLIER HANDED OVER TO THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR MANAGEMENT.
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EMERGENCY CARE HANDBOOK ON SALE NEXT MONDAY
A CHINESE HANDBOOK ON EMERGENCY CARE, PUBLISHED BY THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES (AMS), WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE FROM MONDAY, OCTOBER 1.
THE 200-PAGE BOOK, INTERSPERSED WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, WILL BE AVAILABLE AT $20 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.
IT IS AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE FIRST AID HANDBOOK PUBLISHED AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IN ADDITION TO FIRST AID, IT ALSO COVERS SUBJECTS SUCH AS ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND NURSING CARE.
AN AMS SPOKESMAN SAID THE HANDBOOK WILL BE USEFUL TO ORGANISATIONS WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, SUCH AS FACTORIES SCHOOLS, AND TO HOUSEWIVES.
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THE COMMISSIONER OF AMS, DR S.H. LEE, TODAY (MONDAY) HOSTED A TEA PARTY TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD, WHICH COMPRISED DOCTORS, NURSES AND AMBULANCE AID PROFESSIONALS, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND PRESENTED EACH MEMBER WITH
AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF THE HANDBOOK AS SOUVENIR.
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