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IN ADDITION, HE SAID THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD WOULD BE FULLY OPEN IN THE SAME YEAR AND WOULD FORM PART OF THE NEW ROAD NETWORK FOR THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR LAM WAS SPEAKING AT THE FOURTH SPEECH DAY OF THE POK ΟΙ HOSPITAL TANG PUI KING MEMORIAL COLLEGE.
TURNING TO DEVELOPMENTS IN YUEN LONG, HE SAID THAT THE TOWN HAD DEVELOPED FROM A RURAL VILLAGE INTO A LARGE TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF 260,000 OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALSO BEEN PROVIDING VARIOUS SOCIAL AND COMMUNAL FACILITIES ACCORDING TO THE RESIDENTS' NEEDS.
"TIN SHUI WAI NEW TOWN, AS AN EXAMPLE, IS A WELL-PLANNED LARGE- SCALE DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.
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FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED, WHICH INCLUDE BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING, SCHOOLS, POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS AND CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTRES, WILL BE GRADUALLY TAKING SHAPE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRIORITY AND AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES," HE ADDED.
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MORE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS GO HOME
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A GROUP OF 273 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY (TUESDAY) RETURNED VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
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COMPRISING 91 MEN, 63 WOMEN, 60 BOYS AND 59 GIRLS, THEY WERE
THE 125TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 8,814 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TO 22,693 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
FESTIVAL HOLIDAY REMINDER
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL, WHICH FALLS ON OCTOBER 4 (SUNDAY), IS ONE OF THE 11 STATUTORY HOLIDAYS.
ALL EMPLOYEES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR WAGE LEVELS ARE ENTITLED TO THE HOLIDAY AND MUST BE PAID FOR THE DAY OFF IF THEY HAVE WORKED CONTINUOUSLY FOR AN EMPLOYER FOR THREE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE STATUTORY HOLIDAY.
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