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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1993
THE AWARD OF THIS WATERWORKS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL OF ACP CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO 34, WITH A TOTAL OF ABOUT $31.3 BILLION.
NUMBER VALUE
AT
TOGETHER WITH THE FOUR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS VALUED $9.7 BILLION AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND THE $5.7 HARBOUR TUNNEL BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE WESTERN COMPANY LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS ABOUT $46.7 BILLION.
FESTIVE LIGHTS BRIGHTEN UP SHA TIN
SHA
TIN
LIGHT SEASON.
DISTRICT HAS BEEN BRIGHTENED UP BY MORE BULBS TONIGHT (FRIDAY), USHERING IN THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW
TRAN
60,000
YEAR
THE NUMBER OF LIGHT BULBS USED THIS YEAR IS THE LARGEST
THE NUMBER DOUBLING 1983,
IN THE
JUMBO BEFORE. YEAR DECORATIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN PUT UP.
SINCE
GRAPHIC
PUBLIC HOUSING THE LIGHTS ARE LINED UP ALONG SHING MUN RIVER, ESTATES AND TWO HOTELS. LIT-UP AREAS COVER CHE KUNG MIU ROAD, FROM THE TRADITIONAL SPOTS OF LEK YUEN BRIDGE, SAN MARTIN BRIDGE, BRIDGE AND TAI CHUNG KIU ROAD, ALL THE WAY TO TAI WAI,
TSUI YUNG
CEREMONY SWITCHING-ON A FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW.
THE
WAS HELD AT SHA
TIN
CENTRAL PARK,
ΤΟ
MIDNIGHT
DISPLAY WILL BE TURNED ON DAILY FROM 6.30 PM UNTIL JANUARY 9, AND THEN FROM FEBRUARY 3 TO 24.
FROM
YEAR'S
CHRISTMAS
DAY, AND FROM THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
EVE
TO DECEMBER 26, FEBRUARY 9 TO 12,
NEW YEAR'S THE LIGHTS
EVE ΤΟ WILL BE
NEW ON
ON OFFER AND PRODUCED
THE LIGHTING IS A PRELUDE TO A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES
A
VARIETY SHOW, FOR RESIDENTS.
TWO-HOUR COUNTDOWN BROADCAST LIVE BY TELEVISION BROADCASTS LTD, WILL BE HELD AT 10.15 PM ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AT SHA TIN CENTRAL PARK.
IN ADDITION TO POP SONGS, A FIREWORK DISPLAY AND LASER WILL BE SHOWN.
EFFECTS
LIGHTING
PLANNING COMMITTEE ON FESTIVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
SHOW WAS EXPECTED ΤΟ (PCOFL) IN SHA TIN, MR LAU KONG-WAH, SAID THE
CROWDS AWAY FROM LAN BEEF UP THE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE AND TO ATTRACT KWAI FONG.
MR LAU SAID SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE ENFORCED THAT
AND DAY. MOTORISTS
TO FOLLOW RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED
THE POLICE'S
DIRECTIONS.
AND
TICKETS TO THE SHOW ARE AVAILABLE FREE FROM 10 AM TO NOON
FIRST-SERVED FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM ON DECEMBER 22 AND 23, ON A FIRST-COME, BASIS.
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