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Stonecutters Island open day
HMS Tamar Naval Base and Depot Hong Kong Military Service Corps (HKMSC) on Stonecutters Island will open their gates to the public when they hold a two-day open day tomorrow (Saturday) and on Sunday (January 28) to raise funds for the Hong Kong Locally Enlisted Personnel Trust.
Ships, helicopters and assault craft will feature in spectacular action displays during the two-day event, the second time since the Navy moved from its former base in Central to the present one on Stonecutters Island.
The arena programme also includes traditional lion and dragon dances, thrilling motor-cycle and dog team demonstrations as well as a performance by the Pipes and Drums of 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles.
There will also be a large number of souvenirs shops, games stalls and military displays, some of which will provide opportunities for the public to examine and handle selected items of military equipment.
The Hong Kong Locally Enlisted Personnel Trust is set up by the British Forces to provide funds for Hong Kong Chinese ex-members of the British Garrison who may find themselves in need or distress after 1997.
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Slope stabilisation works at Fei Tsui Road
The Civil Engineering Department is inviting tenders for stabilisation works to a slope at Fei Tsui Road in Chai Wan.
The slope which failed on August 13 last year will be upgraded to meet current standards.
The works will include installation of soil nails, cutting back of existing slopes, recompaction of fill, construction of retaining wall, and provision of surface drainage, hydroseeding and surface protection to finished slope surfaces.