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TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1975

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GOOD RESPONSE TO MTR CONTRACTS

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ABOUT 110 LOCAL AND OVERSEAS FIRMS HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE MASS TRANSIT PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY IN RESPONSE TO ITS RECENT INVITATION TO CONTRACTORS TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR INCLUSION ON THE LIST OF TENDERERS FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY.

ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY, SOME 70 FIRMS HAVE APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION IN RESPECT OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTS AND ABOUT 40 FIRMS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CIVIL CONTRACTS.

THE RESPONSE FROM LOCAL CONTRACTORS HAS BEEN STRONG AND THE INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS COME FROM MANY COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

AN OFFICIAL LIST OF TENDERERS WILL BE DRAWN UP OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, AND TENDER DOCUMENTS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THOSE PROSPECTIVE TENDERERS DEGINNING IN APRIL, HE ADDED.

AT PRESENT THERE ARE 57 MEMBERS OF THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY STAFF. NOT MORE THAN A 100 AS WAS INDICATED IN REPORTS THAT APPEARED IN THE PRESS EARLIER THIS WEEK.

ANTI-DRUG PROMOTION IN MONG KOK

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THE MONG KOK KEEP HONG KONG DRUG FREE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE IS RUNNING A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES TO HELP EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE DANGERS OF DRUG ADDICTION.

THE ACTIVITIES, WHICH STARTED LAST WEEK, INCLUDE A FILM SHOW AND A YOUTH FORUM BÖTIL OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE, IN ADDITION TO A CARTOON DRAWING COMPETITION, AN EXHIBITION AND A VARIETY SHOW.

ALL THE PROGRAMMES ARE DESIGNED TO STRESS THE EVIL AND HARMFUL EFFECTS OF DRUG ADDICTION. APART FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN THE DISTRICT, MANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REACH SOME 10,000 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

THE MONG KOK ANTI-DRUG COMMITTEE COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE, THE URBAN SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT OFFICE, THE LOCAL KAI FONG ASSOCIATION, H.K. FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS, CARITAS SOCIAL CENTRE, SHARON YOUTH CENTRE AND THE MONG KOK YOUTH SOCIAL SERVICE TEAM.

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