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MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1978

+THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE 50 PERSONS FOR LUNCH AT A TIME. WE ALSO PLAN TO HAVE BANQUETS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS LATER IN THE YEAR, HE ADDED,

THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE INSTITUTE IS ABOUT 1,600 STUDENTS AT ANY ONE TIME, BUT THE NUMBER ENROLLED IN ANY ONE ACADEMIC YEAR WILL DOUBLE THIS FIGURE, AS A LARGE PROPORTION PURSUE PART-TIME DAY RELEASE AND PART-TIME EVENING COURSES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT 3 P.M. ON THURSDAY. THE ADDRESS OF THE INSTITUTE IS 702, LAI CHI KOK ROAD, CHEUNG SHA WAN, KOWLOON.

SECOND LION ROCK TUNNEL OPENS TO TRAFFIC

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THE NEW $68 MILLION SECOND LION ROCK TUNNEL, WHICH AIMS TO IMPROVE ROAD COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN KOWLOON AND SHA TIN, WILL OPEN TO TRAFFIC ON JANUARY 18,

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, MR. ROBIN SAUNDERS, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS (NEW TERRITORIES) DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SAID THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OPENING, THE EXISTING TUNNEL WOULD BE CLOSED FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS FOR RENOVATION.

THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PRESENT VENTILATION AND LIGHTING SYSTEM.

DURING THE CLOSURE PERIOD, TRAFFIC WOULD BE DIVERTED TO THE NEW TUNNEL.

MR. SAUNDERS SAID THAT ON COMPLETION OF THE RENOVATION WORK THE TWO TUNNELS, CONSISTING OF TWO TRAFFIC LANES EACH, WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES

IN GENERAL AND TO SHA TIN NEW TOWN IN PARTICULAR.

REFERRING TO THE SECOND LION ROCK TUNNEL, MR. SAUNDERS SAID: IT IS OVER 1,400 METRES IN LENGTH. TWO NEW TOLL BOOTHS, SIMILAR TO THE SIX NOW IN OPERATION, HAVE BEEN BUILT AT THE SHA TIN ENTRANCE,

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