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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1978

$38M CONTRACT FOR LAND FORMATION IN TUEN MUN

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A $38 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE FORMATION OF SOME 29 HECTARES OF LAND IN TUEN MUN WILL BE SIGNED AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD

IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, FIFTH FLOOR, ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 27).

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER

TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 11 A.M.

TELEVISION CREWS ARE ASKED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR CAMERAS.

AFTER THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY, MR. STAN BARDEN, P.W.D.'S PROJECT MANAGER FOR TUEN MUN, AND MR. K.K. TANG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE RESPECTIVELY.

OFFICERS FROM THE P.W.D.'S PUBLICITY UNIT WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

OPENING OF NEW TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE BUILDING

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THE NEW TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE BUILDING AT 20 MILESTONE, CASTLE PEAK ROAD NEAR THE TUEN MUN ROUNDABOUT, WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED IN AN HOUR-LONG CEREMONY TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING.

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE HEUNG YEE KJK CHAIRMAN, MR. CHAN YAT-SUN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. LAU WONG-FAT AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.

IT WILL START WITH A LION DANCE, WITH THE DOTTING OF THE LION'S EYES BY MR. PETER NG, THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, AND A PERFORMANCE BY THE GURKHA BAND. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY TO BE PERFORMED JOINTLY BY MR. AKERS-JONES AND MR. CHAN YAT-SUN.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OCCASION. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN, AM 2098, WILL LEAVE FROM BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE AT 9.50 A.M. TO TAKE PRESS REPRESENTATIVES TO AND LATER BACK FROM TUEN MUM.

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