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FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1979

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STREET CLOSURES FOR MTR TSUEN WAN DEPOT

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CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TSUEN WAN DEPOT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 1982.

A NUMBER OF STREETS IN SAI LAU KOK, TSUEN WAN, WILL BE CLOSED PERMANENTLY FROM MAY 28 TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION WORKS WITHIN THE GAZETTED AREAS.

PLANS SHOWING THE AFFECTED AREAS MAY BE INSPECTED DURING OFFICE HOURS AT THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AT THE FU WAH CENTRE 310 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING ENTRANCE, CENTRAL AND THE CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 10TH FLOOR, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.

THE NOTICE GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY) STIPULATED THAT CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS,

CLAIMS MUST REACH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF CLOSURE OF THE STREET OR FROM THE COMPLETION OF THE SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATION WHICH IS ALLEGED TO HAVE CAUSED PECUNIARY LOSS OR DAMAGE.

CAS DUTIES CALL FOR RESOURCEFULNESS, COURAGE

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CIVIL AID SERVICES MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE SOUND JUDGMENT. RESOURCEFULNESS AND COURAGE AS THEY OFTEN FACE CHALLENGES ARISING FROM DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, SAID MR. HO TSE-KIN, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CAS THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

ADDRESSING HIS LAST PASSING-OUT PARADE BEFORE RETIRING IN JUNE, HE SAID CAS MEMBERS PERFORM A WIDE RANGE OF DUTIES — THEY ARE MOBILISED NOT ONLY DURING DISASTERS BUT ALSO IN QUIET DAYS TO ASSIST OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OUTSIDE ORGANISATIONS IN RUNNING ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES.

HE PRAISED THE 150 RECRUITS ON THE PARADE FOR SACRIFICING SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME TO SERVE SOCIETY.

HE ALSO CONGRATULATED THREE RECRUITS ON RECEIVING SPECIAL CERTIFICATES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES AND SEVEN OTHER MEMBERS ON BEING AWARDED THE CIVIL DEFENCE LONG SERVICE MEDAL.

THE RECRUITS HAVE COMPLETED BASIC COURSES IN FOOTDRILL. FIRST AID AND CIVIL DEFENCE, AND WOULD BE ABLE TO DISCHARGE THE IR DUTIES WITH EASE AND LIVE UP TO THE EXPECTATION OF THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.

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