FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1979
LAND TO BE RECLAIMED FOR MUI WO PROJECT
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED PLANS TO RECLAIM MORE THAN NINE HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED AT SILVERMINE BAY ON LANTAU ISLAND.
IS THE SECOND
THE RECLAMATION PLAN - COVERING 9.03 HECTARES PROJECT IN THE MUI WO DEVELOPMENT SCHEME TO PROVIDE BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.
INVOLVED ARE RECLAMATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF RIVER BRIDGES, RIVER WALLS, ROADS AND DRAINS.
THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE SITES FOR LOW DENSITY PRIVATE HOUSING, A PRIMARY SCHOOL, POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
THE EXTENT OF THE AREA INVOLVED IS DESCRIBED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE WHICH CALLS ON THOSE WITH OBJECTIONS OR CLAIMS OF PRIVATE RIGHT TO WRITE TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WITHIN TWO MONTHS.
THE NOTICE, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, WITH THE RELATED PLAN, IS POSTED NEAR THE SITE.
THE PLAN CAN ALSO BE SEEN AT THE PORT WORKS DIVISION, FIRST FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG- CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE ON THE 19TH FLOOR OF THE SAME BUILDING OR THE DISTRICT OFFICE, ISLANDS, INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, FOURTH FLOOR, 141 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
LACK OF DONORS RESTRICTS KIDNEY TRANSPLANT OPERATIONS
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HONG KONG HAS THE ORGANISATION, EQUIPMENT AND EXPERTISE TO PERFORM KIDNEY TRANSPLANT OPERATIONS BUT LACK OF KIDNEY DONORS HAS RESTRICTED THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS TO ONLY A FEW IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. K.L. THONG, THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON WHEN HE OPENED THE *EXHIBITION ON KIDNEY DISEASES+ AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL,
THE THREE-DAY EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED BY THE PENINSULA JAYCEES AND SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IT IS AIMED AT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON KIDNEY DISEASES AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO DONATE THEIR ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANT OPERATIONS.
/DR. THONG SAID
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