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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1979

DETAILED STATISTICS ARE:

DECEMBER 1978

MARCH 1979

MANUAL

MANUAL

CONTRACTING

PARTY

SITES IN

IN WORKERS OPERATION

ENGAGED

SITES IN OPERATION

WORKERS

ENGAGED

PUBLIC WORKS

305

20,586

285

17,062

DEPARTMENT

HOUSING DEPARTMENT

57

10,222

58

11,600

MASS TRANS IT

34

7,396

35

7,361

RAILWAY *

PRIVATE SECTOR

859

35,512

865

35,558

TOTAL

1,255

73,716

1,243

71,581

*

CONSTRUCTION SITES UNDER THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION REFER TO MTR CONTRACTS FOR WHICH WORK WAS IN PROGRESS DURING MARCH 1979.

RECREATION CENTRE FOR VILLAGERS

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YUEN TUN AND TSING LUNG TAU VILLAGERS IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT WILL NOW HAVE A PROPER VENUE FOR SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

THIS WAS BROUGHT ABOUT WITH THE COMPLETION OF A NEW CULTURAL. AND RECREATIONAL CENTRE WHICH WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

THE NEW CENTRE IN A TWO-STOREY BUILDING AT TSING LUNG TAU, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, INCLUDES AN ASSEMBLY HALL WHICH CAN BE USED FOR CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, LECTURE ROOMS, READING ROOMS AND AN OFFICE.

THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (DEVELOPMENT), TSUEN WAN, MR. STEPHEN SELBY SAID THE PROJECT WAS IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN RURAL AREAS.

THE $160,000 CENTRE WAS BUILT WITH A $140,000 DONATION FROM THE CO-OPERATIVE FOR AMERICAN RELIEF EVERYWHERE (CARE) AND THE BALANCE MET BY THE VILLAGERS THEMSELVES.

IT WILL BE OPENED TOMORROW AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY BY THE CHAIRMAN OF CARE, MR. EDWIN WESELEY WHO ARRIVED FROM NEW YORK YESTERDAY.

/ALSO OFFICIATING