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FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1979

WORK TO START SOON ON NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE AND RAILS

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WORK WILL BEGIN SHORTLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN APPROACHES TO THE NEW BEACON HILL TUNNEL.

TENDERS FOR THE WORK WERE INVITED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE WORK WOULD INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE AND THE LAYING OF ABOUT 2,800 METRES OF CONTINUOUS WELDED RAILWAY TRACK.

IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE CONNECTION OF THE NEW TRACK WITH THE EXISTING LINE SO THAT RAIL TRAFFIC COULD BE DIRECTED THROUGH THE NEW TUNNEL.

+ON COMPLETION, THE SECTION OF THE RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN THE HUNG HOM TERMINUS AND THE SHA TIN STATION CAN BE COMMISSIONED TO FULL DOUBLE-TRACK OPERATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,

+THE TRACK STANDARD AND ALIGNMENT ARE DESIGNED TO CATER FOR TRAIN SPEEDS OF UP TO 120 KPH WHEN THE LINE IS ELECTRIFIED,+ HE SAID.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN SEPTEMBER AND SHOULD BE FINISHED BY EARLY 1981.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE RAILWAY DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE PWD WHICH WILL SUPERVISE THE

CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF RICE WHOLESALERS

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TRADERS WHO WISH TO BE RICE WHOLESALERS WILL HAVE TO BE REGISTERED UNDER THE RESERVED COMMODITIES ORDINANCE, AND THE RESERVED COMMODITIES (CONTROL OF SALES BY WHOLESALE) REGULATIONS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE NEW REGULATIONS ARE LIKELY TO COME INTO OPERATION TOWARDS THE END OF 1979.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID APPLICATION FORMS FOR THE REGISTRATION OF RICE WHOLESALERS CAN NOW BE OBTAINED FROM THE RESERVED COMMODITIES SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT ON THE 14TH FLOOR IN OCEAN CENTRE, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.

TRADERS WHO WISH TO BE REGISTERED AS RICE WHOLESALERS MUST MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA. THESE CRITERIA INCLUDE:

* THREE YEARS' WHOLESALE EXPERIENCE-

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A CAPITAL OR PAID-UP CAPITAL OR A NET WORTH OF NOT LESS THAN $1 MILLION-

A BUSINESS