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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1979

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MEANWHILE, A NUMBER OF YOUNG HONG KONG MUSICIANS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO PLAY IN THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA IN ABERDEEN, THE LEADER OF THE ORCHESTRA IS AN 18-YEAR-OLD HONG KONG

MUSICIAN TO YAN.

COMMENTING ON THE ACHIEVEMENT HONG KONG'S MUSIC CONSULTANT MR. DAVID STONE SAID: THIS IS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS, AND IS CLEARLY INDICATIVE OF HONG KONG'S POTENTIAL.+

TRANSFORMATION OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN CONTINUING

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THE TRANSFORMATION OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN IS CONTINUING WITH A HOST OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES FIGURING LARGELY IN THE PROCESS.

WORK ON A MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM IS JUST ONE OF THE PROJECTS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE ALONE THREE STANDARD SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND RANK AND FILE MARRIED QUARTERS FOR THE FIRE SERVICES IN KWAI CHUNG WERE COMPLETED.

+ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION WERE ANOTHER FIVE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, TWO PRIMARY SCHOOLS, A CREMATORIUM AND COLUMBARIUM, A PERMANENT MARKET, AND AN ESTATE COMMUNITY BUILDING,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

PILING CONTRACTS FOR THE URBAN CLINIC AT LEI MUK SHUE, A PRIMARY SCHOOL AT SHEK WAT KOK ESTATE AND THE BUILDING CONTRACT FOR THE KWAI CHUNG INDOOR GAMES HALL WERE AWARDED.

AND WORKING DRAWINGS WERE IN HAND FOR A COMMUNITY HALL AND A PRIMARY SCHOOL AT SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE, A COMMUNITY HALL AT LAI YIU ESTATE, AN ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE AT CHEUNG CHING ESTATE, A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX IN KWAI CHUNG, A MARKET AND LIBRARY BUILDING AT SHEK YAM, A COOKED FOOD CENTRE, A LORRY PARKING AREA IN KWAI CHUNG AND A RECREATIONAL CENTRE AT TSO KUNG TAM PARK.

AS TO HOUSING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT CHEUNG SHAN ESTATE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED, AND DOMESTIC BLOCKS AT LEI MUK SHUE, SHEK WAI KOK, CHEUNG CHING AND TAI WO HAU WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WORK ON SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY LINE, INCLUDING TAI WO HAU AND LAI KING STATIONS, IS ALSO IN HAND.

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