XN000022-1979-12-14 — Page 6

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1979

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KCR/MTR INTERCHANGE IN KOWLOON TONG

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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY WILL BE LINKED WHEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT COMPLETES THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERCHANGE STATION IN KOWLOON TONG.

A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED.

+THE WORK WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STATION BUILDING, A RAILWAY PLATFORM AND CANOPIES AT THE GROUND LEVEL, HE SAID.

+ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT WILL BE AN AIR-CONDITIONED KCR UNDERGROUND CONCOURSE BENEATH THE TRACKS TO LINK UP WITH THE ADJACENT MTR UNDERGROUND CONCOURSE+,

+THE ENTRANCE TO THE KCR CONCOURSE WILL TAKE THE FORM OF A LANDSCAPED PLAZA AT THE JUNCTION OF KENT ROAD AND SUFFOLK ROAD.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT WHEN COMPLETED IN 1982, THE STATION WOULD FORM A VITAL LINK FOR THE NEW MODERN ELECTRIC TRAINS OF THE KCR AND THE MTR AND PROVIDE BETTER FACILITIES FOR THE PASSENGERS.

IN ADDITION, IT WILL REDUCE THE TRAVELLING TIME FOR THE PASSENGERS,+ HE ADDED.

THE WORKS FOR THE PROJECT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE TRANSMARK, CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOR THE GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THEIR SUB-CONSULTANT, YUNCKEN FREEMAN HONG KONG, UNDER THE OVERALL SUPERVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE'S CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,

SUCCESS IN FAMILY PLANNING

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HONG KONG'S OUTSTANDING SUCCESS IN FAMILY PLANNING HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. K.L. THONG IN HIS ADDRESS AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE HONG KONG FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION TODAY (FRIDAY).

COMMENDING THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC, DR. THONG SAID SINCE ITS FIRST PIONEERING DAYS, THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE FAMILY PLANNING MOVEMENT.

+BY ITS TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT OVER THE YEARS, IT HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS THE FOREMOST AGENCY IN FAMILY PLANNING AND HAS BROUGHT GREAT HAPPINESS AND SERVICE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT.+

HE RECALLED