SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1980
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SHA TIN'S NEW RAILWAY STATION TAKING SHAPE
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THE NEW RAILWAY STATION BEING BUILT AT SHA TIN IS ENTERING ANOTHER PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT WITH THE CALLING OF TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE.
THE WORK WILL INCLUDE THE BUILDING OF A TWO-LEVEL BRIDGE WITH SHOPPING FACILITIES AT THE LOWER DECK.
A PWD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT SUB-STRUCTURE WORK ON THE STATION HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND FINISHING TOUCHES WERE BEING PUT TO THE NEW PLATFORMS.
WORK WILL BEGIN IN MAY ON THE SUB-STRUCTURE OF THE BRIDGE.
+THE BRIDGE, WHICH WILL BE OVER TAI PO ROAD, WILL LINK THE STATION WITH THE NEW TOWN CENTRE,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THERE WILL ALSO BE A COVERED FOOTBRIDGE CONNECTING PAI TAU VILLAGE WITH THE STATION AT CONCOURSE LEVEL WHILE THE CONCOURSE AND PLATFORMS WILL BE CONNECTED BY FOUR PAIRS OF ESCALATORS, FOUR STAIRWAYS AND TWO GOODS LIFTS.+
THE CONCOURSE OF THE NEW STATION, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE EXISTING ONE, WILL BE OVER THE TRACKS AND WILL BE ACCESSIBLE BY CAR VIA THE SHA TIN EXTERNAL BUS ROUTE TERMINUS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE STRUCTURE FOR THE STATION HAD BEEN SO DESIGNED THAT IT WOULD TAKE A NINE-STOREY GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING IN FUTURE.
WORK CALLED BY THE TENDER IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER AND TAKE ABOUT 17 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
SNT OPENS SCOUT CLUBHOUSE IN YUEN LONG
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) COMPLETION OF A $460 000 CLUBHOUSE FOR THE BOY SCOUT ASSOCIATION YUEN LONG (EAST) DISTRICT WAS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF A COMMUNITY CAN ACHIEVE.+
OPENING THE CLUBHOUSE AT AU TAU, YUEN LONG, MR AKERS-JONES SAID: IT IS OF COURSE YET ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION OF THE PUBLIC SPIRIT OF THE YUEN LONG COMMUNITY.*
HE SAID HE PLACED GREAT IMPORTANCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF SCOUTING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. SCOUTING, ONE OF THE MOST WELL ORGANISED ACTIVITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, HAS A LONG HISTORY.
/+THE SUCCESS
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