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SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1980

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WARNING POSTERS SETTING OUT THESE AREAS AND THE LOCATIONS OF DANGER FLAGS, AS WELL AS THE RANGE BOUNDARY, HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT SAI KUNG DISTRICT AND TO OTHER CONCERNED ORGANISATIONS.

SPECIAL NOTICE BOARDS HAVE BEEN SET UP ON PUBLIC PIERS AND OTHER POINTS GIVING WARNING, AND LAUNCHES WILL PATROL THE RANGE BOUNDARY DURING FIRING TO WARN LOCAL CRAFT.

NOTE TO EDITORS↓

COPIES OF A SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE NEW FIRING RANGE WILL BE BOXED AT GIS FOR COLLECTION THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO GIVE THIS AND SUBSEQUENT ANNOUNCEMENTS ON FIRING PRACTICE AT THE BASALT ISLAND FIRING RANGE THE WIDEST PUBLICITY.

WORK ON MONG KOK STATION TO BEGIN SOON ******

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE FOUNDATION WORK FOR THE NEW MONG KOK RAILWAY STATION.

THE CONTRACT, PART OF THE MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, WILL INVOLVE PILING WORK, THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATION PLATFORMS, TRACK-LAYING AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS,

THE WORK PAVES THE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PODIUM, A STATION BUILDING AND THE INSTALLATION OF OVERHEAD CABLES FÖR THE ELECTRIC TRAIN,

THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW STATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE, A PUBLIC AMENITY AREA, A GOODS YARD AND MULTI-STOREY OFFİCE BLOCKS.

MEANWHILE, WORK IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY ON THE TEMPORARY

STATION BETWEEN ARGYLE STREET AND WATERLOO ROAD.

TRAINS WILL BE DIVERTED TO THE TEMPORARY STATION ON ITS COMPLETION IN JULY SO AS TO ALLOW WORK TO COMMENCE ON THE NEW STATION.

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