XN000022-1980-06-22 — Page 5

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SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1980

+ IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURSE, PARTICIPANTS LEARN MORE DIFFICULT VARIETIES IN STYLES AND PATTERN FORMATIONS. THEY ARE INSTRUCTED HOW TO FORM CIRCLES, FLOWERS, STARS AND OTHER DIFFERENT FIGURES,+ SAID MR LI AS HE BLEW A WHISTLE AT A CIRCLE OF SWIMMERS IN VICTORIA POOL TO CHANGE THE FORMATION INTO A FLOWER PATTERN.

SOON THE WHISTLE WILL GO. MR LI AND MR TSIN ARE WORKING TOWARDS SYNCHRONISING LIVE MUSIC TO COMPLETE THE BALLET.

+IN AUGUST,+ SAID MR TSIN, WE WILL HAVE A TWO-DAY BALLET PERFORMANCE WITH LIVE MUSIC AT THE MUSIC CAMP ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE.

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+THAT WILL BE A TEST. AFTERWARDS, ON OCTOBER 16 AT THE END OF THE NEW COURSE -- THERE WILL BE SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING COMPETITIONS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN THE COURSES NEXT YEAR, HE SAID.

A NUMBER OF CLASSES STARTED IN MAY AND ANOTHER SERIES FOR BOTH ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE SWIMMERS WILL START IN AUGUST, THE WHOLE SERIES CULMINATING TO THE OCTOBER COMPETITIONS.

A FEE OF $10 IS CHARGED FOR EACH COMPLETE COURSE AND

APPLICANTS MUST NORMALLY BE ABOVE 12 YEARS OF AGE AND BE ABLE TO SWIM AT LEAST 50 METRES FOR THE ELEMENTARY COURSE.

EACH CLASS IS LIMITED TO 30 SWIMMERS, SO POTENTIAL AQUATIC STARS ARE ADVISED TO APPLY EARLY.

UNIVERSITY STATION TO BE REBUILT

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THE EXISTING UNIVERSITY STATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY IN MA LIU SHUI WILL BE REBUILT SHORTLY.

WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT UNDER TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED TENDERS FOR THE FIRST CONTRACT.

MR CHAN KWOK-KEUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE RAILWAY DIVISION OF PWD'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, SAID THE PROJECT FORMED AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE KCR MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME.

THE FIRST CONTRACT WILL INVOLVE BUILDING ABOUT 700 METRES OF RETAINING WALLS, RAISING AND WIDENING THE EXISTING PLATFORMS, AND BUILDING AN INTER-PLATFORM SUBWAY AND A PUBLIC SUBWAY WHICH WILL LINK THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY TO BOTH THE FUTURE REMODELLED STATION BUILDING TO BE BUILT UNDER A SEPARATE CONTRACT AND THE MA LIU SHUT FERRY PIER.

ALSO, SOME 1.5 KILOMETRES OF RAILWAY LINE WILL BE DOUBLE-TRACKED TO ENABLE KCR TO PROVIDE BETTER PASSENGER SERVICES AND GREATER FREIGHT CARRYING CAPACITY BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND TAI PO MARKET.

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