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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1980

+EACH CANDIDATE MUST PRESENT HIS ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT LETTER AND HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD OR PASSPORT FOR INSPECTION WHEN APPLYING IN PERSON OR REQUESTING ANOTHER PERSON TO APPLY ON HIS BEHALF, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

+NO ALTERNATIVE DATE FOR REGISTRATION IS PERMITTED, HE ADDED.

$9.6 MILLION POLYCLINIC CONTRACT AWARDED

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) AWARDED A $9.6 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW POLYCLINIC IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

THE CONTRACT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR S.C. KWAN, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE PWD'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF HING WAH CONSTRUCTION LTD.

MR KWAN SAID THE NEW POLYCLINIC, ON A 5 900-SQUARE METRE SITE NEAR THE JUNCTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND FRASER ROAD, WOULD CONSIST OF A SIX-STOREY MAIN BUILDING AND A TWO-STOREY ANCILLARY BUILDING.

WHEN COMPLETED, IT WILL HAVE A GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE, DENTAL AND CHEST CLINIC RADIODIAGNOSTIC DEPARTMENT AND PATHOLOGICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY.

THERE WILL ALSO BE OTHER FACILITIES SUCH AS A STAFF CANTEEN, KITCHEN, STAFF CHANGING ROOMS AND PARKING SPACES..

HE SAID THAT WORK ON THE CONTRACT, WHICH FORMED THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT, WOULD START LATER THIS MONTH AND TAKE 14 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

YAN OI TONG, A CHARITABLE ORGANISATION, NAS DONATED $4 MILLION TOWARDS THE PROJECT.

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