SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1980
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EDUCATIONAL MOVIES AND SLIDES ON TOPICS INCLUDING LUNG CANCER AND CERVICAL CANCER WILL BE SHOWN AT REGULAR INTERVALS.
ILLUMINATED LIFE-SIZE MODELS INDICATING THE COMMON SITES OF CANCER AND THE SPREAD OF CANCER IN THE BODY WILL ALSO BE FEATURED.
TWO EDUCATIONAL LEAFLETS, ONE ON EARLY CANCER WARNING SIGNS AND THE OTHER ON STEPS TO CONDUCT SELF-EXAMINATION OF BREAST CANCER WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO VISITORS.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN EVERY DAY BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM FROM FRIDAY (AUGUST 29) TO SUNDAY (AUGUST 31).
MAJOR ROAD SCHEME IN TUEN MUN
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TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR IMPLEMENTING A MAJOR ROAD PROGRAMME DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE SOUTHERN ACCESS TO ON TING AND YAU OI ESTATES AND TUEN MUN'S PLANNED TOWN CENTRE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE PROGRAMME CALLED FOR CONSTRUCTING AN ELEVATED ROAD OVER TUEN MUN ROAD TO LINK CASTLE PEAK ROAD WITH A NEW ROAD LEADING TO THE TWO ESTATES.
PART OF TUEN MUN ROAD IN THE NEW TOWN WILL BE WIDENED TO A DUAL THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY FOR 0.8 KILOMETRE SOUTH OF PUI TO ROAD.
THE LINK, HE SAID, WOULD BE MADE BY A HALF-DIAMOND SHAPED INTERCHANGE WITH ON TING BRIDGE, ACROSS TUEN MUN ROAD.
THIS BRIDGE WILL BE A TWO SPAN STRUCTURE OF PRECAST PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE DECKS.
THE 0.5 KILOMETRE ELEVATED ROAD WILL HAVE TWO PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS WHICH WILL PROVIDE ACCESS FROM A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AREA AND ON TING ESTATE IN THE SOUTH, TO THE TUEN MUN CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX IN THE TOWN'S CENTRE IN THE NORTH.
WORK ON THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO START IN NOVEMBER AND
IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 18 MONTHS.
THE PROGRAMME FORMS PART OF THE OVERALL NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT HANDLED BY THE PWD TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
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