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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1980

TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED BY THE PWD ARCHITECTURAL

OFFICE.

WHEN COMPLETED LATE NEXT YEAR, THE ANNEXE AT MORRISON HILL WILL PROVIDE PLACES FOR ABOUT 600 STUDENTS TO BOOST THE ENROLMENT OF 1 420 STUDENTS AT THE INSTITUTE,

THE WATERFRONT ANNEXE FOR HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WILL BE A WORKSHOP BUILT ON A 700-SQUARE-METRE SITE, PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE BUILDING OF TIMBER AND GLASS REINFORCE PLASTIC BOATS,

A MAJOR FEATURE OF THE WORKSHOP WILL BE A WATER TANK - LARGE ENOUGH TO CONTAIN BOATS OF UP TO SEVEN METRES LONG - WHICH WILL BE USED TO TEST THE VIABILITY OF DIFFERENT HULL SHAPES.

THE WORKSHOP WILL ALSO HAVE A TRAVEL HOIST AND WOOD AND METAL WORK MACHINES.

A SMALL FIVE-TONNE CAPACITY CRANE WILL BE PROVIDED TO LIFT BOATS IN AND OUT OF THE WATER.

THE MARINE AND FABRICATION COURSE WILL HAVE PLACES FOR MORE THAN 300 STUDENTS AND WHEN THE ANNEXE IS COMPLETED IN ABOUT OCTOBER 1981, PRACTICAL TRAINING FACILITIES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR YACHT AND BOAT BUILDING COURSES.

SENSE OF COMMUNITY IDENTITY BEGINS TO EMERGE

IN NORTH DISTRICT ******

A CLEAR SENSE OF COMMUNITY IDENTITY AND FOCUS IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION'S NORTH DISTRICT ESTABLISHED A YEAR AGO.

SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS TODAY AT THE DISTRICT'S FESTIVAL GRAND EVENING VARIETY SHOW AT FANLING PLAYGROUND.

*THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND WELCOME BEGINNING TO A PERIOD OF RAPID AND WIDE-RANGING CHANGE WHICH WILL BE TAKING PLACE WITH THE AMALGAMATION OF THE OLD MARKET CENTRES INTO A NEW TOWN OF 200 000 PEOPLE, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM WILL BE STRANGERS TO THE AREA,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID,

NORTH DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF SHEUNG SHUI, SHEK WU HUI, TA KWU LING, FANLING AND SHA TAU KOK AND PART OF THE BORDER AREA, WAS FORMERLY PART OF TAI PO DISTRICT. IT BECAME A SEPARATE DISTRICT LAST OCTOBER TO STREAMLINE ADMINISTRATION.

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