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SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 1981

THE FLYOVER COMPLEX IS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.

HE SAID THAT GRADE SEPARATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, INCLUDING SUBWAYS AND A FOOTBRIDGE, WERE ALSO PROVIDED IN THE PROJECT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIAN.

COMMENTING ON THE DESIGN OF THE FLYOVER COMPLEX, MR LEN CURRIE, ENGINEER OF THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, SAID, THE PRINCIPAL FEATURE OF THE FLYOVER COMPLEX IS THE MAIN FLYOVER ACROSS CASTLE PEAK ROAD WITH ITS UNIQUE BRANCHING SUPPORTS AND SLENDER DISH-SHAPED DECK, A DESIGN CONCEIVED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS LOCATION ADJACENT TO TAI WO HAU PARK.

+THE OPEN SPACES UNDER AND AROUND THE FLYOVER WILL FORM AN EXTENSION OF THE PARK, WHICH WILL SHORTLY BE RE-INSTATED AS AN IMPORTANT RECREATION ÁREA,+ HE SAID.

SAI KUNG CHOIR'S ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

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SAI KUNG CHILDREN'S CHOIR CELEBRATED ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY TODAY (SUNDAY) BY HOLDING A CONCERT AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

THE CHOIR WAS INAUGURATED LAST MARCH WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF

80. IT NOW HAS 160 MEMBERS AGED FROM SIX TO 14.

AT TODAY'S CONCERT, ATTENDED BY ABOUT 1 400 PEOPLE, THE CHOIR PRESENTED SIX ITEMS, INCLUDING THE +SAI KUNG SUITE+, WHICH WAS STAGED FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SUITE INTRODUCES THE 82 VILLAGES OF SAI KUNG AND THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE DISTRICT.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS DURING THE 90-MINUTE CONCERT INCLUDED CHINESE, WESTERN AND HAKKA SONGS, A CHILDREN'S OPERA AND THE +SAI KUNG FANTASIES+.

BEFORE THE CONCERT STARTED, THE BOARD OF CHOIR AFFAIRS WAS INAUGURATED TO MARK SUCCESSFUL REGISTRATION OF THE CHOIR AS AN INDEPENDENT BODY.

THE BOARD IS CHAIRED BY MR CHIU CHUN-BONG, A MEMBER OF SAI KUNG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, AND INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE MUSIC OFFICE, THE RURAL COMMITTEES OF SAI KUNG DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

OFFICIATING AT THE INAUGURATION, THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SENIOR STAFF OFFICER, DR RICHARD BUTLER SAID THE CHOIR WOULD BE SINGING IN ITS OWN DISTRICT TOWN HALL BY 1982, CONSTRUCTION OF WHICH WAS ANOTHER SYMBOLIC ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTING THE UNITY, HARMONY AND CO-OPERATION OF THE SAI KUNG COMMUNITY.

THE CONCERT FEATURED A SPECIAL COMPOSITION DEDICATED TO LOCAL PEOPLE, THE MUSIC AND LYRICS OF WHICH WERE WRITTEN BY ASSISTANT TRAINING OFFICERS OF THE MUSIC OFFICE, 12 KENETH YIP AND MR CHAN LEE.

THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER SAI KUND, MISS CARRIE TSANG, ALSO WROTE THE LYRICS FOR SOME OF THE SONTS.

/ING CECIR

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