SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1981
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PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS FOR FEBRUARY
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AWARDED 55 CONTRACTS WORTH MORE THAN $407 MILLION IN FEBRUARY.
ONE OF THE MAJOR CONTRACTS, WORTH ABOUT $81.6 MILLION WAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TRUNK ROAD BETWEEN LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD AND YUEN CHAU KOK IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
IT WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF 1.4 KILOMETRES OF DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAYS WITH ASSOCIATED FLYOVERS, A FOOTBRIDGE AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE.
THE NEW TRUNK ROAD, IN ADDITION TO BEING PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROUTE, WILL HELP EASE THE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
IT WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT WITH AND FORM PART OF THE COASTAL TRUNK ROAD BETWEEN SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND TAI PO NEW TOWN.
OF THE CONTRACTS AWARDED DURING THE MONTH, 34 WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD AND THE OTHERS BY THE PWD TENDER BOARD.
ANTI-CANCER SHOW OPENS THIS WEEK
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AN ANTI-CANCER EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD FOR THREE DAYS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY (APRIL 8) AT THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL.
THE EXHIBITION, OPEN DAILY FROM 10.30 AM TO 4 PM, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND THE STOMA ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG.
THIS WILL BE THE THIRD SUCH EXHIBITION IN A YEAR. SIMILAR EXHIBITIONS WERE HELD IN CITY HALL AND TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL LAST AUGUST AND NOVEMBER, ATTRACTING THOUSANDS OF VISITORS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE WITH THE EXHIBITION ON A DISTRICT BASIS AS MISCONCEPTION AMONG THE PUBLIC ABOUT CANCER WAS QUITE WIDESPREAD.
+F IND INGS FROM A STUDY ON CANCER KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES BY THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT IN 1979 HAVE SHOWN THAT
IGNORANCE AND FEAR OF CANCER IS COMMON, HE SAID.
+THIS IS BECAUSE CANCER HAS BEEN THE TOP KILLER DISEASE IN
HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS, HE ADDED.
LAST YEAR CANCER DEATHS ROSE TO OVER 6 400, AN AVERAGE OF 18 A DAY.
+WHAT PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW IS THAT MANY FORMS OF CANCER CAN BE PREVENTED AND CURED IF DETECTED EARLY AND TREATED IN TIME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
/+THROUGH THIS
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