XN000022-1981-04-18 — Page 7

-

IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 4 000 CASES OF TB NOTIFICATIONS CAME FROM THE IMMIGRANTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, HE SAID.

SCHOOLS OPEN SPORT FACILITIES TO PUBLIC

***

THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE (RSS) IS TO HOLD A FUN-FOR-ALL DAY AT TWO TSUEN WAN SCHOOLS TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE OCCASION IS TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOLS AS INTER IM SPORTS CENTRES UNTIL A NEW CENTRE IS READY IN TSUEN WAN BY EARLY AUGUST.

FROM MONDAY, THE HO CHUEN YIU MEMORIAL COLLEGE IN SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES FROM 5.30 PM TO 9 PM EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AND FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM ON SUNDAY.

THE PO ON COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION WONG SIU CHING SECONDARY SCHOOL NEAR TSUEN WAN FERRY PIER WILL OPEN AT THE SAME HOURS ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS AND ALSO FOR THE WHOLE DAY ON SUNDAYS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RSS SAID MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO USE THE SPORTING FACILITIES PROVIDED IN THE TWO SCHOOLS.

ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FENCING, DANCING, ARCHERY, BADMINTON AND TABLE TENNIS ARE AVAILABLE. STAFF OF THE RSS WILL BE PRESENT TO SUPERVISE AND HELP ORGANISE ACTIVITIES AND TRAINING COURSES.

REPROVISIONING OF THE NEW CENTRE IS NOW BEING CARRIED OUT. IT IS LOCATED ON A 750-SQUARE-METRE SITE NEXT TO THE LADY GRANTHAM HEALTH CLINIC IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD. IT REPLACES THE CHAI WAN KOK TEMPORARY SPORTS CENTRE WHICH WAS CLOSED AT THE END OF LAST MONTH.

NEW SITE TO BE FORMED IN SHA TIN

****

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED TENDERS FOR THE SITE FORMATION, ROADS AND DRAINAGE WORK IN THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF THE RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN BEACON HILL TUNNEL AND THE VILLAGE OF TIN SAM, AT THE SOUTH-WESTERN END OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.

THE CONTRACT INVOLVES THE FORMATION OF ABOUT 10 HECTARES OF LAND FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USE, AS WELL AS OPEN SPACE.

A 1.3-KILOMETRE-LONG ROAD WILL BE BUILT TO LINK THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF THE TOWN WITH THE NEARBY LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD, INTERNAL ROADS AND DRAINS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA ALONG WITH A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY UNDER THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY EMBANKMENT.

THIS UNDERGROUND WALKWAY WILL JOIN UP THE INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RAILWAY LINE AT TAI WAI.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JULY AND TAKE ABOUT 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA, CONSULTING ENGINEERS TO THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, DESIGNED THE WORK AND WILL SUPERVISE ITS CONSTRUCTION.