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SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1981

THE GOVERNMENT WILL SOON BE ADVERTISING FOR MORE INTERPRETERS, WHO, UPON SELECTION, WILL BE GIVEN AN INDUCTION COURSE BEFORE BEING PUT TO REGULAR WORK.

PART-TIME MEMBERS WILL BE PAID $710 OR $1 140 PER SESSION/DAY, AND FULL-TIME STAFF CAN START WITH A MONTHLY SALARY OF $8 515.

TENDERS INVITED FOR WATER WORKS ****

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WATER TUNNEL AND SITE FORMATION WORKS FOR THE FUTURE YAU KOM TAU TREATMENT WORKS.

THE TUNNEL WILL BE ABOUT 5 200 METRES LONG, RUNNING FROM TSING TAM IN YUEN LONG TO YAU KOM TAU IN TSUEN WAN.

THE WORKS FORM PART OF STAGE ONE OF A $1 300 MILLION SCHEME TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES OF WATER FROM CHINA OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS.

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN SEPTEMBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 37 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

SHA TIN CHILDREN RECEIVE AWARDS ****

SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, TODAY (SUNDAY) PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO 42 LOCAL CHILDREN WHO HAVE COMPLETED AN EIGHT-MONTH AWARD SCHEME COURSE.

SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY. DR HASE SAID THE AIMS OF THE AWARD SCHEME WERE TO ENCOURAGE BALANCE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY OF THOSE TAKING PART, THEREBY PROVIDING THE IMPETUS FOR THE COMMUNITY OF THE FUTURE.

+ I HOPE THIS IMPETUS WILL CONTINUOUSLY BRING PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS TO SHA TIN NEW TOWN, HE SAID.

HE SAID HE WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE SCHEME, WHICH WAS INTRODUCED BY SHA TIN CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE IN 1979.

IT IS OPEN TO CHILDREN AGED FROM EIGHT TO 12, WHO HAVE TO COMPLETE A PROGRESSIVE AND CONTINUOUS CULTURAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMME OVER AN EIGHT-MONTH PERIOD.

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