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SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1981

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PUBLIC PIER FOR SAI KUNG TOWN

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BUILD A PUBLIC PIER AND EXTEND THE EXISTING SEAWALL AT SAI KUNG TOWN,

THE PROJECT, TENDERS FOR WHICH ARE BEING INVITED, FORMS PART OF AN OVERALL SCHEME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAI KUNG TOWN.

THE NEW PIER WILL ENABLE EASY ACCESS TO BEACHES AND ISLANDS WITHIN THE INNER PORT SHELTER (SAI KUNG HOI).

RECLAMATION BEHIND THE NEW SEAWALL WILL PROVIDE SITES FOR THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF A BUS TERMINUS, A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND A MINI-FOOTBALL PITCH.

THE WORK WILL INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF A COVERED PUBLIC PIER, DREDGING OF THE APPROACH TO THE PIER, EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING SEAWALL AND CONSTRUCTION OF A BOX CULVERT EXTENSION TO REPLACE THE EXISTING NULLAH.

CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE AND THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE PORT WORKS DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, PWD.

HELPING DISABLED OVERCOME TRANSPORT PROBLEMS

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS FORMULATED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO HELP DISABLED PEOPLE TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES THEY FACE IN USING TRANSPORT FACILITIES, THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR STEPHEN LAW, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING AT THE KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND OF THE TRAFFIC CARNIVAL DAY FOR THE DISABLED, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ORGANISED BY THE PENINSULA JAYCEES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF HANDICAPPED YOUTH AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND IN SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE DISABLED.

+THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECOGNISED THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORT SERVICES TO THE REHABILITATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE,+ MR LAW SAID.

/+LIKE EVERYBODY