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SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1982

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MORE MODERN BUILDINGS FOR BEACH GOERS

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TWO MODERN CONCRETE BUILDINGS, PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE FACILITIES FOR BATHERS HAVE JUST BEEN CONSTRUCTED, AND WILL BE AMONG TEN SUCH STRUCTURES TO BE PROVIDED AT BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE OUTLYING ISLANDS.

ONE HAS BEEN BUILT AT KADOOR IE BEACH AND IS ALREADY IN USE, AND THE OTHER WILL BE OPEN TO BATHERS AT LIDO BEACH AT 11.5 MILESTONE, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

FACILITIES PROVIDED AT THE BUILDINGS INCLUDE CHANGING ROOMS, TOILETS, SHOWERS AND A REFRESHMENT KIOSK AT THE TOP PLATFORM, IN ADDITION TO A FIRST AID CENTRE, OFFICE, STORE ROOM AND A CATAMARAN STORE.

SIMILAR BEACH BUILDINGS WILL BE BUILT AT MA WAN ISLAND, TING KAU AND APPROACH BEACHES IN TSUEN WAN; BUTTERFLY BEACH IN TUEN MUN LOK WU SHA BEACH IN SHA TIN; CAMPERS' BAY, CLEARWATER (FIRST) BAY, HAP MUN BAY, KIU TSUI AND TRIO BEACHES IN SAI KUNG; THE LO SO SHING BEACH AT LAMMA AND THE CHEUNG SHA BEACH ON LANTAU ISLAND.

WORK WILL START SOON ON BEACH BUILDINGS AT MA WAN AND TING KAU BEACHES, SUPPORTED BY A DONATION OF $2 MILLION BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, A BUILDING WAS ALSO CONSTRUCTED AT SILVER MINE BAY, PROVIDING SUCH FACILITIES AS CHANGING ROOMS, SHOWERS AND TOILETS. AT SAI KUNG, MEANWHILE, ANOTHER NEWLY- COMPLETED BUILDING, PROVIDING SIMILAR FACILITIES WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC NEXT MONTH.

YUEN CHAU TSAI ROADS NEARING COMPLETION

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WORK ON THE YUEN CHAU TSAI NETWORK OF ROADS AND BRIDGES IN TAI PO WHICH WILL FORM PART OF AN INTERCHANGE FOR THE SHA TIN-TAI PO COASTAL TRUNK ROAD IS NOW IN THE FINAL STAGES.

THE ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO OPEN TO TRAFFIC THIS SUMMER,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TAI PO DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW

TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

THE AIM OF THE PROJECT, HE SAID, WAS TO PROVIDE A GRADE-SEPARATED CROSSING BETWEEN TAI PO ROAD AND THE RAILWAY,

THUS ELIMINATING THE EXISTING LEVEL CROSSING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY'S ELECTRIFICATION AND MODERNISATION PROGRAMME NEXT YEAR.

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