XN000022-1982-04-13 — Page 8

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TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1982

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TENDERS INVITED FOR POLYCLINIC BLOCK

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WORK ON THE SECOND PHASE OF THE KOWLOON EAST POLYCLINIC AT HAMMER HILL ROAD, NGAU CHI WAN, WILL BEGIN SHORTLY,

THE PROJECT IS AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING POLYCLINIC WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDING GENERAL OUT-PATIENT, CHILD HEALTH, FAMILY PLANNING AND CHEST CLINIC SERVICES.

THE EXTENSION WILL ADD SUBSTANTIALLY TO THESE BY PROVIDING SPECIALIST UNITS - MEDICAL, ORTHOPAEDIC, PAEDIATRIC, OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGY, OPHTHALMIC AND EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT.

TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH MAINLY INVOLVES THE BUILDING OF A SINGLE BLOCK, ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

WORK WILL START IN MAY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 14 MONTHS.

URBAN CLEARWAYS IN KWUN TONG

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THREE ROADS IN KWUN TONG WILL BE DESIGNATED AS URBAN CLEARWAYS FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (APRIL 16).

THEY ARE:

HING YIP STREET BETWEEN HOI YUEN ROAD AND A POINT ABOUT 25 METRES TO THE EAST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH HOI YUEN ROAD:

* HOW MING STREET BETWEEN HOI YUEN ROAD AND A POINT ABOUT

25 METRES TO THE WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH HOI YUEN ROAD:

SHING YIP STREET BETWEEN HO! YUEN ROAD AND A POINT ABOUT 50 METRES TO THE EAST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH HOI YUEN ROAD,

WITHIN THESE CLEARWAYS, ALL VEHICLES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP FOR PASSENGERS OR GOODS FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM DAILY.

WATER FIGURES ***

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (TUESDAY) STOOD AT 207.459 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 35.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY, EQUIVALENT TO 165 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 233.531 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 40.4 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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