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MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1982
WORKS PROJECT FOR TAI PO
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THE TAI PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR ANCTHER PROJECT AS PART OF ITS CONTINUING PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TAI PO.
WORK ON THE PROJECT COMPRISES THE FORMATION OF ABOUT 2.35 HECTARES IN THE VICINITY OF YIM TIN TSAI, FOR A FISH MARKET, FUEL DEPOT, ICE PLANT AND SMALL BOATYARDS.
IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 300 METRES OF SEAWALL AND ASSOCIATED ROADWORKS, FOOTPATHS, DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE WORKS.
WORK WILL COMMENCE IN OCTOBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 14 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
+VOLUNTEERS+ JOIN EXERCISE IN GERMANY
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ELEVEN MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A MAJOR MILITARY EXERCISE TO BE HELD IN HAMELN-DETMOLD IN CENTRAL WEST GERMANY IN SEPTEMBER.
THE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE QUEEN'S OWN YEOMANRY, A UNITED KINGDOM TERRITORIAL ARMY UNIT EQUIVALENT TO THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT, DURING THEIR 15-DAY TRAINING PROGRAMME IN BRITAIN AND WEST GERMANY.
THEY WILL LEAVE HONG KONG FOR NEWCASTLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ON SEPTEMBER 21 TO JOIN THE YEOMANRY, AND WILL THEN BE FLOWN TO WEST GERMANY BY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE ON SEPTEMBER 25.
THE CHANCE TO TRAIN OVERSEAS IS PART OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMME OFFERED TO SELECTED MEMBERS OF HONG KONG'S 870-MAN VOLUNTEER MILITARY UNIT WHOSE PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.
THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT IS A PART-TIME VOLUNTEER FORCE WHICH TRAINS FOR AND ACTS IN SUPPORT OF THE REGULAR ARMY, PARTICULARLY DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
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