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THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1983

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NEW VISUAL AID TO HELP SPREAD MESSAGES

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THREE VISIOMATIC MACHINES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS IN TSUEN WAN TO HELP SPREAD MESSAGES TO THE PUBLIC AND PUBLICISE LOCAL ACTIVITIES.

LOCATED OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT FOU WAH CENTRE, IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AND THE TSUEN WAN FERRY PIER, THE MACHINES ARE FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AT A TOTAL COST OF $9 000.

THE NEW TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU, AFTER INSPECTING ONE OF THE MACHINES, SAID THEY WOULD BE OF GREAT HELP IN DISSEMINATING INFORMATION AND PROMOTING ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

+ALTHOUGH VISIOMATIC MACHINES ARE QUITE COMMON IN THE URBAN AREAS, THEY ARE RELATIVELY NEW IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,+ MR HSU SAID.

+ONE ADVANTAGE IS THAT THE MACHINE SAVES SPACE.

THUS,

+IT CAN STORE SOME 20 POSTERS AND SHOW THEM IN TURN. ALL WE NEED TO DO IS TO INSTALL ONE SUCH MACHINE INSTEAD OF 20 BOXES EACH SHOWING A DIFFERENT POSTER.+

HE ADDED THAT AS THE VISIOMATIC MACHINES COULD CHANGE THE POSTER AUTOMATICALLY, THIS WOULD BE A NEW ATTRACTION TO LOCAL PEOPLE.

MORE BURIAL AND URN SITES FOR WO HOP SHEK

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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO SPEND MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PROVIDE MORE BURIAL AND URN SITES AS PART OF ANOTHER LARGE SCALE EXTENSION OF WO HOP SHEK PUBLIC CEMETERY. IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF MODERN CREMATOR IA ARE BEING PLANNED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO COPE WITH INCREASING DEMAND.

AT WO HOP SHEK, TWO EXTENSIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID,

THESE COMPRISE A $6.7 MILLION EXTENSION FOR 6 700 COFF IN BURIAL SITES AND A $8 MILLION PROJECT FOR THE PROVISION OF 12 000 URN SPACES, PLANS FOR PROVIDING MORE NEW BURIAL SITES ARE AT AN ADVANCED STAGE.

THERE ARE NOW 53 871 COFFIN BURIALS AND 99 020 URN BURIALS AT WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY. LAST YEAR, COFFIN BURIALS TOOK UP 7 128 SITES WHILE URN BURIALS OCCUPIED 4 027 SPACES IN THE CEMETERY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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