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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1983

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$425 000 APPROVED FOR WELDERS

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THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A COMMITMENT OF $425 000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF WELDERS FOR THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL.

THE NEW WELDERS, WHICH ARE USED FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS WELDING CORRECTIVE BRACES, ARE TO REPLACE THE 49 WELDERS PURCHASED ORIGINALLY FOR THE HOSPITAL BUT WHICH DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE FUNDS WERE SEPARATE FROM THE $700 000 APPROVED FOR REMEDIAL WORK BEING CARRIED OUT ON SPECIALISED DENTAL EQUIPMENT AT THE HOSPITAL.

+THE SUPPLY OF SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT AT THE HOSPITAL IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF ARBITRATION AND IT IS NECESSARY, THEREFORE, TO PURCHASE THE REPLACEMENT WELDERS TO ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO DENTAL STUDENTS AT THE HOSPITAL,+ HE SAID.

HE STRESSED THAT THE PURCHASE WOULD NOT AFFECT THE LEGAL POSITION WITH REGARD TO THE CLAIM AGAINST THE SUPPLIER OF THE ORIGINAL WELDERS.

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KWAI CHUNG AND TAI PO LAUNCH TREE PLANTING DAY

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SOME 100 DECIDUOUS ERYTHRINA CAFFRA WERE TODAY PLANTED ALONG THE ROAD SIDE OF KWAI SHING CIRCUIT NEAR KWAI SHING PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN KWAI CHUNG BY SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.

THE KWAI CHUNG TREE PLANTING DAY WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CURRENT MEI FA (BEAUTIFICATION) SCHEME OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR NGAI YAU-KI, SAID THE SCHEME WAS ALSO AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC INTEREST AND TO GAIN THEIR SUPPORT FOR IT.

PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE STUDENTS WHO HELPED TO PLANT THE TREES, MR NGAI URGED THEM TO BRING HOME THE MEI FA MESSAGE AND HELP MINIMISE TREE VANDALISM.

HE ALSO EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE TREE PLANTING EXERCISE WOULD HAVE A PIONEERING EFFECT IN ENLISTING MORE ORGANISATIONS TO JOIN THE PLANTING AND HELP MAKE THE BEAUTIFICATION SCHEME A SUCCESS.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF KWAI CHUNG, MR CHAN TAI-YIU, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR NGAI LATER PLANTED A YOUNG TREE TO HIGHLIGHT THE EVENT.

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