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SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1983

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OFFICE-AND-MARKET BUILDING IN TO KWA WAN

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A COMBINED GOVERNMENT OFFICE-AND-MARKET BUILDING IN TO KWA WAN WILL BE READY TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF THE BUILDING WORK ON THE ELEVEN-STOREY BUILDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE REST IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE BUILDING, OCCUPYING AN AREA OF ABOUT 3 400 SQUARE METRES, IS SITUATED AT KOWLOON CITY ROAD.

+ THE BUILDING WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OFFICE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND ALSO REPLACE THE EXISTING MARKET IN TO KWA WAN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+MARKET FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED IN THE BASEMENT AND ON THE GROUND AND FIRST FLOORS WILL COMPRISE A TOTAL OF 492 STALLS OF VARIOUS SIZES FOR THE RETAILING OF MEAT, FISH, POULTRY, VEGETABLES AND FRUITS, HE SAID.

THE UPPER NINE FLOORS WILL PROVIDE SPACE FOR AN URBAN COUNCIL LIBRARY AND OFFICES FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

PART OF THE SECOND FLOOR WILL BE USED FOR A REPROVISIONED AND ENLARGED HUNG HOM CLINIC TO PROVIDE BETTER MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE DENSELY-POPULATED DISTRICT.

+THIRTY-EIGHT CAR PARKING SPACES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED IN THE BASEMENT FOR GOVERNMENT VEHICLES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

EXHIBITION ON +ACTIV TY APPROACH+ ***

AN EXHIBITION ON THE ACTIVITY APPROACH TO PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION WILL BE HELD AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL IN MONG KOK BETWEEN JULY 19 AND 21.

ORGANISED BY THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE EXHIBITION IS AIMED AT INTRODUCING THE RELEVANT SOURCE INFORMATION MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF THE ACTIVITY APPROACH IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

THE SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT), MR Y.T. LI, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 9.30 AM ON JULY 19.

THE EXHIBITION