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SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1983

TRANSLATION STUDY IN SINGAPORE

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A 21-MEMBER DELEGATION WILL LEAVE HONG KONG FOR SINGAPORE TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON TO STUDY TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION WORK.

THE DELEGATION, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH CULTURAL AND ARTS COMPETITIONS AND THE PENINSULA JAYCEES, WILL SPEND FOUR DAYS IN SINGAPORE.

LED BY THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, THE GROUP WILL VISIT THE TRANSLATION SECTION OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE, THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE, THE COURTS, THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

THEY WILL ALSO EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS ON CULTURAL AND ARTS ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

THIS IS THE FIRST OVERSEAS DELEGATION OF THE COMMITTEE SINCE IT WAS FORMED EIGHT YEARS AGO.

FOUR WINNERS OF THE TRANSLATION COMPETITIONS HELD LAST YEAR WILL ALSO JOIN THE TOUR ORGANISED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.

FOOTBRIDGE FOR KWAI CHUNG ***

THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM AT THE JUNCTION OF CHEUNG WING ROAD AND WO YI HOP ROAD IN KWAI CHUNG.

THE SYSTEM WILL SEPARATE THE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS AT THIS JUNCTION AND WILL IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED WORKS IS PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

A PLAN SHOWING THE SYSTEM CAN BE SEEN AT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING MAIN ENTRANCE; THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE. HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING, 1ST 4TH FLOORS, 455-457, CASTLE PEAK ROAD: AND THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, 2ND FLOOR, FOU WAH CENTRE, 210 CASTLE PEAK ROAD.

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ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL MUST REACH THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS BY OCTOBER 4, 1983.