TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1983
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DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCES PASSED ON NG KIN-KEUNG AND YAU SAN-MING ON AUGUST 5, 1982 SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT,
NG AND YAU WERE BOTH FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF LEUNG KIN- SING AND HIS WIFE CHEUNG WAI-KUEN ON OCTOBER 26, 1981.
LOW-COST DENTAL CARE FOR TAI PO RESIDENTS
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A LOW-COST MOBILE DENTAL SERVICE FOR TAI PO RESIDENTS WILL START TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY).
A MOBILE VAN WILL BE STATIONED IN AN OPEN SPACE OUTSIDE THE OLD MARKET VILLAGE OFFICE ON TING KOK ROAD EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 9 AM TO 12 NOON AND 7 PM TO 9.30 PM.
PATIENTS WILL BE TREATED BY TWO DENTISTS ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST- SERVED BASIS AND CHARGED AT REDUCED FEES OF $5 FOR CONSULTATION.
THE SERVICE IS RUN BY THE PROJECT CONCERN HONG KONG AND ASSISTED BY THE SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD SAID: THE DENTAL SERVICE HAS PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR IN OTHER DISTRICTS, SUCH AS IN TSUEN WAN.+
+IT WILL BE MOST WELCOMED BY TAI PO RESIDENTS TOO, HE SAID.
ANOTHER ROAD PROJECT FOR SHA TIN
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THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR ANOTHER ROAD PROJECT AS PART OF THE CONTINUING PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
WORK ON THE PROJECT COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD BRIDGE NEAR FO TAN NULLAH, A FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS TAI PO ROAD NEAR THE BUS TERMINUS, A NEW ROAD IN FO TAN, AND TWO ACCESS ROADS TO THE PROPOSED BUS TERMINAL AND THE PROPOSED MAGISTRACY IN SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ASSOCIATED STORMWATER DRAINS AND SEWERS IN THE AREA.
ON COMPLETION, THE ROADS WILL SERVE THE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS
IN SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE AND FO TAN.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER AND TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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