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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1983

APPLICATION FORMS AND EXPLANATORY LEAFLETS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THESE OFFICERS AND DETAILED PROJECT PROPOSALS SHOULD REACH THEM BY OCTOBER 15.

+EACH PROJECT WILL BE ASSESSED FOR ITS YOUTH INVOLVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, FEASIBILITY, OPTIMUM USE OF RESOURCES AND INNOVATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE YOUTH SCHEME, INTRODUCED IN 1974, IS TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THE IR POTENTIALS AND AWARENESS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THE DEPARTMENT GRANTED $145 000 TO 56 APPROVED PROJECTS IN THE LAST EXERCISE IN THE SUMMER, BRINGING THE TOTAL SUBSIDY GIVEN OUT TO OVER $1.34 MILLION SINCE 1974.

PREVIOUS PROJECTS, INVOLVING MORE THAN 27 000 YOUNG PARTICIPANTS AND BENEFITING MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE, INCLUDED SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED, RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT.

NEW SAI WAN HO FERRY PIERS OPENED

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THE NEW SAI WAN HO FERRY PIERS, WHICH REPLACE THE TA IKOO SHING AND SHAU KEI WAN PIERS, WERE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR CHAN NAI-KEONG, TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR CHAN SAID THAT THE COMPLETION OF THE PIERS AND ASSOCIATED CONCOURSE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THE CONTINUOUS AND DETERMINED EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATEI FERRY COMPANY, TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE CROSS HARBOUR TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

HE SAID, +CONSTRUCTION OF A FERRY PIER OF THIS TYPE NORMALLY TAKES TWO AND A HALF YEARS BUT IN THIS CASE, NOT ONE BUT TWO PIERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN ONLY 21 MONTHS.+

FOR MUCH OF THIS PERIOD, HE SAID, NO LAND ACCESS TO THE SITE HAD BEEN AVAILABLE AND ALL WORKS HAD TO BE UNDERTAKEN FROM MARINE FLOATING PLANT.

THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE PIER, CONSISTING OF CIRCULAR STEEL PILES FILLED WITH CONCRETE, ARE UP TO 47 METRES IN LENGTH, AND THE FIRST ONE WAS DRIVEN INTO THE SEABED JUST 18 MONTHS AGO.

+VERY CLOSE LIAISON AND CO-OPERATION HAVE BEEN NECESSARY, AND IT IS A CREDIT TO ALL PARTIES CONCERNED THAT COMPLETION OF THESE PIERS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN SO SHORT A TIME, + MR CHAN ADDED.

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