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WEDNESDAY, OCTO....... 26, 1983

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT SIX CANDIDATES HAD BEEN NOMINATED FOR ELECTION AND THEIR NAMES HAD BEEN SENT TO ALL REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' UNIONS FOR CONSIDERATION,

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+A REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' TRADE UNION WISHING TO VOTE SHOULD SEND A REPRESENTATIVE, WHO IS EITHER AN OFFICE-BEARER, PAID STAFF OR PAID-UP MEMBER, TO THE ELECTION. REPRESENTATIVE MUST BRING A LETTER OF AUTHORISATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF HIS UNION AND A COPY OF THE CIRCULAR LETTER DATED OCTOBER 7, 1983 FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ON THE SUBJECT, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

DB MEMBERS VISIT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

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MEMBERS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD SPENT THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING LOOKING AT VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE DISTRICT.

THEY WERE LED BY THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER AND BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR ADOLF HSU, AND ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE PROJECT MANAGER (TSUEN WAN), MR NG TECK-SHENG: THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER, MR LO CHAI-WAN AND THE CHIEF ARCHITECT, MR THOMAS KU.

THEY FIRST VISITED A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX PROJECT NEXT TO SHEK YAM ESTATE AT WO YI HOP ROAD WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON ITS PROGRESS BY STAFF OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THE MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT THE $26-MILLION COMPLEX, WHEN COMPLETED NEXT YEAR, WOULD HAVE A MAIN POOL MEASURING 50 METRES BY 25 METRES A TEACHING AND TRAINING POOL, A DIVING POOL AND A PADDLING POOL.

THEY NEXT PROCEEDED TO THE MARKET AND LIBRARY COMPLEX BEING BUILT BY THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT NEAR THE JUNCTION OF SHEK YAM ROAD AND TUNG CHI STREET.

THE $12-MILLION FOUR STOREY COMPLEX, SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION NEXT YEAR, WILL HAVE 225 STALLS FOR THE RETAILING OF MEAT, FISH, POULTRY, VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND SUNDRY GOODS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A LIBRARY, A CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA AND A REST GARDEN ON THE ROOFTOP.

THE PARTY THEN VISITED A PRIMARY SCHOOL UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE PODIUM OF THE TSUEN WAN MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY DEPOT. THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE 24 CLASSROOMS TOGETHER WITH OTHER TEACHING FACILITIES AND A PLAY AREA.

THE MEMBERS ENDED THE IR TOUR WITH A VISIT TO AN OPEN SPACE AT TSUEN KING CIRCUIT.

FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED IN THE SPACE WILL INCLUDE FOUR TENNIS COURTS, A MODEL BOAT POND WITH A CASCADE FOUNTAIN, A CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA AND A REST GARDEN.

THE OPEN SPACE, WHICH WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS WILL HELP MAKE UP FOR THE SHORTAGE OF SUCH FACILITIES IN THE AREA.

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