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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1983

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SPREADING THE ANTI-DRUGS MESSAGE

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1 ABOUT 550 KOWLOON CITY RESIDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A 4 000 METRE ROUND-THE-DISTRICT WALK TO PUBLICISE ANTI-NARCOTICS MESSAGES ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 11).

WEARING TRACK SHIRTS WITH ANTI-DRUG MESSAGES, THE PARTICIPANTS WILL START FROM SUNG WONG TO PLAYGROUND VIA TAM KUNG ROAD, MOK CHEONG STREET, TO KWA WAN ROAD, MA TAU WAI ROAD, WUHU STREET, YAN FUNG STREET, VALLEY ROAD ESTATE AND CHUNG HAU STREET TO OI MAN ESTATE PLAYGROUND.

THE WALK WILL LAST ABOUT 90 MINUTES. BRASS BAND PERFORMANCES WILL BE STAGED BY THE LOK SIN TONG KỤ CHIU MAN SECONDARY SCHOOL BEFORE AND AFTER THE PARADE.

THE EVENT IS ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS COUNCIL AND RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AS PART OF A TWO-WEEK ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGAN ON DECEMBER 3.

THE STARTING-OFF CEREMONY WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, AND CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SIK-KONG, AT 8.30 AM IN THE SUNG WONG TO PLAYGROUND.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.

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PERMANENT RAILWAY STATION FOR TAI WAI ***

WORK WILL START SOON ON CONSTRUCTING A PERMANENT RAILWAY STATION AT TAI WAI, SHA TIN.

THIS FOLLOWS THE AWARD OF A $38-MILLION CONTRACT TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS PTY LTD.

THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNMENT ENGINEER-RAILWAY, MR LEUNG MIN SUN, AND MR JOHN HAMILTON, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY.

THE PROJECT INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW UNDERGROUND STATION BUILDING, A SINGLE-STOREY RAILWAY MAINTENANCE BUILDING, A SUBWAY AND REMOVAL OF THE TEMPORARY RAIL DIVERSION.

A TEMPORARY STATION AT TAI WAI HAS BEEN IN USE SINCE AUGUST.

WORK ON TAI WAI STATION WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND TAKE 30 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THERE WILL EVENTUALLY BE THREE RAILWAY STATIONS IN SHA TIN. BESIDES THE ONE IN THE TOWN CENTRE AND THE ONE TO BE BUILT AT TAI WAI, ANOTHER IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT FO TAN WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1986. BY THE END OF THE DECADE SHA TIN'S POPULATION WILL BE 730 000.

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