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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1984

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THESE SERVICES INCLUDE FINANCIAL HELP IN THE FORM OF OLD AGE ALLOWANCES, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND OLD AGE SUPPLEMENTS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES IN SOCIAL CENTRES, DAY CENTRES, HOME HELP AND MEDICAL CARE.

+FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A HOUSING PROBLEM, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OFFERS A SEPARATE QUOTA FOR ELDERLY APPLICANTS ON THE WAITING LIST FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES OPERATE HOSTELS AND HOMES,+ HE SAID.

THE CHU TING CHEONG HOME HAS A CAPACITY OF 242, INCLUDING 126 PLACES FOR CARE AND ATTENTION.

ITS CAPITAL COST EXCEEDS $11 MILLION, WITH $9 MILLION BEING MET FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND AND THE BALANCE BY LOK SIN TONG ITSELF.

MR CHAMBERS THANKED MR CHU YAN-KIT FOR HIS DONATION OF A PIECE OF LAND FOR THE HOME AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE IR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS ITS ESTABLISHMENT.

+THE DEVELOPMENT OF WELFARE SERVICES OWES A GREAT DEAL OF CO-OPERATION OF THIS KIND BETWEEN GENEROUS BENEFACTORS, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.

TAI PO BYPASS BRIDGE SEGMENT LAUNCHED

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THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, MR ANTHONY GAFFNEY, WHO IS VISITING HONG KONG, TODAY (THURSDAY) PULLED A LEVER TO LAUNCH INTO PLACE A SEGMENT OF ONE OF THE FIVE TAI PO BYPASS BRIDGES.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAYS ENGINEER, MR HAROLD BEATON, AND THE GOVERNMENT HIGHWAYS ENGINEER (WORKS) MR K.K. TANG, MR GAFFNEY TOURED THE PROJECT SITE BEFORE CONDUCTING THE LAUNCHING.

FOUR OF THE BYPASS BRIDGES ARE BEING BUILT BY THE + INCREMENTAL LAUNCHING TECHNIQUE, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN USED BEFORE IN HONG KONG.

UNDER THIS TECHNIQUE THE BRIDGES ARE BUILT IN 10-METRE LONG SEGMENTS WHICH ARE THEN LAUNCHED IN SUCCESSIVE STAGES ACROSS PREVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED COLUMNS.

MR GAFFNEY WAS TOLD THAT THE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF THIS METHOD IS THAT IT ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR TEMPORARY SCAFFOLDING AND SO MINIMISES ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE.

THE $200-MILLION TAI PO BYPASS PROJECT, WHICH IS BEING CONSTRUCTED BY KUMAGAI GUMI (HK) LTD. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, RUNS 2.9 KILOMETRES FROM ISLAND HOUSE IN THE EAST TO NORTH TAI PO.

/IT CONNECTS