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SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1984

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COURTHOUSE TO BE BUILT IN SHA TIN

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THE FIRST STEP IN BUILDING A COURTHOUSE AT SHA TIN HAS JUST BEEN TAKEN WITH THE SIGNING OF A PILING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND GAMMON (HONG KONG) LIMITED.

THE EIGHT-STOREY BUILDING WILL OCCUPY A 3 510-SQUARE-METRE SITE CLOSE TO THE TOWN PARK AND THE CULTURAL COMPLEX, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF EIGHT COURTROOMS, INCLUDING TWO DISTRICT COURTS, ONE PLEA COURT, THREE MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ONE JUVENILE COURT AND ONE SMALL CLAIMS COURT.

OTHER FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE A PRESS ROOM, TWO LIBRARIES, JUDGES' AND MAGISTRATES' CHAMBERS, A LEGAL AID REGISTRY, A SOLICITORS' ROOM, A TEMPORARY CUSTODIAL AREA AND A CANTEEN.

CAR PARKING SPACES WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE GROUND FLOOR AREA WHICH WILL BE LANDSCAPED.

THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA WILL BE 12 550 SQUARE METRES.

WORK ON THE PILING CONTRACT, WHICH IS VALUED AT $7.1 MILLION, WILL BEGIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH AND BE COMPLETED IN FIVE MONTHS.

THE COURT BUILDING WILL BE READY BY SEPTEMBER, 1986.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE CONTEST RESULTS

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THE RESULTS OF THE +SAFETY SLOGAN COMPETITION+ AND SAFETY FACTORY COMPETITION+ WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON MONDAY (MARCH 5) AT 3 PM, AT THE CHUNG SHAN HALL, PRINCESS TSUI HANG VILLAGE RESTAURANT, MIRAMAR HOTEL.

THE COMPETITIONS ARE AMONG VARIOUS EVENTS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE +TEXTILE INDUSTRY SAFETY DAY+ JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE AND THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD.

SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE DR J.W. HAYES, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, AND MR ROBERT LAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE SAFETY DAY ORGANISING SUB-COMMITTEE.

PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS AT A GALA NIGHT TO WINNERS OF THE BE HELD ON MARCH 15 AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL. THIRD COMPETITION, THE +SAFETY QUIZ+ WILL BE DECIDED BY A LUCKY DRAW THE SAME NIGHT.

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