XN000022-1984-09-11 — Page 7

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1984 ·

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WORK STARTS ON RESERVOIR

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WORK HAS STARTED ON THE $26-MILLION PUN CHUN YUEN FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIR AT TAI PO, WHICH WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 68 000 CUBIC METRES.

THE RESERVOIR IS BEING BUILT ON THE HILLSIDE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE TAI PO TAU SERVICE RESERVOIR, AND WILL BE READY IN 1987.

THE SITE WILL BE LANDSCAPED TO MINIMISE THE VISUAL IMPACT OF THE RESERVOIR ON THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THE TAI PO TAU SERVICE RESERVOIR, WHICH HAS A CAPACITY OF 18 538 CUBIC METRES, WILL STILL BE USED AFTER THE NEW ONE HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE WORK

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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $200-MILLION CONTRACT TO MAEDA/ORIENTAL JOINT VENTURE TO BUILD THE TSING YI NORTH BRIDGE.

THE CONTRACT WILL BE SIGNED AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 2.30 PM TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE 21ST FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG.

IT WILL BE SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR KENNETH KWOK, AND THE HONG KONG GENERAL MANAGER OF MAEDA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED, MR TETSUO OCHIAL.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY.

NO LET UP AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

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AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT LAST MONTH RISKED LIFE AND LIMB TO ENTER HONG KONG AND SOUGHT OUT HIS UNCLE FOR SHELTER. HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF RISKING A CHARGE OF AIDING AND ABETTING, HIS RELATIVE INFORMED POLICE.

THE 26-YEAR-OLD ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WAS ARRESTED AND REPATRIATED WITHIN THREE DAYS OF HIS ARRIVAL.

THE MOTHER OF A WOMAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, HOWEVER, IGNORED THE LAW AND GAVE SHELTER TO HER DAUGHTER. A FACTORY PROPRIETOR ALSO EMPLOYED THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.

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