XN000022-1984-10-02 — Page 4

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1984

TWO MP'S COMING ***

TWO CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, SIR NICHOLAS BONSOR AND MR PETER TEMPLE-MORRIS WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW (OCTOBER 3) FOR A NINE-DAY VISIT AT THE INVITATION OF THE GOVERNMENT,

THEY WILL VISIT CHI MA WAN VIETNAMESE REFUGEES CLOSED CENTRE, KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT, A HOUSING ESTATE, A SQUATTER AREA, AS WELL AS EASTERN DISTRICT WHERE THEY WILL MEET MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD.

THEY WILL ALSO MEET UMELCO MEMBERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, URBAN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND A GROUP OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN.

THEY WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER 10 BEFORE DEPARTING THE FOLLOWING DAY.

$76-MILLION MORE ON NEW TOWN WORKS

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A $76-MILLION CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED FOR A SERIES OF GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION WORKS IN FANLING NEW TOWN.

THE WORKS, COMMISSIONED BY THE TAI PO AND FANL ING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WILL INCLUDE REALIGNING A 2.7-KILOMETRE STRETCH OF THE MA WAT RIVER .BETWEEN WO HOP SHEK INTERCHANGE AND THE RIVER INDUS, TOGETHER WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEVEN BOX CULVERTS.

A 7.3-METRE WIDE BRIDGE WITH A 2.3-METRE WIDE FOOTPATH ON EACH SIDE AND A 3.5-METRE WIDE CYCLETRACK ON ONE SIDE WILL ALSO BE BUILT.

THE CONTRACT ALSO COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIX FOOT BRIDGES, INCLUDING ONE FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS, 10 KILOMETRES OF FOOTPATHS AND CYCLETRACKS, AND FOUR CAR AND LORRY PARKS.

ABOUT 10 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED FOR INDUSTRIAL, GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY USES, AND ANOTHER 10 HECTARES OF RECREATIONAL LAND ALONG THE REALIGNED RIVER BANKS WILL BE LANDSCAPED.

WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT WEEK AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS.

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