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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1984

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NURSERY SITES FOR VOLUNTARY GROUPS

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VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR 13 SITES BEING SET ASIDE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN NEW HOUSING ESTATES FOR THE OPERATION OF NURSERIES AND SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY.

A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT A TOTAL OF 4 000 SQUARE METRES WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN EIGHT HOUSING ESTATES PLANNED FOR CHAI WAN, SAI YING PUN, AP LEI CHAU, CHUK YUEN, JUNK BAY, TSING YI, TIÊN MUN AND SHA TINH

THE EIGHT ESTATES WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE HOMES FOR MORE THAN 300 000 PEOPLE.

SEVEN OF THE PREMISES WOULD BE USED FOR NURSERIES AND THE OTHER SIX FOR THE OPERATION OF SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY.

REST GARDEN ON SLOPE

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A REST GARDEN IS TO BE BUILT ON A SLOPE BETWEEN WING MING STREET AND WING HONG STREET IN CHEUNG SHA WAN.

COVERING ABOUT 2 500 SQUARE METRES, THE GARDEN WILL BE BUILT ON PAVED PLATFORMS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS LINKED BY STEPS AND RAMPS.

FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE CHESS-TABLES, STOOLS, BENCHES, ARBOURS, PLANTINGS AND A CONCRETE PAVILION,

TENDERS FOR THE NINE-MONTH PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WITH THE DEADLINE SET AT DECEMBER 14.

WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON NEW HEALTH COUNCIL

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THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR GEOFFREY BARNES, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT 3 PM TO ANNOUNCE PLANS TO ESTABLISH A COUNCIL ON SMOKING AND HEALTH.

RESULTS OF THE LATEST SURVEY ON SMOKING HABITS WILL ALSO BE RELEASED AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE. A SENIOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH OFFICER, DR W.M. CHAN, AND A STATISTICIAN, MISS P. M. WU, WILL BE PRÉSENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY.

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