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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1984

IT WILL SUPPLY WATER THROUGH A NEW AQUEDUCT TO THE FUTURE PAK KONG TREATMENT WORKS TO AUGMENT THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE SAI KUNG PENINSULA, JUNK BAY, EAST KOWLOON AND NORTH-EAST HONG KONG ISLAND.

A DEPARTMENT'S SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT PLOVER COVE DAM CREST ROAD, WHICH IS A POPULAR GROUND FOR CYCLING, WILL BE CLOSED ON WEEKDAYS TO ALLOW FREE ACCESS FOR CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC.

HE SAID SERIOUS CONSIDERATION HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD ON THE LACK OF CYCLING GROUNDS IN THE TAI MEI TUK AREA.

+THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES HAS THEREFORE DECIDED THAT DESPITE THE NEED TO USE DAM CREST ROAD FOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES,

IT WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, HE SAID.

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DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL EARLY 1988, THERE WILL BE NO THROUGH-ROUTE AROUND THE RESERVOIR AS ALMOST THE WHOLE ISLAND WILL BECOME A CONSTRUCTION SITE.

HE REMINDED HIKERS NOT TO PLAN THEIR ROUTE AROUND THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE RESERVOIR.

DEAK-PERERA FAR EAST LIMITED

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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY PRESENTED A PETITION IN THE SUPREME COURT TODAY FOR THE WINDING-UP OF DEAK-PERERA FAR EAST LIMITED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE.

AN ORDER WAS MADE BY MR JUSTICE CLOUGH APPOINTING THE REGISTRAR GENERAL (OFFICIAL RECEIVER), MR NOEL GLEESON, AS PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATOR OF THE COMPANY, THE APPLICATION FOR THIS ORDER WAS MADE BY MR B.P. CLANCY, PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL, OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS.

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