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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1985

+EACH ENTRY WILL BE JUDGED ON ITS SCIENTIFIC CONTENT, ITS USER-FRIENDLINESS, THE EXTENT TO WHICH IT CAN PROVIDE FOR AN INTERESTING AND EFFECTIVE LEARNING PROCESS FOR THE USER AND HOW WELL IT HAS EXPLOITED THE POTENTIALS OF THE MICROCOMPUTER IN ITS DESIGN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

APART FROM THE TRIP TO SINGAPORE, THE FIRST PRIZE WILL INCLUDE A $1 000 BOOK COUPON, THE SECOND PRIZE A $500 BOOK COUPON AND THE THIRD PRIZE A $200 BOOK COUPON. THERE WILL ALSO BE FIVE CONSOLATION PRIZES OF A $200 BOOK COUPON EACH.

FOR ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE COMPETITION, STUDENTS CAN TELEPHONE THE SCIENCE SUBJECTS SECTION ON 5-8392470 OR 5-8392474.

NEW SITTING-OUT AREA FOR RESIDENTS

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A LONG TIME EYESORE ON KING LAM STREET IN SHAM SHUI PO SQUATTER HUTS WAS REMOVED TODAY (THURSDAY) AND THE SITE WILL BE TURNED INTO A SITTING-OUT AND AMENITY AREA.

AND THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD HAS ALLOCATED $150 000 FOR RE- PAVING THE SITE, TREE PLANTING AND OTHER CIVIL WORKS FOR THIS MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

WORK WILL START SHORTLY AND THE SITTING-OUT AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE READY IN ABOUT FIVE MONTHS.

THE UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURES WERE DEMOLISHED IN A CLEARANCE OPERATION JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY THE HOUSING AND LANDS DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE POLICE.

NINETY-FOUR FAMILIES WITH 221 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE CLEARANCE HAVE BEEN RESETTLED IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FLATS OR TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA UNITS IN THE URBAN AREA.

IN ADDITION, OPERATORS OF 28 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL UNDERTAK INGS WERE GIVEN EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES TOTALLING $500 000.

THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES, MAINLY USED AS DOMESTIC UNITS, WORKSHOPS AND GARAGES, HAD BEEN A SUBJECT OF FREQUENT COMPLAINTS FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS.

AT A MEETING IN AUGUST 1983, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED A PROPOSAL TO CLEAR THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND OTHER RELATED NUISANCE.

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