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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1985

TWO MORE SQUASH COURTS FOR YUEN LONG

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YUEN LONG DISTRICT SQUASH ENTHUSIASTS WILL SOON HAVE TWO MORE SQUASH COURTS WITHIN EASY REACH.

THE NEW COURTS LOCATED ON THE MEZZANINE FLOOR OF TAI KIU MARKET COMPLEX AT KIŲ LOK SQUARE IN THE TOWN CENTRE, WILL BE OPENED ON FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 1).

OPENING HOURS WILL BE FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM DAILY AND ADVANCE BOOKING CAN BE MADE IN PERSON, UP TO SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, FROM FRIDAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.

THE HIRING CHARGES ARE IN LINE WITH OTHER PUBLIC SQUASH COURTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND WILL BE $8 FOR HALF-AN-HOUR DURING THE BUSY PERIODS AND $6 FOR OTHER PERIODS.

THE TAI KIU MARKET SQUASH COURTS WERE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND ARE MANAGED BY THE NTSD.

MORE PARKING METERS ***

FIFTY-THREE TWO-HOUR PARKING METERS FOR PRIVATE CARS WILL BE INSTALLED AT SHEK LEI STREET AND AT THE CAR PARK OFF TAI LOONG STREET IN KWAI CHUNG.

THEY WILL START TO OPERATE FROM THURSDAY (JANUARY 31), AT A CHARGE OF ONE DOLLAR FOR EVERY 30 MINUTES.

ISLANDS CLEARANCE WORK GOES ON

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THE THIRD PHASE OF AN OVERALL CLEANSING OPERATION ON OUTLYING ISLANDS WAS LAUNCHED TODAY, AT MUI WO ON LANTAU,

CHUNG HAU STREET WAS CLEARED OF DEBRIS, RUBBISH AND DISCARDED ARTICLES DURING A JOINT OPERATION CONDUCTED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE POLICE, THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE AND THE NEW TERRI TOP IES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE ON-GOING