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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1985

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YEAR-END CLEAN-UP

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MR HOWARD YOUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL CLEAN HONG KONG COMMITTEE WILL LAUNCH THE UC'S YEAR-END CLEAN-UP AT 9.30 AM ON SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 9) AT SHAM SHUI PO'S KWONG CHEONG STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINT.

COUNCILLORS MR TONG KAM-BIU, MR FREDERICK K.K. FUNG AND MR LI CHIK-YUET WILL JOIN MR YOUNG IN CLEARING THE COLLECTION POINT OF DISCARDED HOUSEHOLD JUNK,

NOTE TO EDITORS:

JOINT EXERCISE

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A JOINT GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS EXERCISE WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 6, 13, 14 AND 15. THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF ROUTINE EXERCISES DESIGNED TO TEST THE USE OF GOVERNMENT, POLICE AND MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS.

THERE WILL BE NO DEPLOYMENT OF POLICE OR MILITARY UNITS ON THE GROUND DURING THE EXERCISE, AND THERE WILL BE NO INTERFERENCE WITH TRAFFIC OR INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC.

BETTER ROAD FACILITIES FOR FANLING

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MORE ROADS AND DRAINS WILL BE PROVIDED IN SHEK WU HUI AND FAN LENG WAI TO COPE WITH THE NEEDS OF FANLING NEW TOWN.

THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO ROADS TOTALLING 1 300 METRES IN LENGTH, A KILOMETRE OF SEWER AND 1.3 KILOMETRES OF STORMWATER DRAINS,

A SUBWAY FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS FOR CYCLISTS AND A CYCLE PARK WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED. THE SITE WILL BE EXTENSIVELY LANDSCAPED.

A $19.5 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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