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14. 1985

+WHERE POSSIBLE, THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE IN THE EVENING

THE OR EARLY MORNING BEFORE CHILDREN SET OUT FROM THE IR HOMES. FIRST RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE MORNING FOR AM AND WHOLE-DAY SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE LATER THAN 6.15 AM AND FOR PM SCHOOLS NOT LATER THAN 11 AM, THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE REPEATED AT REGULAR AND FREQUENT INTERVALS, HE SAID.

WHERE RAINSTORMS ARE LOCALISED, IT WOULD BE UP TO PARENTS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL BEARING IN MIND WEATHER, ROAD AND TRANSPORT CONDITIONS IN THEIR LOCALITY.

AS IN PREVIOUS YEAR, ALL KINDERGARTENS WILL CLOSE WITH THE HOISTING OF THE TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 3. ALL SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE WITH THE HOISTING OF TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 8 OR HIGHER.

+1F KINDERGARTENS AND SCHOOLS ARE IN SESSION WHEN THE RELEVANT SIGNALS ARE HOISTED, HEADS OF SCHOOLS SHOULD ENSURE THAT SAFE AND ADEQUATE ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE FOR THEIR PUPILS TO RETURN HOME, SUCH AS COLLECTION BY THEIR PARENTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A TYPHOON FOLLOWED BY THE LOWERING OF ALL SIGNALS ENABLING ALL SCHOOLS TO RESUME WITH THE NEXT SESSION, AN APPROPRIATE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

+NEVERTHELESS, PARENTS SHOULD USE THEIR DISCRETION IN SENDING CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL, IF IT SEEMS TO THEM THAT LOCAL WEATHER, ROAD OR TRANSPORT CONDITIONS HAVE NOT BY THAT TIME RETURNED TO NORMAL. HEADS OF SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO INFORM PARENTS OF THIS DISCRETION BY CIRCULAR LETTER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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COUNCIL EMBARKS ON LARGE RANGE OF PROJECT ****

RANGING

THE URBAN COUNCIL'S CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME, FROM SPORTS AND RECREATION FACILITIES TO PUBLIC AMENITIES, IS NOW IN TOP GEAR.

AT PRESENT, 49 MAJOR AND MINOR WORKS PROJECTS ARE UNDER VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AT AN OVERALL ESTIMATED COST OF $867 MILLION.

THE MAJOR PROJECTS ON THE RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING SIDE ARE AS FOLLOWS:

THE KOWLOON EAY RECREATION GROUND BEING BUILT ON RECLAIMED LAND IN KOWLOON BAY TO PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF KWUN TONG AND KOWLOON BAY.

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