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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1985

HE THANKED THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR ITS GENEROUS DONATION WITHOUT WHICH, HE ADDED, THE PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.

JOINING DR HO AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG- THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES. MR TONY HAMMOND, AND THE INFORMATION SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, MR DAVID YAU.

COUNCIL APPROVES FUNDS FOR FIVE MINOR PROJECTS

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THE CAPITAL WORKS SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS GIVEN APPROVAL TO SPEND $2.3 MILLION UNDER THE MINOR PROJECTS BLOCK VOTE TO MEET THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF FIVE PROJECTS IN THE URBAN AREA.

AT THE COMMITTEE'S MEETING TODAY, CHAIRED BY MR AUGUSTINE CHUNG, MEMBERS NOTED THAT THREE OF THE PROJECTS ARE ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND TWO IN KOWLOON.

THE ONES OF THE ISLAND INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO TEMPORARY BASKETBALL COURTS ON A 1 400-SQUARE-METRE SITE IN ELECTRIC ROAD, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SITTING-OUT AREA AT THE STAR FERRY CONCOURSE IN CENTRAL AND THE LANDSCAPING OF AN OPEN SPACE AT TAI TAM RESERVOIR ROAD.

THE PROJECTS IN KOWLOON ARE THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE PAK HOT STREET PUBLIC TOILET AND BATHHOUSE AND THE RENOVATION OF THE POLYTECHNIC DENTAL TECHNOLOGY BUILDING WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OFFICE AS SUPPORTING FACILITIES FOR THE PERMANENT MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THESE PROJECTS IS EXPECTED TO START IN LATE 1985 FOR COMPLETION IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.

A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID THE MINOR PROJECTS BLOCK VOTE IS INTENDED TO COVER EXPENDITURE FOR MINOR WORKS PROJECTS AS WELL AS TO IMPROVE EXISTING FACILITIES.

A PROVISION OF $35 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE VOTE FOR 1985/86 BY THE URBAN COUNCIL. AND DURING THE FIVE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED AUGUST THIS YEAR, ABOUT $6 MILLION HAD ALREADY BEEN SPENT.