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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1985.........

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MORE LAND TO BE FORMED IN JUNK BAY

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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR RECLAMATION AND SITE FORMATION WORK AT AP TSAI WAN AND HANG HAU IN JUNK BAY.

THE RECLAMATION, OF ABOUT 45 HECTARES WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME HOUSING, PUBLIC HOUSING, VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

THE 3.8 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF FILL MATERIAL REQUIRED FOR RECLAMATION WILL BE OBTAINED FROM THE SOUTHERN TIP OF AP TSAI PENINSULA, EXCAVATIONS FOR THE EXTENSION TO LAM TIN SOUTH ESTATE AND THE BORROW AREA AT PAK SHEK KOK, JUNK BAY.

ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF 900 METRES OF STORMWATER CULVERT.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT 36 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

TEACHING KIT ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION READY

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A TEACHING KIT ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN JANUARY TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION AMONG YOUTHS IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, SOUTHERN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS ANGELA TSE, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE TEACHING KIT, WHICH HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE. CONSISTS OF A HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS. FACT SHEETS, AND SETS OF SLIDES AND TRANSPARENCIES ON THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BADMINTON COMPETITION, MISS TSE SAID SHE HOPED TEACHERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS WOULD FIND THE KIT HELPFUL IN THEIR WORK IN ENHANCING CIVIC AWARENESS AND THE SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

+ IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING SOCIETY LIKE HONG KONG, IMPORTANCE MUST BE ATTACHED TO CIVIC EDUCATION WHICH IS VITAL IN HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND TO DEVELOP A CORRECT OUTLOOK ON LIFE SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS,+ SHE SAID.

THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BADMINTON COMPETITION WAS SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD, AND JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT SPORTS AND RECREATION COUNCIL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.

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