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FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1936

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CONTRACT AWARDED FOR TSING YI BRIDGE WORK

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THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $20 MILLION CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A 170-METRE LONG BRIDGE ACROSS LIU TO VALLEY ON TSING YI ISLAND.

THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF TSUEN

WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MR W.H. CHIU, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY, DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS.

THE PROJECT, WHICH IS PART OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT ON THE ISLAND, ALSO INVOLVES WIDENING THE SOUTHERN APPROACH ROAD OF THE PROPOSED BRIDGE, MR CHIU SAID.

THE BRIDGE WILL HAVE A 13.5-METRE WIDE CARRIAGEWAY PROVIDING FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC. IT WILL ALSO HAVE A 2.75-METRE FOOTPATH ON EACH SIDE.

WORK WILL START THIS MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MAKE PROGRESS

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WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION HAD MADE RAPID PROGRESS IN RECENT YEARS THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL

LEUNG SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS YOW KAM YUEN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN SHA TIN, THE 15TH PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN HONG KONG.

THIRTEEN MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WOULD BE BUILT BY THE EARLY 1990'S, MR LEUNG SAID.

AND MORE SENIOR SECONDARY FORMS WITH A MODIFIED CLASS PATTERN FROM THE EXISTING +77722+ FOR FORMS 1 TO 5 TO +66644+ WOULD ALSO BE STARTING IN 1989.

MR LEUNG ALSO SAID THAT MORE GENERAL SUBJECTS WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF CHINESE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES.

IT WAS ALSO INTENDED TO INCLUDE MORE PRACTICAL SUBJECTS, SUCH AS FASHION AND CLOTHING, FOOD AND HOTEL, IN THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION, TO MEET THE DEMAND OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

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