SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1986
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR BURIAL, CREMATION
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR BURIAL AND CREMATION SERVICES IN NON- URBAN AREAS WILL BE MADE DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS FROM FEBRUARY 9 TO 11, THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SUNDAY).
ON LUNAR NEW YEAR DAY (SUNDAY), ALL CEMETERIES AND CREMATOR I A OFFICES AND BOOKING CENTRES WILL BE CLOSED AND NO BURIAL OR CREMATION SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED AT PUBLIC CEMETERIES OR CREMATORIA EXCEPT WITH THE SPECIAL PERMISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
+ALSO, ON THAT DAY, NO DEAD BODIES WILL BE REMOVED FROM PUBLIC MORTUARIES OR HOSPITALS AND NO TRANSPORTATION OF COFFINS TO PUBLIC CEMETERIES WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT FUNERAL DEPOTS,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY (FEBRUARY 10 AND 11), NORMAL SERVICES FOR DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD WILL BE PROVIDED, BUT THE CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA OFFICE AT 6 CHEONG HANG ROAD, HUNG HOM, AND ALL BOOKING CENTRES WILL REMAIN CLOSED.
ALL SERVICES WILL RESUME ON WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 12).
FOOD CENTRE, OPEN SPACE FOR TSING YI
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A COOKED FOOD CENTRE, PUBLIC TOILET AND REFUSE COLLECTION POINT, AND LOCAL OPEN SPACE ARE TO BE BUILT AT TSING YI HEUNG SZE WUI ROAD ON TSING YI ISLAND.
THE SINGLE-STOREY COOKED FOOD CENTRE WILL HAVE 12 STALLS, AND FACILITIES AT THE OPEN SPACE WILL INCLUDE A BASKETBALL VOLLEYBALL COURT, ARBOURS AND BENCHES.
AN OFFICE AND STOREROOMS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
THE 2 400-SQUARE-METRE SITE WILL BE WIDELY LANDSCAPED.
WORK ON THE 10-MONTH PROJECT, A PART OF THE TSING YI NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, WILL START IN APRIL.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE NOW BEING SOUGHT BY THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
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