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SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1986
MORE RECREATION FACILITIES AT TAI PO
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TAI PO RESIDENTS WILL HAVE MORE RECREATION FACILITIES AS A NEW SCHEME FOR LAND FORMATION GETS UNDER WAY IN THE CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR TAL PO NEW TOWN,
PLANS ARE READY FOR BUILDING A SPACIOUS SEA-FRONT PROMENADE
BY THE SIDE OF A PROPOSED WATERFRONT PARK.
WILL BE
THE PROMENADE, 700 METRES LONG AND 10 METRES WIDE ON TOP OF THE SEAWALL ON LAND TO BE RECLAIMED NEAR THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
IT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH SEATING BAYS, SHADED STRUCTURES AND LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS.
A TOTAL OF 19 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED SOUTHWEST OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE FOR THE WATERFRONT PARK ADJOINING THE PROMENADE.
ANOTHER 2.7 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED ADJACENT TO YUEN CHAU TSAI WHICH WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A DISTRICT OPEN SPACE.
WORK WILL START IN MAY THIS YEAR AND THE WHOLE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS.
OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE A COVERED FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS TAI PO ROAD SOUTH OF THE KWONG FUK ESTATE WHICH IS DUE FOR COMPLETION IN THE AUTUMN OF NEXT YEAR.
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS CONNECTING TING KOK ROAD IN THE NORTH WITH THE SHA TIN-TAI PO COASTAL ROAD AT THE ISLAND HOUSE INTERCHANGE IN THE SOUTH WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE AUTUMN OF 1988.
MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA ARE THE PROJECT ENGINEERS WHO WILL SUPERVISE CONSTRUCTION,
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AIR FORCE VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
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THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS WITH A KEEN INTEREST IN AVIATION TO BE TRAINED AS OPERATIONS CONTROLLERS AND CREWMEN.
THE RECRUITS WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO TRAINING ON THURSDAY EVENINGS AND AT WEEKENDS.
/AFTER THE
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