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THURSDAY, MAY 29,

1986

SOUTH LANTAU TO GET PIPED WATER SUPPLY

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PEOPLE LIVING IN SOUTH LANTAU WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH PIPED CHLORINATED WATER IN PHASES STARTING FROM OCTOBER.

AT A MEETING OF THE LANTAU AREA COMMITTEE TODAY (THURSDAY), ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF ISLANDS DISTRICT, MR WILSON FUNG, SA ID A CONTRACT HAD BEEN LET TO LAY A PIPED SYSTEM SO THAT CHLORINATED WATER FROM SHEK PIK RESERVOIR COULD BE CONNECTED TO HOUSEHOLDS IN PUI 0, CHEUNG SHA, TONG FUK, SHUI HAU, SAN SHEK WAN AND HAM TIN.

WORK ON THE SYSTEM WILL BE COMPLETED BY FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR AND 7 000 RESIDENTS WILL BENEFIT.

THE PROJECT REPRESENTS AN INITIAL STEP IN A PLAN TO SUPPLY PIPED WATER TO ALL OF SOUTH LANTAU, CONSTRUCTION OF A WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN MARCH 1988 WHICH WILL MEAN THAT MOST RESIDENTS LIVING IN SOUTH LANTAU WILL HAVE PROPER METERED WATER SUPPLY.

FOR MANY YEARS, RESIDENTS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN USING STREAM WATER WHICH WAS NOT CHLORINATED.

ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES FOR FEMALE INMATES

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THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, MRS PEGGY LAM, AWARDED 22 ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES TO 12 YOUNG FEMALE INMATES AT TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE GIRLS, AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 20, HAD TAKEN PART IN THREE PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR AND MARCH THIS YEAR, WHILE UNDERGOING TRAINING AT THE INSTITUTION.

SEVEN OF THE GIRLS RECEIVED CERTIFICATES FOR CREDITABLE PASSES IN THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE (FOOD AND BEVERAGE) EXAMINATION, FIRST INTRODUCED TO HONG KONG LAST DECEMBER.

THE OTHER FIVE GIRLS TOOK PART IN EXAMINATIONS THAT INCLUDED PITMAN TYPING AND PITMAN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. RESULTS

IN BOTH EXAMINATIONS WERE ENCOURAGING.

MRS LAM PRAISED THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR PROVIDING VARIOUS COURSES TO FEMALE INMATES AND UPGRADING THEIR ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION FOR A BETTER FUTURE. SHE ALSO ENCOURAGED THE GIRLS TO SUSTAIN THEIR EFFORTS IN RE-INTEGRATING INTO THE SOCIETY,

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