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MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1986

+AT PRESENT, THERE IS ONLY ONE INDOOR GAMES HALL IN MONG KOK WHICH IS SUFFERING FROM A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF LAND FOR SPORTING ACTIVITIES, SAID THE SPOKESMAN,

+ THE EXISTING BOUNDARY STREET INDOOR GAMES HALL, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1970, HAS ONLY A MULTI-PURPOSE GAMES AREA AND A GAMES ROOM.

+ THE OPENING OF THE NEW INDOOR GAMES HALL WILL DO MUCH TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR SUCH FACILITIES.+

A SIMILAR INDOOR GAMES HALL WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE FA YUEN STREET URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEX, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN EARLY 1988.

TAI WAI TEMPORARY STATION BEING DEMOLISHED

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WORK HAS STARTED ON DEMOLISHING THE TEMPORARY RAILWAY STATION AT TAI WAI, SHA TIN, UNDER A $800 000 CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

IT INVOLVES DEMOLITION OF THE TWO 250-METRE-LONG PLATFORMS, AWNINGS, AND THE TEMPORARY STATION BUILDING. THE JOB WILL TAKE SIX MONTHS.

THE STATION WAS BUILT IN NOVEMBER 1982 AT A COST OF $6 MILLION TO SERVE THE GROWING POPULATION OF TAI WAI ARISING FROM PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

HOWEVER, AS PART OF THE MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, A PERMANENT STATION WAS BUILT AND IT OPENED IN APRIL THIS YEAR,

ORGANISED TRAINING FOR PRECISION TOOL MAKERS

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THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WILL BE HOLDING A SETTING-UP CEREMONY ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 2) TO MARK THE ARRIVAL AND INSTALLATION OF SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT SUCH AS COMPUTER CONTROLLED MACHINES IN THE COUNCIL'S PRECISION TOOLING TRAINING CENTRE AT KOWLOON BAY.

THE $27 MILLION CENTRE WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL IN SEPTEMBER TO UPGRADE THE CAPABILITIES OF TOOL AND MOULD MAKERS AND TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LATEST PRECISION TOOLING TECHNOLOGY.

THE EXECUTIVE