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SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1986

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UC PLAYGROUNDS KEEP UP WITH LATEST TREND

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THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS RECENTLY ALLOCATED $1.3 MILLION FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE LATEST PLAY EQUIPMENT TO BE

INSTALLED AT ITS MANY CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS IN THE URBAN AREA.

+A TOTAL OF 91 PIECES OF PLAY EQUIPMENT WILL BE PURCHASED FROM THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, SAID THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL'S RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, MR SAMUEL WONG, TODAY.

+THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES NINE CLIMBERS, 34 ROCKERS. 18 SLIDES, FIVE SWINGS, 20 ROTATORS AND FIVE MULTI-PLAY ITEMS, IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG EARLY NEXT YEAR.

+ THE ITEMS WILL BE INSTALLED AT 53 OF THE COUNCIL'S PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND WILL REPLACE THE WORN-OUT AND OLD-FASHIONED EQUIPMENT, HE SAID.

THE LAST STOCK OF THE COUNCIL'S REPLACEMENT PLAY EQUIPMENT, BOUGHT AT A COST OF $1.1 MILLION IN 1983, HAD BECOME ALMOST EXHAUSTED AND IT WAS TIME TO TOP UP THE COUNCIL'S STOCK OF MODERN PLAY EQUIPMENT, MR WONG ADDED.

CHI MA WAN-CHEUNG CHAU MAIN LAYING PLANNED

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GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO LAY A SUBMARINE WATER MAIN WITHIN 22 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED BETWEEN CHI MA WAN ON LANTAU AND THE NORTH-WESTERN END OF CHEUNG CHAU.

THE MAIN, 600 MILLIMETRES IN DIAMETER AND 1 150 METRES LONG, WILL PROVIDE IMPROVED FRESH WATER TRANSFER FACILITIES BETWEEN CHAI MA WAN AND CHEUNG CHAU.

THE EXTENT OF THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED WORK HAS BEEN DESCRIBED UNDER THE FORESHORE AND SEA-BED (RECLAMATION) ORDINANCE IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GAZETTE.

WRITTEN OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL SHOULD REACH THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS BY SEPTEMBER 24.

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