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MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1987

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TOWN PARK, SITTING-OUT AREAS TO BE BUILT

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A CENTRAL TOWN PARK AND FIVE DISTRICT OPEN SPACES ARE TO BE BUILT IN TAI PO NEW TOWN TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE PARK, MEASURING 12 500 SQUARE METRES, WILL BE CONSTRUCTED

FACILITIES WILL AT THE JUNCTION OF TING KOK AND TAI WO ROADS. INCLUDE PLAY AND SITTING-OUT AREAS, GARDENS WITH ROCKS AND PALM TREES, A BASKETBALL COURT, A PAVILION AND A SUNDIAL.

IT WILL TAKE NINE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE FIVE OPEN SPACES, TOTALLING 29 750 SQUARE METRES IN AREA, WILL BE BUILT AT WAN TAU KOK LANE, WAN TAU STREET, WEST OF NAM WAN ROAD, NEAR PO HEUNG BRIDGE AND NEXT TO WONG SIU CHING CLINIC.

THE OPEN SPACE AT WAN TAU KOK LANE WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH THREE TENNIS COURTS, A FIVE-A-SIDE SOCCER PITCH, PUBLIC TOILETS, CHANGING ROOMS AND GARDEN AREAS, WHILE THE OTHERS WILL HAVE GARDENS AND PLAY AND SITTING-OUT AREAS,

THEY WILL ALL BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 15 MONTHS.

LANDSCAPING WORK WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT.

THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO START IN APRIL.

LABOUR RELATIONS SAPOSIUM ORGANISED

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON LABOUR RELATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS, MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND TRADE UNIONISTS IN THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY ON APRIL 8.

THE EVENT, ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS PROMOTION UNIT, WILL PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ENLIGHTENED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AND TO DISCUSS WAYS ON IMPROVING LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

IN THE MORNING SESSION, A NUMBER OF EXPERTS FROM THE TRADE WILL BE INVITED TO ADDRESS PARTICIPANTS ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS. THESE INCLUDE PROSPECTS OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY, WAYS TO TACKLE LABOUR SHORTAGE, NEW TREND IN PAYROLL SYSTEM, ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION PROCESS AND ITS IMPACT ON WORKERS, AND DIFFICULTIES FACED BY EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.

THE AFTERNOON

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