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UNDAY, MAY 24, 1987

ITS FACILITIES BESIDES MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF TUEN MEN HOSPITAL, WILL ALSO SERVE CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL AND OTHER GOVERNMENT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE TUEN MUN/YUEN LONG AREA,

STORAGE AREAS WILL BE IN THE BASEMENT, WHILE LOADING AND UNLOADING, WASHING, DRYING AND IRONING AREAS WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

THE MEZZANINE FLOOR WILL BE USED FOR OFFICE ACCOMMODATION, STAFF CHANGING AREAS AND TOILETS.

WORK WILL START IN AUGUST AND BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER,

1989.

THE HOSPITAL, DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1988, WILL HAVE 1 656 BEDS

AND COST ABOUT $2 000 MILLION.

IT WILL SERVE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AND THE NORTHERN REGIONS OF THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

DRAGON BOAT RACES IN ABERDEEN

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A TOTAL OF 59 TEAMS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE DRAGON BOAT RACES TO BE HELD IN ABERDEEN ON MAY 31 (SUNDAY) TO CELEBRATE THE TUEN NG FESTIVAL.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (SUNDAY), CHAIRMAN OF THE 1987 ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LIU LIT-FOR, SAID THE RACES WOULD TAKE PLACE ALONG A 330 METRE CHANNEL OFF THE ABERDEEN WATERFRONT FROM 9 AM TO 5.30 PM.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.

THE RACES ARE DIVIDED INTO FULL-SIZED AND MEDIUM-SIZED DRAGON BOAT DIVISIONS, WITH THE LATTER SUB-DIVIDED INTO OPEN, LADIES OPEN, AND INVITATION SECTIONS.

SEVENTEEN MORE TEAMS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENTS THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR. THERE WILL BE EIGHT TEAMS COMPETING IN THE FULL-SIZED BOATS DIVISION AND 51 TEAMS IN THE MEDIUM-SIZED DIVISION.

FACTORIES, YOUTH

THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS COME FROM FIRMS. FACTORIES GROUPS, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WOMEN ASSOCIATIONS AND FISHERMEN BODIES.