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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1987

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$186 MILLION LAND WORKS CONTRACT IN JUNK BAY

A $186 MILLION CONTRACT FOR RECLAMATION AND LAND FORMATION WORK AT JUNK BAY NEW TOWN WAS SIGNED TODAY (FRIDAY) BETWEEN THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (TDD) AND AOKI CORPORATION.

THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THE TDD'S NEW TERRITORIES/BOUTH DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MR Y.Y. NG, SAID THE WORK WOULD BE CARRIED OUT THE NORTHWESTERN SIDE OF JUNK BAY TO PROVIDE 16 HECTARES OF LAND FOR ROADWORKS, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND GOVERNMENT FACILITIES.

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THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF THREE KILOMETRES ROADWORKS, PART OF WHICH WILL BE THE ELEVATED EASTERN APPROACHES TO JUNK BAY TUNNEL NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL START NEXT WEEK AND TAKE 42 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. CIVIL WORKS ON JUNK BAY TUNNEL WILL BB COMPLETED BY EARLY 1990, WITH THE TUNNEL SCHEDULED TO OPEN TO TRAFFIC IN MID-1990.

SO FAR, ABOUT 100 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN FORMED AT JUNK BAY, WHICH WILL TAKE IN ITS FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS, THE NEW TOWN WILL HAVE A CAPACITY FOR 225,000 RESIDENTS BY THE MID-1990S UNDER ITS PHASE I DEVELOPMENT. PHASE II WILL PROVIDE FOR ANOTHER 100,000 RESIDENTS.

42 PASS FINAL LICENTIATE EXAMINATION

THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT 42 OUT OF 141 CANDIDATES HAD PASSED THE FINAL PART OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS.

THIS EXAMINATION, HELD FROM JULY, 7 TO 9, WAS

AN ORAL ONE TO TEST THE ABILITY OF CANDIDATES TO APPLY PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE то CLINICAL PROBLEMS.

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CANDIDATES WERE EXAMINED BY TWO PANELS OF EXAMINERS IN EACH OF THREE DISCIPLINES

MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO AN 18-MONTH PERIOD OF ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING IN HOSPITALS APPROVED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL STARTING IN SEPTEMBER,

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