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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1988

WAN CHAI FERRY PIER FOOTBRIDGE OPENS

THE FOOTBRIDGE LEADING FROM THE WAN CHAT FERRY PIER IS OPEN THE PUBLIC FROM TODAY (MONDAY).

ΤΟ

THE NEW ANNOUNCING THIS, A HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID

FERRY PIER FOOTBRIDGE EXTENDED SOUTHWARDS FROM THE WAN CHAI

TO THE CONVENTION AVENUE AND PODIUM LEVEL OF HARBOUR CENTRE, CROSSING OVER THE ADJACENT TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE.

THERE

ARE STAIRS AND RAMPS LEADING ΤΟ INTERCHANGE AND THE FERRY PIER.

THE TRANSPORT

THE $3.5 MILLION FOOTBRIDGE, IS 280 METRES LONG.

INCLUDING THE RAMPS AND STAIRWAYS,

$1 M RAISED FOR CHARITY FUND FOR ELDERLY

MORE THAN $1 MILLION HAS BEEN RAISED FOR THE HEART TO HEART CHARITY FUND WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE WELL BEING OF ELDERLY PEOPLE.

THE CHARITY FUND WAS SET UP CALL AND THE COMMERCIAL RADIO AS A "CARE FOR THE ELDERLY CAMPAIGN",

LAST YEAR BY THE JUNIOR POLICE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TERRITORY-WIDE

OF THE MONEY RAISED, $600,000 WAS DONATED TO THE SIN TIN DAO HOUSE FOR THE AGED IN SHA TIN FOR IT TO PROCEED WITH A RENOVATION AND EXPANSION PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT ADDITIONAL CARE AND ATTENTION SERVICE TO THE 50 OCCUPANTS THERE.

AND

WORK ON THE PROGRAMME WILL START NEXT MONTH AND WILL BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.

THE REMAINING $400,000 WAS GIVEN TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR USE ON PROJECTS CATERED FOR THE OLD PEOPLE.

AT A CEREMONY HELD IN THE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS BRANCH TODAY (MONDAY), THE POLICE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER/PUBLIC RELATIONS,

MR JOHN DUNN, AND THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF COMMERCIAL RADIO, MR PETER C.Y. PUN, PRESENTED CHEQUES FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,001,000 ΤΟ THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, AND MR CHEAN CHLU OF THE SIN TIN DAO HOUSE FOR THE AGED.

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