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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1988

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YUEN LONG TO HAVE TOWN PARK, OPEN SPACE

LONG

OF THE FOR

THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S TIN SHUI WAI/YUEN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HAS SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION FIRST TOWN PARK IN YUEN LONG AS PART OF THE CONTINUING PROGRAMME THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.

THE $47 MILLION CONTRACT CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWN PARK AND THE ADJACENT LOCAL OPEN SPACE TO PROVIDE MAJOR PUBLIC ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE TOWN.

WILL

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FOOTBALL

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FACILITIES

PITCHES, BASKETBALL-CUM-VOLLEYBALL COURT, CHILDREN'S PLAY AREAS, AN ORNAMENTAL LAKE AND WATER FEATURES, AN AVIARY AND A PAGODA, A REFRESHMENT KIOSK AND OPEN LANDSCAPED AREAS.

THE WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JANUARY AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

ADVICE ON SAFE NAVIGATION FOR VESSEL MASTERS

ADVISING

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL SOON ISSUE A NOTICE MASTERS OF ALL VESSELS, PARTICULARLY FISHING VESSELS AND PLEASURE CRAFT, ON THE SAFE NAVIGATION OF SMALL CRAFT.

SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A PROPER LOOKOUT, FOLLOWING RECENT TRAGEDIES INVOLVING SMALL CRAFT.

A NAUTICAL SURVEYOR OF SHIPS OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, MR CHU CHI-TUNG, TODAY (THURSDAY) EXPLAINED THAT PROPER LOOKOUT WAS PART OF GOOD SEAMANSHIP AND INVOLVED THE USE OF BIGHT AND HEARING AS THE CORRECT USE OF OTHER AVAILABLE MEANS SUCH AS RADAR.

AS WELL

"IT ALSO MEANS AN APPRECIATION OF THE RISK OF POSSIBLE COLLISION FROM ANY DIRECTION SO THAT APPROPRIATE ACTION CAN BE TAKEN, 11 HE SAID.

MR CHU EMPHASISED THAT THIS WAS NOT SIMPLY A MATTER OF LOOKING WHERE THE VESSEL WAS GOING, NOTING THAT UNLIKE DRIVING ON THE ROAD, SEA TRAFFIC COULD COME FROM ANY DIRECTION.

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