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THURSDAY, SEPTEMPER 26, 1991

"IN ANTICIPATION OF THESE

EXCITING CHANGES, THE COUNCIL 18 FULLY CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL PROVIDE AN EVEN MORE MULTIFARIOUS MUNICIPAL SERVICE AND BUILD MORE PLEASANT FACILITIES TO CATER то THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC," HE ADDED.

AND THE THEIR

ΤΟ SERVICES GIVE EVEN MORE DIRECT AND

OPERATING FROM THE NEW BUILDING, HE SAID, THE COUNCIL DEPARTMENT WOULD, LIKE THE COUNCIL'S LOGO, SPREAD EVERY CORNER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADEQUATE CARE TO RESIDENTS,

TO

CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING BEGAN IN APRIL 1989 FOLLOWING

TO SECURE A AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT $100 MILLION LOAN FROM THE DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND.

AN

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UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, THE REPAYMENT PERIOD YEARS FOR THE $40 MILLION LOAN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND 40 YEARS FOR THE $60 MILLION LOAN FOR BUILDING THE HEADQUARTERS BLOCK.

THE

SITUATED AT THE JUNCTION OF PAI TAU STREET AND SHA TIN RURAL

TRANSPORT FROM COMMITTEE ROAD, IT IS EASILY REACHED BY PUBLIC PARTS OF

TERRITORY AND WITHIN

DISTANCE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY STATION.

OTHER

WALKING

OF

THE

OF

THE

AND

ON-

THE LOCATION ALSO REFLECTS THE TRUE CHARACTERISTICS ON ONE SIDE THE BUSTLING NEW TOWN REGION THE COUNCIL SERVES THE OTHER A TRANQUIL OLD VILLAGE NESTLING AGAINST ROLLING HILLS.

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AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON TOURED

OF FLOORS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND A NUMBER

THE LOW AND HIGH

BLOCKS.

GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY ANNOUNCED GRADES ON THE BACTERIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY OF BEACHES IN HONG KONG.

(THURSDAY) ALL BATHING

THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIOLOGICAL VARIOUS BEACHES.

SWIMMERS AND POLLUTION AT

THE GRADING WILL BR SEASON, TO COINCIDE WITH THE USUALLY SAMPLED.

ANNOUNCED

BIWEEKLY DURING

THE BATHING

FREQUENCY AT WHICH BEACH WATERS ARE

THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT E. COLI DATA OBTAINED BY THE EPD IN ITS ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMME. AS WITH LAST YEAR, THE GRADING ALSO INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE OF THE RISK OF SUFFERING SOME MINOR SKIN OR GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLAINTS AS A RESULT OF SWIMMING AT A BEACH WHICH HAS SOME DEGREE OF POLLUTION.

/THE ESTIMATE