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TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1992

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SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED IN SHA TIN

TENDERS FOR

THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR MODERATELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN ON SUI WO ROAD, AREA 41A, SHA TIN.

OCCUPYING A

1,600-SQUARE-METRE

WILL HOUSE 100 STUDENTS.

SITE, THE FOUR-STOREY

SCHOOL

THE PREMISES WILL COMPRISE 10 GENERAL CLASSROOMS,

то ADDITION SPECIAL CLASSROOMS AND THREE PARAMEDICAL ROOMS IN FACILITIES.

SEVEN

STAFF

A COVERED PLAYGROUND WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

WORKS ARE SCHEDULED TO START THIS JULY AND

TAKE

ONE YEAR TO

COMPLETE.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF TENDERS IS NOON ON JUNE 4.

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BOOK ON HK HERITAGE ON SALE

LOOKING AROUND HONG KONG, ONE MIGHT THINK IT HAD CERTAINLY NOT ONE GOING BACK INTO PREHISTORY.

NO HERITAGE,

PUBLICATION:

"THE

HOWEVER, IN A NEWLY RELEASED BILINGUAL HERITAGE OF HONG KONG", READERS WILL FIND OUT THE TRUTH THAT THERE ARE ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS

OLD AS 6,000 YEARS, AS WELL AS MANY REMAINDERS OF LATER PERIODS.

AS

MARVELLOUS

ON

PUBLISHED BY THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE, THE 77-PAGE BOOK CONTAINS LOTS OF COLOUR PHOTOS ON THE

POSSESSION HONG KONG'S HERITAGE.

"THE HERITAGE OF HONG KONG" PROVIDES A FLAVOUR OF THE HUMAN STORY IN THE HONG KONG AREA.

IT EXPLAINS HOW ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE TRIED TO PIECE TOGETHER THE LIVES OF THE EARLIEST INHABITANTS FROM CLUES BURIED UNDERGROUND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

TIME

AS A RURAL

IT DESCRIBES HOW THE REMAINS OF HONG KONG'S BACKWATER OF IMPERIAL CHINA CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER HONG KONG.

AND IT RECORDS THE REMINDERS OF HONG KONG'S EARLY BEGINNINGS

AS ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC CITIES IN ASIA.

PUBLICATIONS SALES CONNAUGHT PLACE,

THE BOOK IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CENTRAL AND THE SALES CENTRES OF URBAN COUNCIL AT $36 PER COPY.

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