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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1993

THE TOWER

THERE ARE ALSO TWO PIERS ON THE MA WAN SIDE BETWEEN AND ABUTMENT STRUCTURE AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS STRUCTURE ARE

COMPLETED.

ALSO

A BOAT TOUR OF THE VISIT WAS FOLLOWED BY

THE CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE AND NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY.

EXPRESSWAY THE HIGHWAYS

MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF WORK ON THE

OF BY CHIEF

EXPRESSWAY) (NORTH LANTAU ENGINEER DEPARTMENT, MR C H WAN.

OF THE TAI BEEN HAVE EXPRESSWAY

MEMBERS NOTED THAT CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

SECTIONS OF THE NORTH LANTAU HO AND YAM O AWARDED, AND WORKS HAD BEEN PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY.

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AS REGARDS THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, THREE MAJOR CONTRACTS THE TSING MA BRIDGE, THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE

3 INTERCHANGE VIADUCT, AND THE ADVANCE EARTHWORKS FOR ROUTE ALSO BEEN AWARDED.

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CONSTRUCTION AND MA WAN HAVE

ALL THESE CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED WITHIN BUDGET AND ON SCHEDULE.

THE LANTAU FIXED LANTAU EXPRESSWAY TO FORM

BE

CROSSING WILL

CONNECTED BY THE NORTH PART OF AN EXTENSIVE TRANSPORT NETWORK CHUNG NEW TOWN ΤΟ LINKING THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND TUNG THE URBAN AREAS OF KOWLOON AND HONG KONG.

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TV SHOW ON AIDS EDUCATION

THE

ΤΟ

AN "ENJOY YOURSELF TONIGHT" SHOW ON AIDS WILL BE STAGED ON FRIDAY (APRIL 30), SIGNIFYING

BEGINNING OF A MAJOR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT

AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF

AIDS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR SH LEE, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE SHOW TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

DURING THE SHOW, AUDIENCE WILL BE GIVEN AIDS AWARENESS CARDS AND RED RIBBONS WHICH SYMBOLISE CONCERN FOR AIDS VICTIMS.

PLAYING

PEOPLE EXPRESSING CONCERN ON AIDS MAY CALL UP 50 HOTLINES MANNED BY NURSES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND YAN CHAI HOSPITAL ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG; THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION BOARD, SERVICES, MRS IRENE YAU; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL MR WONG CHI-MUK; AND DR LEE.

"AIDS HAS CAUSED MUCH PUBLIC CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICAL SUFFERING AND ITS SOCIAL IMPLICATION.'

"I

/HE SAID

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