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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1993

THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACT INCLUDES THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF POWER SUPPLY

AND SWITCHBOARDS, CONTROL

INSTRUMENTATION BUILDING SERVICES AND OTHER ACCESSORIES.

EQUIPMENT,

THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS AT SHATIN TREATMENT WORKS WILL UPRATE THE WORKS TO DRAW-OFF CAPACITY FROM HIGH ISLAND TUNNEL TO THE TREATMENT ABOUT 1,200 MILLION LITRES A DAY.

THE

CONTRACT

A AWARDED TODAY IS THE LAST IN

SERIES AWARDED UNDER A $2.1 BILLION PROJECT TO EXPAND THE FACILITIES FOR TRANSFERRING CHINA WATER.

THE

REPRESENTATIVES

OF

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/CHINA WATER, MR KO CHAN-GOCK, SIGNED THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT WITH ANALOGUE TECHNICAL AGENCIES LIMITED.

BINNIE CONSULTANTS LIMITED ARE THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS.

MORE RECREATIONAL SERVICES FOR ELDERLY NEEDED

SERVICES TO

SUIT THE

:

SPECIAL

HONG KONG LACKS RECREATIONAL HOLIDAY NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE, MRS PATTEN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

FOR

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE HELPING HAND HOLIDAY CENTRE

THE NEW RECREATIONAL THE ELDERLY,

PATTEN SAID THE DEMAND FOR MRS SERVICE WOULD BE ENORMOUS.

OF

"MANY ELDERLY PEOPLE

THE REST THROUGHOUT ARE CONFINED THE YEAR TO RESIDENTIAL HOMES, NEED CONSTANT CARE AT HOME BY THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, OR JUST HAVE DULL AND LONELY LIVES ON THEIR OWN.'

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SHE SAID THE OPENING OF THE HOLIDAY CENTRE COULD FILL THE GAP.

THE CENTRE

THE AGED TO TAKE SHORT ENABLES COUNTRYSIDE, AWAY FROM THEIR DAILY ROUTINE AND URBAN ALSO AS A RESULT, ALLOW THEIR CARERS TO BE RELIEVED AND REFRESHED.

HOLIDAYS IN THE ENVIRONMENT; AND

FUN, HAPPINESS AM SURE THAT IT WILL PROVIDE LOTS OF "I GOOD MEMORIES FOR OUR

AND THEIR COMPANIONS ELDERLY PEOPLE COME HERE FOR A HOLIDAY," SHE SAID.

AND WHO

THE IDEA FOR THIS HOLIDAY CENTRE WAS FIRST CONCEIVED WHEN THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED A HOLIDAY CENTRE WAS TO CATER FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE.

IN 1988

BE

BUILT то

A GRANT OF $80 MILLION FROM THE SPECIAL COIN SUSPENSE

THE CENTRE. WAS APPROVED TO COVER THE CAPITAL COSTS OF COSTS WILL BE SUBVENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

ACCOUNT OPERATING

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