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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1993
THE STUDIES AND INVESTIGATION WILL
TAKE
ABOUT
TWO YEARS TO
COMPLETE.
THE PROJECT WILL COST $3 MILLION AND IS SUPPORTED AND FUNDED CO EQUALLY BY THE TERRITORY'S TWO POWER COMPANIES, HONG KONG ELECTRIC LTD AND CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO LTD.
PAI TAU ROAD WORKS APPROVED
ROAD WORKS WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN PAI TAU, SHA TIN, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FOR THE PROPOSED VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION SCHEME IN THE AREA.
THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS AUTHORISED THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO UNDERTAKE THE WORKS.
AN
THE PROJECT INVOLVES CONSTRUCTION OF A PARKING AREA, EMERGENCY VEHICULAR ACCESS ROAD FROM THE PARKING AREA TO THE ΡΑΙ TAU VILLAGE EXTENSION AREA, AND FOOTPATHS, CARRIAGEWAY, STAIRS AMENITY AREAS.
AND
PERMANENT ALTERNATIVE ACCESS WILL BE PROVIDED ΤΟ REPLACE THE EXISTING ACCESS WHICH MAY BE CLOSED IF NECESSARY.
DURING CONSTRUCTION, NECESSARY ACCESS WILL BE MAINTAINED ΤΟ MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MAY NEXT YEAR AND WILL TAKE 16 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
LOGO DESIGN CONTEST TO BOOST HERITAGE PRESERVATION
* * *
THE COUNCIL OF THE LORD WILSON HERITAGE TRUST WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE NEXT MONDAY (DECEMBER 6) TO ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF THE LOGO DESIGN COMPETITION "HERITAGE IN GRAPHICS".
THE LORD WILSON HERITAGE TRUST WAS SET UP UNDER THE LAW IN LATE 1992 WITH AIMS TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE HONG KONG'S HERITAGE.
TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS NEW FOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION, A TERRITORY-WIDE LOGO DESIGN COMPETITION HAD BEEN ORGANISED TO SELECT A LOGO FOR THE TRUST.
BODY
A TOTAL OF 217 ENTRIES HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE WHICH WERE JUDGED IN TWO STAGES.
COMPETITION
WINNERS OF THE COMPETITION WILL BE PRESENTED WITH PRIZES DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
IN ADDITION, OPENING OF THE PING SHAN HERITAGE TRAIL, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, WILL ALSO BE ANNOUNCED.
/THE TRAIL
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