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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1993

THE AWARD OF THIS WATERWORKS CONTRACT BRINGS THE TOTAL OF ACP CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO 34, WITH A TOTAL OF ABOUT $31.3 BILLION.

NUMBER VALUE

AT

TOGETHER WITH THE FOUR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS VALUED $9.7 BILLION AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND THE $5.7 HARBOUR TUNNEL BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE WESTERN COMPANY LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS ABOUT $46.7 BILLION.

FESTIVE LIGHTS BRIGHTEN UP SHA TIN

SHA

TIN

LIGHT SEASON.

DISTRICT HAS BEEN BRIGHTENED UP BY MORE BULBS TONIGHT (FRIDAY), USHERING IN THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW

TRAN

60,000

YEAR

THE NUMBER OF LIGHT BULBS USED THIS YEAR IS THE LARGEST

THE NUMBER DOUBLING 1983,

IN THE

JUMBO BEFORE. YEAR DECORATIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN PUT UP.

SINCE

GRAPHIC

PUBLIC HOUSING THE LIGHTS ARE LINED UP ALONG SHING MUN RIVER, ESTATES AND TWO HOTELS. LIT-UP AREAS COVER CHE KUNG MIU ROAD, FROM THE TRADITIONAL SPOTS OF LEK YUEN BRIDGE, SAN MARTIN BRIDGE, BRIDGE AND TAI CHUNG KIU ROAD, ALL THE WAY TO TAI WAI,

TSUI YUNG

CEREMONY SWITCHING-ON A FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW.

THE

WAS HELD AT SHA

TIN

CENTRAL PARK,

ΤΟ

MIDNIGHT

DISPLAY WILL BE TURNED ON DAILY FROM 6.30 PM UNTIL JANUARY 9, AND THEN FROM FEBRUARY 3 TO 24.

FROM

YEAR'S

CHRISTMAS

DAY, AND FROM THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

EVE

TO DECEMBER 26, FEBRUARY 9 TO 12,

NEW YEAR'S THE LIGHTS

EVE ΤΟ WILL BE

NEW ON

ON OFFER AND PRODUCED

THE LIGHTING IS A PRELUDE TO A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES

A

VARIETY SHOW, FOR RESIDENTS.

TWO-HOUR COUNTDOWN BROADCAST LIVE BY TELEVISION BROADCASTS LTD, WILL BE HELD AT 10.15 PM ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AT SHA TIN CENTRAL PARK.

IN ADDITION TO POP SONGS, A FIREWORK DISPLAY AND LASER WILL BE SHOWN.

EFFECTS

LIGHTING

PLANNING COMMITTEE ON FESTIVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE

SHOW WAS EXPECTED ΤΟ (PCOFL) IN SHA TIN, MR LAU KONG-WAH, SAID THE

CROWDS AWAY FROM LAN BEEF UP THE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE AND TO ATTRACT KWAI FONG.

MR LAU SAID SPECIAL TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE ENFORCED THAT

AND DAY. MOTORISTS

TO FOLLOW RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED

THE POLICE'S

DIRECTIONS.

AND

TICKETS TO THE SHOW ARE AVAILABLE FREE FROM 10 AM TO NOON

FIRST-SERVED FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM ON DECEMBER 22 AND 23, ON A FIRST-COME, BASIS.

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