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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1994

DURING THE CEREMONY, MRS WONG PRESENTED AN "OUTSTANDING PROJECT" AWARD AND A CASH PRIZE OF $2,000 TO EACH OF THE BEST THREE PROJECTS.

THE RECIPIENTS WERE ST PAUL'S SECONDARY SCHOOL, THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS YAU TONG YOUTH CENTRE AND THE CARITAS OUT-REACHING SOCIAL WORK TEAM TUEN MUN.

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OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS INCLUDED THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR MARGARET CHAN; THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR ANTHONY CHAN: AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, MISS KAY KU. THEY PRESENTED SOUVENIRS TO ALL YOUTH GROUPS PARTICIPATING IN THE FUNDING SCHEME.

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR MARGARET CHAN, ALSO PRESENTED A SOUVENIR TO THE STUDENT GROUP OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG WHICH ORGANISED AN EDUCATION PROJECT ON AIDS LAST YEAR.

AFTER THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY, THE WINNING GROUPS OF THE BEST THREE PROJECTS AWARD WERE INVITED TO PRESENT THEIR PROJECTS TO GUESTS.

EXHIBITION PANELS WERE ALSO SET UP AT THE VENUE TO DISPLAY THE WORKS OF OTHER PARTICIPATING YOUTH GROUPS SO THAT GUESTS COULD SEE FOR THEMSELVES THE MULTI-FACETED APPROACH ADOPTED BY YOUTHS IN THE PUBLICITY DRIVE AGAINST AIDS.

"EVERY ONE OF US HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF AIDS AND TO LEND OUR SUPPORT TO THE UNFORTUNATE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN INFLICTED WITH THE DISEASE, MRS WONG SAID.

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"WHAT WE'RE FACED WITH IS NOT JUST A DISEASE WHICH AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS, BUT ONE WHICH HAS A BEARING ON THE HUMAN BEINGS AS A WHOLE, SHE ADDED.

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TOWER CONSTRUCTION OF KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE TO START SOON

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CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST MAIN TOWER OF THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE ON LANTAU ISLAND IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT MONTH.

THIS FOLLOWS THE COMPLETION OF THE TOWER'S FOUNDATION WORKS.

"THE WORKS ARE PROCEEDING ON TIME AND ON SCHEDULE, THE PROJECT DIRECTOR OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, MR K C YEUNG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE, WITH A TOTAL LENGTH OF 820 METRES, WILL LINK THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY ON LANTAU TO A 503-METRE LONG VIADUCT SPANNING MA WAN ISLAND.

"ON THE MA WAN SIDE, SITE FORMATION WORKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. FOUNDATION WORK FOR THE MAIN BRIDGE TOWER THERE, AS WELL AS CASTING BED FOR THE SIDE SPAN AND MA WAN VIADUCT, ARE UNDER WAY,

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"TWO CONCRETE BATCHING PLANTS, ONE ON LANTAU AND THE OTHER ON MA WAN, HAVE ALSO BEEN SET UP," SAID MR YEUNG.

/THE KAP