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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1974.
COMMUNICATION NETWORK IN LAN NAI WAN COMPLETED
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THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER CEASTERN), MR. T.H. BARMA, TODAY OFFICIATED A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TO MARK THE OFFICIAL COMPLETION OF A NETWORK OF VILLAGE PATHS AND BRIDGES FOR THE FIVE VILLAGES OF LAN NAI WAN IN EASTERN DISTRICT.
THIS NEW NETWORK WAS THE JOINT EFFORT OF THE LANDS DIVISION OF HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND CITY DISTRICT OFFICE CEAS TERN) TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE FIVE VILLAGES OF LAN NAI WAN. THEY INCLUDE LAN NAI WAN VILLAGE, TUNG AH VILLAGE, TUNG AH PUI VILLAGE, NGAN HANG VILLAGE AND TO TEI WAN VILLAGE.
THE SCHEME CONSISTS OF FOOTPATHS OF ABOUT 7,500 FEET LINKING ALL THE FIVE VILLAGES TUGETHER WITH FOUR BRIDGES OVER THE SMALL STREAMS IN THE DISTRICT. THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF ABOUT $80,000 WAS MET BY APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS VOTE OF THE LANDS DIVISON OF THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS HELD ON THE NEW BRIDGE OVER
A SMALL STREAM AT NGAN HANG VILLAGE AND WAS ATTENDED BY MR. D.K. DOWDING, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF LANDS DIVISION OF HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND RESIDENTS OF LAN NAI WAN.
AFTER THE RIBBON CUTTING, MR. BARMA AND MR.
DOWDING WERE PRESENTED WITH BANNERS BY MR. LAU KWAI-MING, CHAIRMAN OF THE LAN NAI WAN VILLAGE RESIDENTS WELFARE. ASSOCIATION ON BEHALF OF ALL THE RESIDENTS OF LAN NAI WAN
IN RECOGNITION OF THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION IN THE DISTRICT.