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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1974.
STREET LIGHTING IN DEVELOPMENT AREAS
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THE STREET LIGHTS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA OF KWA! CHUNG
ARE EXPECTED TO COME INTO OPERATION NEXT MONTH, THE HON. WILLIAM BELL, ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SAID TODAY.
STREET LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN RECENTLY DEVELOPED AREAS, INCLUDING NEW TOUNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID, WERE GENERALLY CARRIED OUT IN PHASE WITH ALL BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS. +HIGH PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO THESE INSTALLATIONS IN THE STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMME,+ HE ADDED.
CITING KWA! CHUNG DISTRICT AS AN EXAMPLE, MR. BELL POINTED OUT THAT INSTALLATIONS IN SUCH A LARGE DEVELOPMENT AREA USUALLY TOOK A NUMBER OF YEARS TO COMPLETE.
HE WAS REPLY ING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. FRANCIS TIEN IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CONCERNING THE DELAY IN THE PROVISION OF STREET LIGHTS IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS SUCH AS KWAI CHUNG..
MR. BELL AGREED WITH MR. TIEN THAT THE LACK OF STREET LIGHTING CAUSED INCONVENIENCE AND INCREASED THE RISK OF CRIME.
+FOR THESE REASONS,+ HE SAID, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LIGHTING SCHEMES ARE A CONTINUING PROCESS FOLLOWING CLOSELY BEHIND DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.+
HE ADDED THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND THE RESOURCES OF THE POWER COMPANIES WHO INSTALL AND OWN THE EQUIPMENT MUST ALSO BE BORNE IN MIND WHEN ASSESSING THE SITUATION.
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OBJECTIONS TO PROPOSED WESTERN RECLAMATION
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A TOTAL OF FIVE OBJECT JONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED RECLAMATION IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND, AND THESE ARE NOW BEING CONSIDERED.
THE PROJECT WAS GAZETTED IN JULY LAST YEAR, AND THE OBJECTIONS WERE LODGED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING TWO MONTHS, THE HON. WILLIAM BELL. ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TOLD COUNCIL IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. H.M.G. FORSGATE, WHO HAD ASKED FOR A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
THE PROPOSED RECLAMATION RUNS ALONG THE WATERFRONT OF CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST, AND WILL PROVIDE SOME 79 ACRES OF LAND.
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