TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1975
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LICENSED AREA RESIDENTS GET PROPER POWER SUPPLY
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MORE THAN 5,000 RESIDENTS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S KOWLOON BAY FIRST VILLAGE AND CHEUNG SHA WAN LICENSED AREAS 'D' AND 'E' ARE NOW ENJOYING A LEGAL ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INSTALLED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE POWER COMPANY.
THEY ARE AMONG THE FIRST TO GET PROPERLY INSTALLED POWER SUPPLY UNDER THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME IN LICENSED AREAS.
CHAI WAN LICENSED AREAS 2 AND 3 ARE NEXT ON THE COMPLETION LIST. INSTALLATION WORK IS NOW NEARLY FINISHED AND RESIDENTS WILL PROBABLY GET THEIR SUPPLY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS,
APART FROM THESE FIVE AREAS, INSTALLATION WORK IS PROGRESSING IN SIX OTHER LICENSED AREAS. THESE ARE SAM KAR CHUEN (TERRACES 10, 11, AND 18-23), HIP WO STREET, WANG TAU HOM, JUNCTION ROAD, SHEK YAM AND TUEN MUM. THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED BY JULY OR AUGUST.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS AT PRESENT FINALISING SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY PLANS FOR TIN WAN, SAI CHO WAN, HA KWAI CHUN AND WONG CHUK HANG LICENSED AREAS, AND TENDERS FOR THE INSTALLATION WILL BE INVITED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE ENTIRE PROGRAMME, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES OTHER LICENSED AREAS, WILL COST THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT MORE THAN $6 MILLION.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
GOVERNOR TO VISIT YUEN LONG
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL VISIT YUEN LONG TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON TO INSPECT THE RESULTS OF A CLEAN-UP OPERATION AT KAM TIN RIVER AND LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN YUEN LONG TOWN.
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO COVER THE VISIT. A 9-SEATER VAN, AM.2175, WILL TAKE THEM TO YUEN LONG. LEAVING AT 1.15 P.M. FROM THE GOVERNMENT SUB-POOL BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE AND RETURNING AT ABOUT 6.30 P.M.
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