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SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1975
BETTER LIGHTING FOR HOUSING ESTATES
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A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC LIGHTING IN HOUSING AUTHORITY'S GROUP 'D' ESTATES IS BEING CARRIED OUT.
THIS PROGRAMME INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION OF VANDAL-PROOF. FLUORESCENT LIGHTS IN ALL CENTRAL-CORRIDOR-TYPE PUBLIC HOUSING BLOCKS AND HIGH-LEVEL LIGHTS IN SHADED CORNERS OF PUBLIC AREAS,
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AT TSZ WAN SHAN, LOWER NGAU TAU KOK AND YAU TONG ESTATES AT A COST OF $1.9 MILLION.
THE SECOND AND THIRD PHASES WILL SHORTLY BE CARRIED OUT AT SAU MAU PING, HING WAH, CHAI WAN, TIN WAN, SHEK PAI WAN, KWAI CHUNG, TAI UO HAU, SHEK LEI, YUEN LONG, SAN FAT, LAM TIN, TUNG TAU AND LOVER PAK TIN ESTATES.
WORK WILL INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF VANDAL-PROOF FLUORESCENT LIGHTS AT EVERY OTHER BAY ALONG THE CENTRAL CORRIDORS OF HOUSING ELOCKS. THE IMPROVEMENT WORK WILL COST ABOUT $3.2 MILLION.
OTHER LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME, COSTING $500,000, CONSISTS OF THE FIXING OF 500 TO 1000-WATT HIGH-LEVEL LIGHTS ON THE ROOFS OF HOUSING BLOCKS TO PROVIDE AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF LIGHTING TO THE PUBLIC AREA BELOW.
THESE HIGH-LEVEL LIGHTS WILL BE TURNED ON AND OFF AUTOMATICALLY AT SET TIMES DURING THE NIGHT.
A HOUSING AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN SAID THE IMPROVEMENT WOULD SURELY BE WELCOMED BY TENANTS AS, APART FROM PROVIDING BETTER LIGHTING, IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A DETERRENT EFFECT ON CRIMINALS.
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