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TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1975.
BETTER COMMUNICATIONS FOR RESIDENTS
OF REMOTE LAMMA ISLAND VILLAGE
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RESIDENTS IN THE REMOTE VILLAGE OF MOU TAT ON LAMMA ISLAND HAVE BEEN BROUGHT WITHIN EASY REACH OF THE PROSPEROUS SOK KUU WAN TOWNSHIP WITH ITS MODERN SHOPPING FACILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS.
ALTHOUGH THE TWO COMMUNITIES ARE ONLY ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILES FROM EACH OTHER, THE LACK OF ROAD COMMUNICATIONS AND THE RUGGED TERRAIN HAD KEPT THEM ALMOST COMPLETELY APART.
TODAY THE TWO COMMUNITIES ARE LINKED BY A 6,600-FOOT LONG CONCRETE FOOTPATH SPECIALLY BUILT BY THE HIGHWAYS DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO ENABLE MOU TAT VILLAGERS AND OTHERS IN THE VICINITY TO DENEFIT FROM THE FACILITIES OF SOK KWU WAN WHICH ALSO HAS A REGULAR FERRY SERVICE WITH HONG KONG ISLAND.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOOTPATH, WHICH IS SIX FEET WIDE, BEGAN IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR AND WAS COMPLETED TOWARDS THE END OF LAST MONTH, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS, AT A COST OF $500,000.
ACCORDING TO MR. C.K. AU-YEUNG, ACTING SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS DIVISION (N.T.) THE ROAD WORKS WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED EARLIER HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVY RAINS DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
MOU TAT VILLAGE HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 120 WHILE ABOUT 410 PEOPLE LIVE AT SOK KWU WAN. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 1000 VILLAGERS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA WILL BENEFIT FROM THE NEW FOOTPATH.
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