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TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1977
TSING YI SQUATTERS HAVE SAFE AND PROPER ELECTRICITY
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PROPER AND SAFE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY WAS BROUGHT TO SOME 3,500 SQUATTERS ON TSING YI ISLAND TODAY UNDER THE ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME INTRODUCED LAST YEAR FOR SQUATTER AREAS.
A SWITCH-ON CEREMONY WAS HELD THIS MORNING TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW ERA FOR RESIDENTS OF THE TSING YI LAGOON SQUATTER AREA,
THE ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT IS THE SECOND JOINT VENTURE BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY AND IS SIMILAR TO THE FIRST NOW OPERATING IN THE LION ROCK AREA. ITS CAPITAL COST IS BORNE BY THE COMPANY.
SOME 400 CONNECTIONS TO THE COMPANY'S SUPPLY HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE TSING YI PROJECT, ENABLING LEGAL ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO BE BROUGHT TO THE RESIDENTS AT THE NORMAL TARIFF.
THIS MORNING'S SWITCH-ON CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER (DEVELOPMENT), MR. JAMES BLACK, AND THE COMPANY'S COMMERCIAL ENGINEER, MR. COLIN STEELE.
MR. BLACK SAID: THE PROJECT WILL NO DOUBT CONSIDERABLY RAISE THE LIVING STANDARDS OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SQUATTER AREA.+
HE NOTED THAT ABOUT 20 FAMILIES WHO COULD NOT AFFORD THE CONNECTION FEE CHARGED BY THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR WERE HELPED FINANCIALLY EITHER THROUGH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OR THE AMERICAN RELIEF AGENCY, C.A.R.E.
COMMENTING ON THE PROJECT, MR. STEELE SAID THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY WAS VERY INTERESTED IN PROJECTS OF THIS SORT.
+ | WAS PLEASED TO NOTICE HOW SMOOTHLY AND HAPPILY ALL PARTIES CONCERNED WORKED TOGETHER IN TSING YI TO GET THIS SCHEME GOING.
+AS A RESULT, A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CAN NOW ENJOY THE FULL BENEFIT OF DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY FROM OUR MAINS SOURCE, + HE SAID.
GIVING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF HOW THE PROJECT HAD COME INTO BEING, MR. BLACK SAID: +WE WERE ASKED LATE LAST YEAR BY THE TSING YI RURAL COMMITTEE WHETHER SUCH A SCHEME WOULD BE POSSIBLE ON TS ING YI.+
SINCE THEN, HE SAID, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY HAD WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER TO GET THE SCHEME COMPLETED IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME.
HE SAID THIS HAD INVOLVED CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE, AND HE ATTRIBUTED THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT TO THE COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE GIVEN BY THE SQUATTER AREA REPRESENTATIVES AND THE RURAL COMMITTEE.
IT IS NOW PLANNED TO FORM A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE IN THE SQUATTER AREA TO ADMINISTER THE ELECTRICITY SCHEME, HE SAID.
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