FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1977
EXTENSIVE STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMME FOR VILLAGES
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THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME TO LIGHT UP FOOTPATHS AND ACCESS ROADS IN REMOTE VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE VILLAGE LIGHTING PROGRAMME WILL MAKE WALKING AT NIGHT SAFER IN THESE VILLAGES, ITS COST WILL FORM PART OF THE N.T.A.'S $5 MILLION LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS VOTE.
WORK IS TO START NEXT MONTH ON INSTALLING THE FIRST 23 STREET LIGHTS IN TWO VILLAGES ON LANTAU ISLAND TAI TEI TONG AND LUK TEI TONG. IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF DECEMBER.
+SITES FOR STREET LIGHTS IN THE TWO VILLAGES HAVE ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE VILLAGERS' REPRESENTATIVES,+ A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
HE SAID TENDERS WOULD BE CALLED SHORTLY AND THE SUBSEQUENT WORK WOULD BE SUPERVISED BY AN ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR ATTACHED TO THE N.T.A.
PLANS ARE ALSO IN AN ADVANCED STAGE FOR SIMILAR PROVISIONS IN SOME VILLAGES IN SHA TIN, YUEN LONG AND SAI KUNG, AND WORK WILL START EARLY NEXT YEAR, HE ADDED.
MORE THAN 80 STREET LIGHTS WILL BE INSTALLED COVERING NINE VILLAGES IN THE THREE DISTRICTS, HE SAID.
+LATER ON, THE PROGRAMME WILL BE EXTENDED TO OTHER VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHERE THERE IS A NEED FOR VILLAGE LIGHTING.+
THE PROGRAMME, HE SAID, HAS BEEN PLANNED FOLLOWING REQUESTS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS VILLAGES.
HE SAID THE PAST MONTHS HAD SEEN MUCH PREPARATORY WORK DONE WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICERS CONCERNED AND VILLAGERS' REPRESENTATIVES GOING OUT ON INSPECTIONS TO LOOK FOR SUITABLE SITES AND TO DECIDE ON THE ROUTINGS.
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