THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978
THE MASS TRANSIT ADVISER HAS ESTABLISHED AN OFFICE IN ROOM NO. 1, TSUEN KING BUILDING, HOI PA STREET, TSUEN WAN, TELEPHONE NUMBER 12-428360 AND ANY OWNER OR OCCUPIER REQUIRING FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING RESUMPTION, VALUATION AND COMPENSATION PROCEDURES OR ANY OTHER RELATED MATTER SHOULD CONTACT MR. VINCENT SUNG AT THAT ADDRESS SO THAT APPOINTMENTS CAN BE ARRANGED FOR PROBLEMS TO BE DISCUSSED.
USD HELPS IMPROVE ENVIRONMENT AND
LIVING CONDITIONS IN NT
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IT IS A SAD FACT THAT THE BEAUTY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES IS OFTEN SPOILT BY THE AMOUNT OF JUNK AND RUBBISH SUCH AS BOXES
EARTHENWARE THAT ARE DUMPED IN CRATES, SCRAP WOOD, OLD IRON AND VARIOUS PLACES AND ALLOWED TO LIE THERE BY LOCAL RESIDENTS, THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR. BRIAN WILSON SAID THIS EVENING.
HE SAID NO ONE SEEMED TO HAVE THE ENERGY OR INTEREST TO TAKE THE JUNK TO THE NEAREST REFUSE COLLECTION POINT FOR REMOVAL BY STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT.
IF THEY DID, HE POINTED OUT, NOT ONLY WOULD IT RID THE COUNTRYSIDE OF UNSIGHTLY MESS, BUT IT WOULD ALSO HELP TO REMOVE HIDING PLACES AND POSSIBLY FOOD FOR RATS.
MR. WILSON MADE THESE OBSERVATIONS IN A TALK HE GAVE TO THE LIONS CLUB OF CASTLE PEAK ON THE WORK OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR. WILSON SAID THOUGH THERE ARE SEPARATE USD STAFF FOR THE URBAN AREAS AND THE NEW TERRITORIES BECAUSE OF VARIOUS REASONS, THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE STANDARDS REQUIRED.
HE DISCUSSED THE WORK THE DEPARTMENT WAS DOING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO HELP IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE THERE MOST OF WHOM HE NOTED WERE NOT NATIVES WHO HAD BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS, BUT PEOPLE WHO MOVED FROM THE URBAN AREAS.
ON THE PROBLEM OF HAWKERS, HE SAID IT WAS NOT AS SERIOUS AS IN THE URBAN AREAS, BUT THERE IS NEVER LIKELY TO BE ENOUGH SUITABLE OFF-STREET SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE ALL ON-ROAD HAWKERS.
THE DEPARTMENT WAS, HOWEVER, PERSUING A PROGRAMME OF REBUILDING EXISTING INADEQUATE MARKETS AND CONSTRUCTING NEW ONES THAT WOULD CONTAIN STALLS NOT ONLY FOR THE USUAL MARKET COMMODITIES
THE OF MEAT, FISH AND POULTRY, BUT ALSO FOR WET AND DRY GOODS. MARKETS WILL HAVE LIFTS AND ESCALATORS TO HELP CUSTOMERS AND STIMULATE BUSINESS. THE FIRST OF THE NEW ONES IS LIKELY TO BE READY IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SC.
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