SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1980
MORE NT VILLAGES TO GET STREET-LIGHTS
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NINE MORE NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGES WILL SOON BE PROVIDED WITH STREET-LIGHTS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S VILLAGE LIGHTING SCHEME.
TWO CONTRACTS VALUED AT $210 000 HAVE BEEN AWARDED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF 66 LIGHTS AT PAK WAI, CHUNG WAT AND NAM WAI, NEAR FANLING, AND AT TUNG TAU TSUEN, FOOK HING TSUEN, CHUNG SAM WAI, LAM UK TSUEN, YEUNG UK TSUEN AND SAI TAU WAI, NEAR YUEN LONG.
WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED ON THE TWO PROJECTS AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.
THE LIGHTS WILL BE INSTALLED ON ROADS LEADING TO THE VILLAGES,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID THE PROJECTS WOULD HELP ENSURE VILLAGERS' SAFETY AS ACCESS TO THE VILLAGES WAS OFTEN ALONG NARROW PATHS.
THE VILLAGE LIGHTING SCHEME FIRST STARTED IN OCTOBER
1977, AND A TOTAL OF 39 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES AT A COST OF $3.41 MILLION.
THERE ARE PLANS FOR ANOTHER 792 STREET-LIGHTS TO BE INSTALLED NEXT YEAR WHEN THE SCHEME WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE OVERALL ROAD LIGHTING PROGRAMME IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
NEW DSNT OFFICIATES AT ISLANDS DISTRICT
ATHLETIC MEET ****
THE NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. CHUI KAM TODAY (SUNDAY) MADE HIS FIRST OFFICIAL APPEARANCE WHEN HE PRESENTED PRIZES AT THE ISLANDS DISTRICT ANNUAL ATHLETICS MEETING.
MR. CHUI PRAISED THE HARDWORK AND CO-OPERATION OF THE RURAL COMMITTEES IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT.
HE SAID, +AS THE ISLANDS DISTRICT COVERS A WIDE AREA AND HAS FINE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS, THE MAJORITY OF YOUTHS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE ACQUIRED A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR SPORTS.+
HOWEVER, THERE WAS, IN THE PAST, A LACK OF OPPORTUNITY FOR APPROPRIATE TRAINING AND COMPETITION.
+THE FACT THAT TODAY'S 2ND ATHLETICS MEETING INVOLVED OVER 400 ATHLETES - AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 80 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR'S FIGURE - SERVES TO DEMONSTRATE THE ATHLETICS MEETING'S POPULARITY WITH THE DISTRICT'S YOUTHS.+
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