FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1981
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PLAN TO CLOSE PARTS OF WYLIE PATH
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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO CLOSE PARTS OF WYLIE PATH AND THE FOOTWAY FROM WYLIE PATH AS FROM DECEMBER 27.
THE PROPOSED CLOSURE IS TO FACILITATE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF WYLIE COURT, 15 WYLIE PATH, ON A JOINT VENTURE BASIS.
A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED UNDERTAKING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSAL SHOULD BE MADE TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IN WRITING BEFORE JUNE 22 AND CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION SHOULD BE MADE BEFORE JULY 22.
TREES PLANTED AT KWAI CHUNG
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A TOTAL OF 70 ASSORTED EVERGREEN TREES, INCLUDING BAUHINIA BLACKEANA AND ACACIA, WERE PLANTED ALONG KWAI CHUNG ROAD TODAY (FRIDAY) TO MARK THE KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY...
AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES, THE OCCASION WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
OFFICIATING AT THE TREE-PLANTING CEREMONY, MR HO TZE-PING, CHAIRMAN OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE, APPEALED TO LOCAL RESIDENTS TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN KEEPING THE ENVIRONMENT GREENER.
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE EVENT WERE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE NTSD (SOUTH REGION), MR JAMES WILSON, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER, KWAI CHUNG, MR FAN PUI-LAM, AND MEMBERS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD.
PRIVATE CARS RISE TO 198 000
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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED PRIVATE CARS IN HONG KONG SE TO MORE THAN 198 000 AT THE END OF APRIL, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 25 300 OR 14.6 PERCENT OVER THE PAST YEAR AND COMPARES WITH A RISE OF ABOUT 24 300 DURING THE 12 MONTHS ENDING APRIL, 1980.
+SOME 2 146 NEW CARS WERE REGISTERED DURING APRIL WHILE THE NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS WHICH LAPSED TOTALLED 816, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
*THIS GIVES A NET INCREASE OF 1 330 PRIVATE CARS AND BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER TO 198 102, HE SAID.