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MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1981
KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD SETS PROGRAMMES
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THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD IS TO SPEND $1.1 MILLION ON A SERIES OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES DURING THIS FINANCIAL
YEAR.
THE FUNDS WERE APPROVED THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON DURING THE BOARD'S THIRD MEETING.
THE PROGRAMMES INCLUDE A HOST OF SPORTS, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS, CATERING FOR ALL AGES, AS WELL AS PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE DISTRICT.
ONE OF THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IS TO BEAUTIFY THE KWUN TONG ROUNDABOUT AT THE JUNCTION OF KWUN TONG ROAD AND HIP WO STREET, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BOARD SAID.
+WE INTEND TO PUT IN FLOWER BEDS AND GREENERY SO AS TO TRANSFORM THE AREA INTO A MUCH MORE PLEASANT AND APPEALING PLACE,+ HE SAID.
WORK WAS EXPECTED TO START SOON, HE ADDED.
OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, HE SAID, WOULD INCLUDE REMOVING STRUCTURES AND OBSTACLES BLOCKING SIDE AND REAR LANES IN THE DISTRICT, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOOTPATH AT ON LOK TSUEN FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE VILLAGERS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID A TOTAL OF $308 200 HAD BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE KWUN TONG SPORTS PROMOTION ASSOCIATION AND THE KWUN TONG CULTURE AND RECREATION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMMES.
+THESE COVER A WHOLE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES FROM SPORTS
TRAINING COURSES AND SINGING AND DANCING LESSONS TO ARTS EXHIBITIONS AND A RECREATIONAL CARNIVAL. IN SHORT, THERE WILL BE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.
DISTRICT COMMITTEES DOING GOOD JOB
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DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES (DMC'S) ARE FUNCTIONING EFFECTIVELY IN SOLVING LOCAL PROBLEMS DESPITE THE SHORT HISTORY OF THEIR FORMATION, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING TO MEMBERS OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR CHUI SAID THE MAIN ROLE OF DMC'S WAS TO COORDINATE THE WORK OF VAR IOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHICH CAN THEN ACT QUICKLY TO MEET LOCAL PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
THE DMC'S, CHAIRED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER OR TOWN MANAGER, ARE MADE UP OF OFFICIALS FROM MANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
MR CHUI SAID IN THE NEW TERRITORIES NEW TOWN MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED IN SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN AS EARLY AS JULY 1973, AND IN TAI PO AND FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI IN 1979.
/THE ROLE