SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1981
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ENVIRONMENTAL BLACKSPOT TURNED INTO PLAY AREA
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A TEMPORARY PLAY AREA HAS BEEN BUILT ON A NORTH KWAI CHUNG SITE WHICH WAS FORMERLY AN ENVIRONMENTAL BLACKSPOT.
THE SITE, COVERING AN AREA OF 650 SQUARE METRES, IS AT THE JUNCTION OF TAI LOONG STREET AND WO YI HOP ROAD. FOR YEARS, IT WAS USED AS A DUMPING GROUND BY THE NEARBY RESIDENTS.
IN APRIL, STAFF FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ASSISTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TEAM OF KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT OFFICE, REMOVED ABOUT 150 TONS OF GARBAGE FROM THE SITE.
FOLLOWING THE CLEARANCE, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD DECIDED TO TURN THE SITE INTO A TEMPORARY PLAY AREA TO PREVENT FURTHER DUMPING AND TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
ALREADY SOME BENCHES, SWINGS AND WALKING BEAMS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND TURFING IS BEING CARRIED OUT ON THE SURROUNDING SLOPE.
THE BUILDING COST OF $42 000 WAS MET BY THE BOARD'S
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE WHICH HAS ALLOCATED $250 000 THIS YEAR FOR SIMILAR IMPROVEMENT WORKS.
THERE ARE ABOUT 270 SQUATTER HUTS WITH A POPULATION OF 1 000 IN THE AREA.
SQUATTER VILLAGERS IN TELEMATCH
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MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT INTER- SQUATTER VILLAGERS TELEMATCH HELD IN CHAI WAN PARK TODAY (SUNDAY).
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE (EASTERN) AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT RECREATION AND SPORTS ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION, THE EVENT WAS AIMED AT FOSTERING AND PROMOTING A COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND A SENSE OF CO-OPERATION AMONG THE YOUNG PARTICIAPNTS.
THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (EASTERN), MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID AT THE OPENING ADDRESS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE PART IN MORE EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND TO APPRECIATE THE MERITS OF SOCIAL COHESION AND CO-OPERATION.
HE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND THE PARTICIPANTS THAT REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME STARTED ON SEPTEMBER 1.
HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT THE SCHEME TO ENSURE THAT DISTRICT NEEDS COULD BE IDENTIFIED AND DEALT WITH EFFECTIVELY.
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