FRIDAY, DECE SER 18, 1981
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SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS
HEAR ABOUT ROAD SAFETY WORK
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MEMBERS OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE STANDING CONFERENCE ON ROAD SAFETY.
IN ITS SECOND MEETING HELD AT THE CMA PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, THE BOARD WAS TOLD THAT THE STANDING CONFERENCE, CHAIRED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR PETER MOOR, WILL CO-ORDINATE ACTIONS BY VARIOUS INTERESTED PARTIES ON ROAD SAFETY AND ASSIST IN CONDUCTING ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGNS,
THE BOARD ALSO HEARD THAT THE STANDING CONFERENCE ALSO AIMS TO DEVISE, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE ADOPTION OF PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
THREE MEMBERS OF THE CONFERENCE – MR D.G. WILLDAY OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MR R.C. SMALLSHAW OF THE POLICE AND MR P.Y.J. SHEK OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION - WERE PRESENT TO EXPLAIN THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE IN DETAIL.
AT THE MEETING MEMBERS WERE ALSO CONSULTED ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE HAWKER BAZAAR ON THE NAM CHEONG STREET NULLAH DECKING, THE PROPOSED TEMPORARY USE OF CROWN LAND SITES IN THE DISTRICT AND THE PROPOSED PROVISION OF MARKET AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FACILITIES IN ME FOO SUN CHUEN.
THEY ALSO EXAMINED THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE BOARD, DISCUSSED VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE BOARD, AND CONSIDERED THE PROGRESS REPORTS OF ITS THREE COMMITTEES,
ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN IS THE PROVISION OF LIBRARY AND STUDY ROOM FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT AREA COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT CONSIDERED THE PRESENT PROVISION OF 23 LIBRARIES AND STUDY ROOMS INADEQUATE. THEIR VIEWS WERE SOUGHT AS TO HOW THE SITUATION COULD BE IMPROVED.
GOLD COIN APPLICATIONS RESULTS
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THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE YEAR OF THE DOG GOLD COINS HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED AND SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED IN JANUARY.
UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS TOGETHER WITH THE ACCOMPANYING CHEQUES OR CASHIER'S ORDERS WILL BE RETURNED THIS MONTH.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT SOME 37 000
OF APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE DOG GOLD COINS, THIS TOTAL, 16 000 APPLICATIONS WERE FOR THE PROOF COINS WHILE THE REMAINING 21 000 WERE FOR THE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED VERSION.
THIS YEAR,
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