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THE BILL, HE ADDED, WOULD NOT AFFECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON LEASE MODIFICATIONS AND NEW LAND SALES WHICH WERE IMPOSED IN 1973 ON TRAFFIC GROUNDS AND WHICH WOULD CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED ON THOSE GROUNDS FOR THE TIME BEING,
A STUDY OF MID-LEVELS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WOULD COMMENCE LATER THIS YEAR TO TRY AND SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT WOULD ARISE IF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESTRICTIONS WERE RELAXED.
A PLAN SHOWING THE AREA TO BE AFFECTED MAY BE INSPECTED ON THE NOTICE BOARD OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE AT THE LIFT LOBBY ON THE 10TH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD AND AT THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL BRANCH OFFICE, 5TH FLOOR, EMPIRE CENTRE, 68 MODY ROAD, KOWLOON.
MORE PLAY AREAS IN SAI KUNG ***
A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND A BASKETBALL COURT AT PO LO CHE, BUILT WITH A CONTRIBUTION OF ABOUT $240 000 BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD, WERE OPENED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG.
THE 600 SQUARE-METRE PLAYGROUND IS SITED ON A SLOPE OVERLOOKING INNER PORT SHELTER, AND HAS A SLIDE, A SWING AND OTHER PLAY EQUIPMENT, IN ADDITION TO SITTING BENCHES, FLOWER BEDS AND CHESS TABLES.
WORK ON THE PLAYGROUND STARTED LAST OCTOBER WHEN PRISONERS OF PIK UK HELPED FORM THE SITE.
THE BASKETBALL FIELD ACROSS THE PO LO CHE ROAD WAS ALSO BUILT AS PART OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME LAST YEAR.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE OPENING, BASKETBALL TEAMS FROM TAI PING TSUEN AND SHUNG TSUN MIDDLE SCHOOL PLAYED A FRIENDLY MATCH TO MARK THE OCCASION.
THE BOARD WILL SPEND $550 000 ON VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF PO LO CHE TSUEN MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE, MR WONG PING-KIN- THE CHAIRMAN OF TAI PING TSUEN MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE, MR LOK KWONG-MING- AND THE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE OF PAK KONG AU TSUEN, MR LAU WAN-HE I.
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