SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1982
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THE MEMBERS THEN PROCEEDED TO HAWKER AREAS IN PEI HO AND APLIU STREETS WHERE THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE SHAM SHUI PO MARKET WOULD BE REDEVELOPED NEXT YEAR AND OPERATORS THERE WOULD BE RESITED TEMPORARILY TO TUNG CHAU STREET, UNDER THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR.
THE PARTY ALSO VISITED THE TAI HANG TUNG RESETTLEMENT ESTATE WHERE THEY SAW THE TYPICAL WORK OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS AT OLDER ESTATES THROUGH IN-SITU CONVERSION OF FLATS AND BUILDING NEW BLOCKS ON THE SITES OF OLD ONES.
AT THE ADJACENT NAM SHAN ESTATE, THEY LEARNED THAT THE LARGE MURAL PROVIDED BY THEIR DISTRICT BOARD HAD PROVED A POPULAR SPOT FOR CHILDREN.
THE MURAL, DEPICTING A COLOURFUL CARP AND AN UNDERWATER SCENE, HAS ITS CENTRE PART LEFT BLANK TO LET CHILDREN EXPRESS THE IR ARTISTIC TALENTS.
THE MORNING TOUR ALSO TOOK THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO THE CHU KOO CHAI SQUATTER AREA WHERE THE CO-OPERATION OF THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD BROUGHT ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS.
LATER AT THE LAI KOK ESTATE AND THE HOME OWNERSHIP CHING LAI COURT, THEY HAD DISCUSSIONS FROM VANTAGE POINTS ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR SHAM SHUI PO AND ON THE LAI CHI KOK RECLAMATION.
LIFE-SAVING SERVICE VITAL TO BATHERS
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THERE ARE MANY KEEN AND CAPABLE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE ALWAYS READY TO MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO UNDERTAKE LIFE-SAVING DUTIES TO SUPPLEMENT GOVERNMENT'S OWN STAFF RESOURCE SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ENJOY BATHING IN SAFETY, THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD STATED TODAY AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES LIFE-SAVING OPEN COMPETITION AT KWAI SHING PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL.
HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH BATHING MAY BE ENJOYABLE, THERE WAS HOWEVER ALWAYS THE DANGER OF ACCIDENT, SOMETIMES FATAL, WHEN INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY CHALLENGE THE FORCES OF NATURE.
AND TO MEET THIS THREAT TO LIFE, THE SKILL OF LIFE-SAVING HAS BEEN FOSTERED AND DEVELOPED, PARTICULARLY BY A NUMBER OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WHO TRAIN THEIR MEMBERS IN LIFE-SAVING, HE ADDED.
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