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SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1983
COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR KOWLOON CITY SQUATTERS
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A SITTING-OUT AREA AND A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE OFFICE WERE OPENED THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING PROVIDING MUCH-NEEDED COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR THE 2 000 RESIDENTS OF THE HO KAR YUEN SQUATTER AREA IN KOWLOON CITY.
THE TWO PROJECTS, FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AT $145 000 WERE BUILT ON A 600-SQUARE-METRE SITE FORMERLY USED AS A STORAGE DEPOT.
SPEAKING AT A KEY HANDING OVER CEREMONY, THE MAC CHAIRMAN, MR TSE MING-KWUN, SAID THE OFFICE WOULD NOT ONLY BE A MEETING PLACE FOR MEMBERS BUT ALSO A TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR VICTIMS OF ANY NATURAL DISASTER.
+WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMUNITY FACILITIES HERE, AND THE PROVISION OF A SITTING-OUT AREA AND AN OFFICE WILL CERTAINLY IMPROVE THE SITUATION, + HE SAID.
THE ONLY SERVICE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS IS THE SUPPLY OF WATER AND ELECTRICITY, WHILE BOTH THE MAC AND A FIRE WATCH TEAM WERE SET UP IN 1981 THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER, MR DEREK DEAR, AND THE CHIEF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICER, MR DON RAMANAYAKE.
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL IN WONG TAI SIN
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL IN WONG TAI SIN WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE DISTRICT BOARD MEETING ON TUESDAY (APRIL 26).
A SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, MR LAI BING-NAM WILL SPEAK ON THE EXISTING LEGISLATIONS, DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES, PRESENT SITUATION OF POTENTIAL AIR POLLUTION ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT AND A NEW AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BILL SOON TO BE ENACTED.
AT THE MEETING, MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE LEGAL EFFECT OF AGE, BY THE SECRETARY OF THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION, MR WATSON BROWN.
THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM IN THE DISTRICT'S SQUATTER AREAS, THE REMEDIAL MEASURES AND LONG-TERM SOLUTION WILL BE DISCUSSED.
MEMBERS WILL ALSO STUDY A PROPOSAL TO ORGANISE SEMINARS FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS TO HELP THEM ADAPT TO THE LIFESTYLE OF HONG KONG.
THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO HOLD ITS MEETING IN THE MORNING AND ITS MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE PROVISION OF STUDY ROOM FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
THEY WILL