SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1983
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MORE PROJECTS UNDERWAY TO BEAUTIFY KOWLOON CITY
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SEVERAL BEAUTIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, COSTING $200 000 IN ALL, ARE BEING CARRIED OUT IN KOWLOON CITY.
THE PROJECTS, FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, INCLUDE THE PLACING OF A CUBE-SHAPED DISTRICT LOGO INSIDE A REST GARDEN AND HUGE FLOWER POTS ALONG SOME PAVEMENTS, AS WELL AS THE ERECTION OF GUARD RAILS ALONG A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
SOME $30 000 HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON TURFING A SITE AT SUNG WONG TOI ROAD OPPOSITE THE JUNCTION TO KOWLOON CITY ROAD. FLOWERS HAVE ALSO BEEN PLANTED.
AND, A TWO-METRE HIGH CUBE-SHAPED DISTRICT LOGO WILL BE SET UP SHORTLY IN THE SUNG WONG TOI AMENITY AREA.
IN LINE WITH THE +ME FA+ SCHEME, A SUM OF $110 000 WILL BE SPENT ON INSTALLING 23 RECTANGULAR FLOWER POTS ALONG THE PAVEMENT AT RENFREW ROAD, AND ANOTHER 50 HEXAGONAL FLOWER POTS AT FAT KWONG STREET BETWEEN THE JUNCTION WITH CHUNG HAU STREET.
ON IMPROVEMENT WORKS, GUARDRAILS WILL BE PUT UP TO FENCE OFF A SLIPPERY SLOPE AT HO MAN TIN HILL ROAD TO PREVENT STROLLERS OR CHILDREN PLAYING THERE FROM FALLING OFF THE SLOPE.
IN ADDITION, STEPS NEXT TO THE SLOPE, LINKING HO MAN TIN HILL ROAD TO PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, WILL BE WIDENED AND HANDRAILS WILL BE PUT UP.
COMMENTING ON THESE PROJECTS, THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN MR LEE LAP-SUN SAID THEY WERE AIMED AT BEAUTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENT AND INSTILLING A SENSE OF PRIDE AMONG THE COMMUNITY.
+ IT WILL ALSO HELP PUBLICISE THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ESTABLISH THE CREDIBILITY OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, + HE SAID.
GOVERNMENT MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS OPEN FOR BIDDING
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PRE-QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE BEING INVITED TO BID FOR THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF 10 GOVERNMENT MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (SUNDAY), A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID, TENDERERS WILL BE ABLE TO BID FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CAR PARKS LOCATED ON HONG KONG ISLAND; OR IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES; OR FOR ALL THE CAR PARKS.+
/+TENDERS WILL
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