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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1983
* NOISE POLLUTION: THE MARKET STARTED OPERATION AS EARLY AS 4 AM EVERY MORNING WITH THOUSANDS OF CHICKENS AND DUCKS CACKLING AND QUACKING AT THE SAME TIME: AND
* TRAFFIC CONGESTION: AS THE MARKET WAS SOME DISTANCE FROM
THE LOADING AND UNLOADING PIER FOR THE POULTRY, CAGES OF POULTRY HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED BY HANDCARTS FROM THE PIER TO FORBES STREET, CUTTING ACROSS THE TRAFFIC IN CATCHICK AND BELCHER'S STREETS.
+THE PROBLEM MIGHT NOT BE SO SERIOUS IF THE POULTRY LAANS WERE SITUATED FAR AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SHE SAID,
+HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS IN FORBES STREET AND DAVIS STREET AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS IN RECENT YEARS,+ SHE ADDED.
SHE SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS HAD VISITED THE AREA TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS, BUT FELT THAT IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED SITE AREA, THE OUT-DATED FACILITIES AND ITS PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
+FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD'S POINT OF VIEW, THE PROPOSED RELOCATION OF THE LAANS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE INTERIM MEASURE BECAUSE THE LAAN TRADERS CAN CONTINUE WITH THEIR BUSINESS AND THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN KENNEDY TOWN CAN ALSO BE IMPROVED,+ SHE SAID.
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDISING COURSES AT OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL
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YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WISH TO TAKE PART IN +SKILLS COURSES+ TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH AT THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL IN SAT KUNG SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS NOW, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE THREE-DAY COURSES ONE ON INTERMEDIATE SAILING AND THE OTHER ON INTERMEDIATE CANOEING WILL START ON OCTOBER 21.
THERE WILL BE 20 GOVERNMENT-SUBSIDISED PLACES FOR EACH OF THE TWO COURSES. ORGANISED BY THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL AND THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
THE SUBSIDY WILL REDUCE THE FEE BY 60 PER CENT TO $200.
APPLICATION FORMS FOR THE TWO SKILLS COURSES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE RSS HEADQUARTERS IN WING ON CENTRE, CENTRAL, AND AT ITS 19 DISTRICT OFFICES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
EARLIER, THE GOVERNMENT ALLOCATED $670 000 TO ASSIST YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WISHED TO TAKE PART IN OUTWARD BOUND COURSES.
UNDER THIS SCHEME, ABOUT 1 000 YOUNG PERSONS, INCLUDING HANDICAPPED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLE, WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN VARIOUS LAND AND SEA-BASED COURSES.
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