SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1984
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STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMME FOR SQUATTER AREAS
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ELEVEN STREET LIGHTS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INSTALLED IN NAM FUNG SHEUNG VILLAGE UNDER A PILOT SCHEME OF A STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME IN SQUATTER AREAS IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
INSTALLATION COST FOR THE LIGHTS WAS ABOUT $19 000, OF WHICH $16 000 WAS CONTRIBUTED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE REST BY THE LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE.
A DISTRICT BOARD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT ANOTHER 100 STREET LIGHTS WERE BEING PLANNED FOR FIVE OTHER SQUATTER AREAS IN THE DISTRICT THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.
THESE AREAS ARE IN UPPER KAI LUNG WAN VILLAGE, KAU WAI VILLAGE, TAI SHUI HANG VILLAGE, TAI HAU WAN AND TIN WAN HILL VILLAGE I.
+ IN SETTING OUT THE PRIORITY OF EACH OF THE SQUATTER AREAS FOR THE SCHEME, WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY OF LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, THEIR EXPERIENCE IN CARRYING OUT SIMILAR PROJECTS, INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, POPULATION, LAW AND ORDER, ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION AND LAND STATUS ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT,+ HE SAID.
+FINANCIALLY, IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL CONTRIBUTE 80 PER CENT OF THE INSTALLATION COST AND THE LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES 20 PER CENT, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT SINCE NAM FUNG SHEUNG VILLAGE WAS THE FIRST SQUATTER AREA TO HAVE STREET LIGHTING, ITS FUNCTIONING WOULD BE MONITORED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR SIX MONTHS TO SEE WHETHER THERE WERE PROBLEMS OF FEE COLLECTION AND ILLEGAL TAPPING OF ELECTRICITY.
ON TUESDAY (APRIL 17), A SWITCH-ON CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT
5 PM AT THE ENTRANCE TO NAM FUNG SHEUNG VILLAGE.
GUESTS WILL INCLUDE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR K.C. KWONG : CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, MR HO CHUN- TUNG ; AND BOARD MEMBERS MR KAN MAN-LEE AND MR LAM HON-KEUNG.
STREET LIGHTING AT NAM FUNG SHEUNG VILLAGE, WITH A POPULATION OF 820, WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORT OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE URBAN AREAS DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION (SOUTHERN DIVISION) AND THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY AT 5 PM ON TUESDAY (APRIL 17) AT THE ENTRANCE TO NAM FUNG SHEUNG VILLAGE IN NAM FUNG ROAD, WONG CHUK HANG.
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