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IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, SOME 20 000 MORE PLANTS WILL ALSO BE PLANTED AT VARIOUS PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS, AMENITY PLOTS AND ROADSIDES IN THE DISTRICT.
DR TANG ALSO SAW CLEAN-UP WORK ON STREAMS AT YAU TAM MEI TSUEN AND WAI TSAI TSUEN,
THIS ON-GOING WORK ON A FEW SELECTED STREAMS AND RIVERS IS AIMED AT CLEARING AWAY REFUSE AND HELPING TO PREVENT RIVER FLOODING OF VARIOUS AREAS IN THE DISTRICT.
DR TANG ALSO VISITED FAN TIN TSUEN VILLAGE IN SAN TIN, AND OBSERVED THAT THE NTSD AND THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE HAD RECENTLY MOUNTED A JOINT CLEAN-UP DRIVE OF THE AREA WITH THE HELP OF THE VILLAGERS.
LAND EXECUTIVE WHO'S A STANDOUT
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THE FIRST WOMAN LAND EXECUTIVE TO WORK IN THE LANDS DEPARTMENT HAS PASSED THE LAND ADMINISTRATION COURSE.
MRS WONG WU SIU-YING, WHO JOINED THE LAND EXECUTIVE GRADE IN 1981, WAS ONE OF 26 LAND EXECUTIVES PRESENTED WITH THEIR CERTIFICATES TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, MR JOHN TODD.
THE LAND ADMINISTRATION COURSE IS A TWO-YEAR PART-TIME DAY RELEASE COURSE RUN JOINTLY BY HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE LANDS DEPARTMENT.
SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDE LAND SURVEYING AND MAP INTERPRETATION, VALUATION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, LAW RELATING TO LAND ADMINISTRATION, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT, ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMICS.
PRESENTING THE CERTIFICATES, MR TODD COMMENDED THE GRADUATES FOR HAVING WORKED HARD FOR THEIR EXAMINATION WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CONTINUING WITH THEIR NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY JOBS.
HE SAID THE ACADEMIC BOARD OF HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC HAD UPGRADED THE COURSE TO HIGHER CERTIFICATE IN LAND ADMINISTRATION IN RECOGNITION OF THE HIGH STANDARD OF THE COURSE.
SINCE THE COURSE STARTED IN 1974, A TOTAL OF 180 SERVING LAND EXECUTIVES, INCLUDING THE PRESENT 26, HAVE COMPLETED IT SUCCESSFULLY.
ANOTHER 40 ARE STILL ATTENDING THE COURSE.
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