SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1984
MR FUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOARD WOULD DEPEND GREATLY ON THE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION OF THE RESIDENTS.
HE URGED ALL THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE BOARD AND REGISTER AS VOTERS.
TONIGHT'S SINGING CONTEST WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND SING TAO NEWSPAPERS LIMITED.
COMMUNITY URGED TO PLANT MORE TREES ***
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS VITAL IF MORE GREENERY IS TO BE ADDED TO THE NEWLY DEVELOPING AREAS IN THE NORTH DISTRICT, MR LIU CHING-LEUNG, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
MR LIU URGED THE PUBLIC TO TAKE PART IN TREE PLANTING IN THE IR NEIGHBOURHOOD WHEN HE MADE A TWO-HOUR TOUR OF FANLING.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED DURING THE VISIT BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (HEADQUARTERS) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR LI TIN-MING, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF NORTH DISTRICT, MR MA 1U-KI.
AT A NEW AMENITY PLOT IN KAM TSIN VILLAGE, MR LIU WAS IMPRESSED THAT THE ONCE RUBBISH-RIDDEN SITE HAD TURNED INTO A BEAUTIFUL PATCH OF GREEN.
HE WAS TOLD THAT ABOUT 20 000 TREES AND SHRUBS HAD BEEN PLANTED IN THE NORTH DISTRICT LAST YEAR BY NTSD AND ANOTHER 30 000 WILL BE PLANTED THIS YEAR.
TO AROUSE PUBLIC INTEREST IN TREE PLANTING, A DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY WILL BE HELD IN FANLING ON MAY 28 (MONDAY).
THE PARTY THEN TOURED LUEN WO HU! WHERE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THE LANDS DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD STAGED A JOINT OPERATION TO CLEAR ALL ILLEGAL STRUCTURES CAUSING OBSTRUCTION TO STREETS AND LANES.
MR LIU WAS IMPRESSED BY THE MARKED IMPROVEMENT TO THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT AFTER THE OPERATION.
THEY NEXT VISITED A NEWLY COMPLETED PERMANENT REFUSE COLLECTION POINT ADJACENT TO THE FANLING PUMPING STATION, THE FIRST SUCH PERMANENT FACILITY IN FANLING CAPABLE OF HANDLING SEVEN TONNES OF REFUSE A DAY.
AT HO TUNG BRIDGE, MR LIU WAS BRIEFED ON AN OPERATION BY NTSD TO CLEAN UP RIVER INDUS AND RIVER BEAS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PREVENT FLOODING.
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