MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1984
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THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD WILL MEET AGAIN TOMORROW (TUESDAY) WHEN THE COMPLAINT OF TAI KOO SHING RESIDENTS WILL BE DISCUSSED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AWAITS DISCUSSION OF THE MATTER WITH THE COMMITTEE.
ONE ASPECT WHICH
THE COMMITTEE WILL NEED TO CONSIDER IS THAT, IF TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE INSTALLED TO REPLACE THE ZEBRA CROSSING, THEY MAY HAMPER THE SMOOTH FLOW OF TRAFFIC ALONG TAI KOO WAN ROAD, WHICH MAY IN TURN LEAD TO CONGESTION DURING PEAK HOURS.
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IDEAL LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN SIU HONG COURT *****
MOVING TO SIU HONG COURT IN TUEN MUN MEANS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENT FOR MANY PEOPLE.
+WE USED TO SHARE A WAN CHAI FLAT WITH ANOTHER FAMILY BEFORE HERE ONE AND A HALF YEARS AGO,+ MRS LAU LAI PO-LING SAID. THE FOUR-MEMBER FAMILY - THE PARENTS AND THEIR TWO KIDS OCCUPIED THE LIVING ROOM AND ONE BEDROOM.
THEY PAID $1 500 AS RENT THEN. NOW IT IS A MONTHLY INSTALMENT OF $1 700 FOR THEIR TWO-BEDROOM PROPERTY AT SIU HONG COURT STAGE 1.
+EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE LIVING IN WAN CHA!,+ SHE ADDED. +THE PLACE IS ALWAYS DUSTY, NOISY AND CONGESTED. MORE IMPORTANT, I COULD ONLY TAKE MY KIDS TO VICTORIA PARK IN CAUSEWAY BAY, WHICH IS A MAJOR TRIP FOR A BUSY HOUSEWIFE.+
THE 10-YEAR-OLD MISS LAU WAS QUICK TO AGREE WITH HER MOTHER, WHO NOW ALLOWS HER TO PLAY IN THE COURT'S PLAYGROUND WITH SOME YOUNG NEIGHBOURS.
MRS LAU EXPLAINED THAT HER HUSBAND WAS NOT TOO KEEN ON MOVING TO THE NEW TERRITORIES, BUT SHE THOUGHT AN HOS FLAT WAS THE BEST BUY FOR THE FAMILY.
MR LAU YU, MANAGER OF THE CLOTHES DEPARTMENT OF A DEPARTMENT STORE IN MONGKOK, IS NOW SATISFIED WITH THE MOVE.
ANOTHER FAMILY, A GREEN FORM APPLICANT, NOW ENJOYS LIVING IN A FLAT TWICE AS BIG AS THEIR PREVIOUS ONE IN TAI HING ESTATE, ALSO IN TUEN MUN.
THE FAMILY MOVED FROM KWUN TONG FOUR YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF EVICTION.
MR PAK