SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1984
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LEAKAGE TEST IN TSIM SHA TSUI
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FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO SOME PREMISES IN TSIM SHA TSUI WILL BE TURNED OFF FROM 11 PM ON TUESDAY (JUNE 19) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR LEAKAGE TESTS.
THE AFFECTED AREA IS BOUNDED BY NATHAN ROAD, PEKING ROAD, CANTON ROAD AND SALISBURY ROAD.
NEW GARDEN FOR EAST TSIM SHA TSUI
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TSIM SHA TSUI EAST WITH ITS MANY FINE BUILDINGS INTERSPERSED WITH PLEASANT PARKS HAD QUICKLY BECOME A FAVOURITE SPOT FOR LOCAL PEOPLE AND TOURISTS, AND ITS ATTRACTION WOULD BE FURTHER ENHANCED BY THE OPENING OF THE URBAN COUNCIL WING ON PLAZA GARDEN.
THIS WAS SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) BY MR KENNETH T. C. LO CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE. WHEN HE PERFORMED THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE GARDEN IN A JOINT CEREMONY WITH MR LAMBERT KWOK, CHAIRMAN OF THE WING ON GROUP.
EXPRESSING THE COUNCIL'S GRATITUDE TO WING ON'S FOR THEIR DONATION OF $3.63 MILLION TOWARDS THE COST OF THE PROJECT, MR LO SAID: THIS GARDEN WITH ITS LANDSCAPING, FOUNTAIN, ARBOURS, SITTING-OUT AREAS, PAVILION AND CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND WILL BE WELL USED BY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.+
TURNING TO THE EMERGENCE OF EAST TSIM SHA TSUI AS A DRAWCARD FOR LOCAL PEOPLE AND TOURISTS ALIKE, MR LO SAID THAT AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THE COUNCIL HAD PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN MAKING THE AREA ATTRACTIVE BY PROVIDING GARDENS, PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS.
HE SAID: +TO MARK THE CELEBRATION OF THE COUNCIL'S CENTENARY YEAR IN 1983, THE URBAN COUNCIL UNDERTOOK TO DEVELOP 10 SITES IN EAST TSIM SHA TSUI WHICH HAVE BEEN COLLECTIVELY NAMED THE URBAN COUNCIL CENTENARY GARDEN. SEVERAL OF THESE SITES HAVE ALREADY BEEN OPENED WITH THE REMAINING SITES DUE TO BE COMPLETED VERY SOON.
+THESE AMENITY AREAS TOGETHER WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL WING ON PLAZA GARDEN, WILL BE INTERCONNECTED AT GROUND LEVEL OR BY FOOTBRIDGES AND SUBWAYS, AND WILL FORM AN EXTENSION TO THE OTHER URBAN COUNCIL FACILITIES NEARBY, NAMELY THE MIDDLE ROAD PLAYGROUND AND THE TSIM SHA TSUI PROMENADE AT THE WATERFRONT.
+THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS HAD VERY GOOD RELATIONS WITH ESTABLISHED ENTERPRISES AND ORGANISATIONS. ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE JOINT PROJECT OF DEVELOPING THE TSIM SHA TSUI PROMENADE WHICH HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND FREQUENTLY USED AREAS IN KOWLOON.+