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MISS CHEUNG MAN-YEE
MR R.P. MARGOLIS
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1984
(DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION
SERVICES)
(DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER)
MISS VIVIEN FONG
(CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICER)
(INTERPRETER)
A MEMBER OF THE UMELCO SECRETARIAT
THE PARTY WILL LEAVE HONG KONG FOR PEKING ON SEPTEMBER 29, AND RETURN TO HONG KONG ON OCTOBER 3.
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MORE AMENITIES FOR RENNIE'S MILL
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A LARGE REST GARDEN WILL BE BUILT NEXT TO THE NEWLY-COMPLETED BASKETBALL COURT IN THE RENNIE'S MILL VILLAGE COTTAGE AREA, SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS CARRIE CHENG SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE BASKETBALL COURT, WHICH COST $200 000, MISS CHENG SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD ALWAYS TRIED TO IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN THE COTTAGE AREA, WHICH HAS MORE THAN 6 000 PEOPLE.
THE BOARD HAD APPROVED PLANS TO CONVERT A 470 SQUARE-METRE SITE NEXT TO THE BASKETBALL COURT INTO A REST GARDEN AT A COST OF ABOUT $130 000 FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE'S LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS FUND.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENNIE'S MILL HAD ALWAYS BEEN DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, SUCH AS THE HILLY TERRAIN AND STEEP SLOPES.
THERE WAS HARDLY ANY OPEN SPACE AND ACCESS TO THE AREA WAS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT.
+SINCE THE DISTRICT BOARD CAME INTO BEING, THERE HAS BEEN MUCH IMPROVEMENT TO THE WELFARE OF RESIDENTS, SHE SAID.
THE BOARD INTRODUCED MAXI-CAB SERVICES BETWEEN KWUN TONG AND RENNIE'S MILL, AND HAD HELPED OBTAIN HALF-FARE FOR STUDENTS IN SA! WAN HO FERRY SERVICES.
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