SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1984
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IT ALSO ESTABLISHED FIRE WATCH TEAMS AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE SETTING UP OF A TELEVISION TRANSMISSION STATION. AND, IN ADDITION TO ORGANISING AND SPONSORING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, THE BOARD WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN LAUNCHING AN ANTI-AIR-POLLUTION CAMPAIGN IN THE AREA.
→THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL CARE AND THE SENSE OF BELONGING ARE VERY EVIDENT AMONG THE PEOPLE IN RENNIE'S MILL. +
→THESE HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF 12 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, RENNIE'S MILL SERVICE CENTRE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUNK BAY MEDICAL RELIEF COUNCIL, AND SIX SCHOOLS AND RELIGIOUS BODIES.
+THE RECENT CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN RENNIE'S MILL HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF CONCERTED EFFORTS OF BOTH THE DISTRICT BOARD AND RESIDENTS, SHE SAID.
ABOUT HALF OF THE 3 000 ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN RENNIE'S MILL HAD REGISTERED.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE MR LEE HOK-MING, AND AN ELECTED DB MEMBER, MR WONG KWOK-YEE ALSO ATTENDED TODAY'S CEREMONY.
A BASKETBALL MATCH BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOLLOWED THE CEREMONY.
LANDS AND WORKS CHIEF TO GIVE TALKS IN US
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THE SPENDING OF $16 MILLION A DAY ON BUILDING NEW TOWNS IS BUT ONE OF MANY PROOFS OF HONG KONG'S VITALITY.
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, DR N.K. CHAN, WILL BE TELLING THIS TO AMERICAN AUDIENCES.
DR CHAN IS LEAVING TODAY (SATURDAY) FOR A THREE-WEEK TOUR OF THE US WHERE HE WILL BE MAKING A NUMBER OF SPEECHES.
HIS FIRST SPEECH, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOWNS IN HONG KONG, WILL BE MADE AT THE ANNUAL CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION IN PHILADELPHIA ON SEPTEMBER 17.
AT THE CONGRESS, WHICH WILL BE ATTENDED BY 7 000 PEOPLE, DR CHAN WILL HIGHLIGHT HONG KONG'S GROWTH FROM A +BARREN ROCK+ TO A THRIVING METROPOLIS OF 5.5 MILLION PEOPLE, AND WILL OUTLINE THE WORK BEING DONE IN EACH OF THE SIX NEW TOWNS.
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