SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1904
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MR ORANGE SAID THAT TIN SHUI WAI HAS BEEN DESIGNED WITH HOUSING ESTATES AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES SURROUNDING A CENTRAL DISTRICT PARK AND A TOWN CENTRE.
+MAIN ROADS ARE KEPT AT THE FRINGES OF THE TOWN BUT PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTES, INCLUDING A POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, WILL CROSS THROUGH GIVING CONVENIENT ACCESS TO ALL HOUSING ESTATES AND COMMERCIAL AREAS,+ HE ADDED.
IMPROVING SERVICES TO SQUATTER AREAS ****
THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD WILL SPEND $40 000 ON SEVERAL PROJECTS TO PROVIDE IMPROVED SERVICES TO LOCAL SQUATTER AREAS.
THE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE SETTING UP OF GROUP LETTER BOXES, PROVIDING EQUIPMENT TO FIRE WATCH TEAMS AND CARRYING OUT SITE FORMATION WORK ON A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE OFFICE. WHILE WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS, OTHER WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
+FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS ABOUT INADEQUATE DOOR-TO-DOOR POSTAL SERVICES AT TAI SHING AND SAU ON VILLAGES IN SAU MAU PING, THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL HELP RESIDENTS INSTALL GROUP LETTER BOXES AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TWO SQUATTER AREAS, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, MR CHEUNG SHEK-FU SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS ALSO APPROVED FUNDS FOR EQUIPMENT FOR FOUR RECENTLY-FORMED FIRE WATCH TEAMS AT SAU ON VILLAGE AND LAM TIN THIRD VILLAGE.
+WITH THE APPROACH OF THE DRY SEASON, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THESE NEW FIRE WATCH TEAMS ARE PROPERLY EQUIPPED TO CARRY OUT THE IR DUTIES,+ MR CHEUNG SAID.
FIRE WATCH TEAMS ARE SET UP IN SQUATTER AREAS TO KEEP
A CONSTANT VIGIL AGAINST FIRES, TO ALERT THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT ONCE A FIRE BREAKS OUT, AND TO HELP EVACUATE RESIDENTS WHEN NECESSARY.
ANOTHER PROJECT WILL SOON TO BE STARTED TO CARRY OUT SITE FORMATION WORK ON A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE OFFICE WHICH WILL SERVE LAM TIN THIRD AND FOURTH VILLAGES.
+ THE KWUN TONG ROTARY CLUB HAS AGREED TO DONATE A CONTAINER COMPARTMENT TO BE USED AS THE MAC OFFICE, AND WE HOPE THAT RESIDENTS WILL MAKE GOOD USE OF IT ONCE IT IS COMPLETED, MR CHEUNG SAID.
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