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MR LAM ADDED THAT THE BOARD HAD ALLOCATED $600 000 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, OF WHICH $45 000 WOULD BE USED TO CARRY OUT COMPREHENSIVE SQUATTER IMPROVEMENT WORKS AT HOK TSUI VILLAGE IN SHEK 0. TAI HAU WAN VILLAGE IN BISNEY ROAD AND MARY NEW VILLAGE IN STANLEY.
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+ IN-DEPTH STUDIES WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THESE VILLAGES TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE TO BASIC FACILITIES SUCH AS ELECTRICITY AND WATER SUPPLIES, PUBLIC TOILETS, REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICES, DRAINAGE, POSTÁL SERVICES, ACCESS AND AMENITIES,+ MR LAM SAID.
+THE BOARD ALSO CARRIES OUT MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SUCH AS PAVING FOOTPATHS, CONSTRUCTING STAIRWAYS AND STANDPIPE PLATFORMS, AND BUILDING SITTING-OUT AREAS AND GUARD RAILINGS, HE ADDED.
PRIOR TO THE SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER GUESTS TOURED TIN WAN HILL VILLAGE TO SEE THE NEW STREET LIGHTS, AND INSPECT WORK BEING CARRIED OUT ON STREET LIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT TWO SQUATTER VILLAGES IN STANLEY AND AP LEI CHAU.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, MADAM MAR YUET-HAR,
DB MEMBERS LEARN ABOUT POLICE WORK
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MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WENT TODAY TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORK AND OPERATION OF THE MONG KOK POLICE STATION.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS BRENDA FUNG, THEY WERE GREETED BY THE DISTRICT COMMANDER (MONG KOK), MR WONG TSAN-KWONG.
THEY WERE BRIEFED ON VARIOUS TOPICS, INCLUDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE, DEPLOYMENT OF STAFF, AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT, AND THE PROBLEM OF VICE ESTABLISHMENTS.
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