TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1985
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BOARD TO GIVE VIEWS ON ILLEGAL LARD BOILING
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EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL, AT THEIR MEETING ON THURSDAY (OCTOBER 10), GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON A PROPOSAL BY THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO REMOVE STRUCTURES USED AS UNLICENSED FACTORIES FOR BONE CRUSHING, STORAGE AND LARD BOILING ON A HILLSIDE NEAR TAI TAM ROAD.
THE UNLICENSED FACTORIES HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND HAD PROMPTED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS OF HING MAN, HING WAH ESTATES, AND SHAN TSUI COURT,
A PETITION, WITH MORE THAN 10 000 SIGNATURES, WAS RECENTLY RECEIVED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT BOARD PROTESTING AGAINST THE OPERATION OF THE FACTORIES.
AT THE MEETING, THE EASTERN DISTRICT BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAM WILL REPORT TO THE BOARD ON ITS WORK PROGRESS, AND CONSULT MEMBERS ON THE WORK PROGRAMME FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
SINCE ITS FORMATION IN MAY, THE TEAM HAS INSPECTED
24 SELECTED PROBLEMATIC BUILDINGS IN NORTH POINT, AND CARRIED OUT SEVERAL WORKING SEMINARS WITH MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS INCORPORATIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE IR BUILDINGS.
OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE PROPOSALS TO CONSTRUCT A BUS TERMINUS AT LAI TAK TSUEN AND A REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AT DRAGON ROAD, THE REMOVAL OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES OVER GAS MAINS IN PRIVATE BACK LANES IN THE DISTRICT, AND PROGRESS REPORTS FROM VARIOUS COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY (OCTOBER 10) AT 2.30 PM IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE'S CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR, 880-886, KING'S ROAD,
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