SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1936
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PROJECTS TO MAKE KWUN TONG GREENER PLANNED
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THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD WILL SOON LAUNCH THREE PROJECTS TO PUT MORE GREENERY INTO THE PREDOMINANTLY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
COSTING ABOUT $200 000, THE PROJECTS INCLUDE PLANTING TREES IN THE KAI FUK TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA AND ALONG KWUN TONG ROAD, AND BUILDING A REST GARDEN IN SHUN LEE.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE (EIC), MR LAM LEUNG-KI, SAID: +DURING A VISIT TO THE THA LAST MONTH, WE FOUND THAT THE AREA, WITH A POPULATION OF 7 000, WAS IN NEED OF AMENITIES.
+THEREFORE, THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO INSTALL 100 HEXAGON CONCRETE FLOWER-POTS IN THE LANES BETWEEN HOUSING BLOCKS, AND PLANT TREES AND FLOWERS TO BEAUTIFY THE ENVIRONMENT. +
THE PROJECT WAS PROPOSED BY THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTEE IN RESPONSE TO THE EIC'S RECENT APPEAL FOR MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS.
ANOTHER BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT ENDORSED BY THE COMMITTEE WAS TO INSTALL 26 POTS OF FLOWERS AND PLANTS ALONG THE CENTRAL DIVIDER ON KWUN TONG ROAD BETWEEN THE NGAU TAU KOK MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION AND THE KWUN TONG TERMINUS, MR LAM SAID.
TURNING TO SHUN LEE, MR LAM SAID THE PIECE OF A HILLSLOPE BOUNDED BY NEW CLEARWATER BAY ROAD AND LEE ON ROAD, ALREADY FREQUENTED BY MORNING WALKERS, WOULD BE DEVELOPED INTO A PROPER RECREATIONAL AREA IN TWO PHASES,
UNDER PHASE I, A REST GARDEN WITH ARBOURS, BENCHES, RESURFACED PATHS AND HORTICULTURAL AMENITIES, WOULD BE BUILT AT THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE SLOPE, HE SAID.
THE PROJECT WAS PROPOSED BY THE SHUN LEE AREA COMMITTEE.
MORE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT REQUIRED IN GREENING' HK
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THE URBAN COUNCIL IS EXPLORING MORE WAYS OF GETTING THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE INVOLVED IN THE +GREENING+ OF HONG KONG, URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN SAID THIS AFTERNOON AFTER VISITING THE BRAEMAR HILL NURSERY IN NORTH POINT.
MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID: +OVER THE YEARS THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN TRANSFORMING HONG KONG FROM THE BARE TO THE BEAUTIFUL, AS A RESULT, A GROWING NUMBER OF OASES OF GREENERY CAN BE SEEN DOTTED AMONG THE HIGH RISES IN OUR DENSELY-POPULATED URBAN AREAS.+
/HE SAID
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