TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1986
TWO CANDIDATES, ONE IN THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS AND ONE IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS, HAVE BEEN DUELY DECLARED AS BEING ELECTED BECAUSE THEIR NOMINATIONS WERE UNCONTESTED.
THEY ARE MR PAO PING-WING OF KOWLOON CITY EAST CONSTITUENCY AND M JAMES WONG MAN-TAI OF KWAI CHUNG WEST AND TSING YI CONSTITUENCY,
ELECTORS IN THESE TWO CONSTITUENCIES WILL NOT BE RECEIVING POLL CARDS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID REGISTERED VOTERS SHOULD RECEIVE THEIR POLL CARDS THIS WEEK, AND ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 5-270369 OR 5-270380.
$1 BILLION WORTH OF UC PROJECTS SINCE 1973
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IN AN EFFORT TO ACHIEVE ITS LONG-TERM GOAL OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HONG KONG PEOPLE'S LIFE-STYLE, THE UR BAN COUNCIL HAS SPENT MORE THAN $1 BILLION ON HUNDREDS OF CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS SINCE IT GAINED FINANCIAL AUTONOMY IN 1073.
THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, SAID THIS AT THE COUNCIL'S MONTHLY OPEN MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.
HE SAID THE PROJECTS COVERED WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED IN UNICIPAL TERMS THE NECESSARY (MARKETS, ETC), THE HEALTHY (SWIMMING POOLS, SPORTS GROUNDS, ETC) AND THE FINER THINGS (LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES).
+THE COUNCIL HAS BUILT FOUR MARKET COMPLEXES AT NGAU TAU KOK, ABERDEEN, SAI WAN HO AND TO KWA WAN, EACH OF WHICH HAS BROUGHT BIG IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LIVING STANDARDS OF THOSE DISTRICTS, HE SAID.
+AND TODAY SIMILAR URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEXES ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR PLANNING FOR THE REMAINING HEAVILY-POPULATED URBAN DISTRICTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HARBOUR.+
TURNING TO THE HEALTHY, MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID THE EXTENSIVE RANGE OF HIGHLY POPULAR FACILITIES OPENED IN THE PAST 12 YEARS INCLUDED SIX SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES, ONE SPECIALIST TRAINING POOL, THREE SPORTS GROUNDS AND EIGHT INDOOR GAMES HALLS.
ON THE FINER THINGS, HE SAID: +TODAY WE HAVE SUCH SPLENDID CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AS THE 12 500-SEAT COLISEUM, THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM AND THE KO SHAN THEATRE. OTHER NEW CULTURAL FACILITIES INCLUDE THE SPACE MUSEUM AND THE MUSEUM OF TEA WARE.+
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