MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1966
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+TO FOLLOW UP ON THE SURVEY OF PORNOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS, THE BOARD WOULD ORGANISE A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES, IN COLLABORATION WITH VARIOUS INTEREST AND WELFARE GROUPS IN THE DISTRICT, WITH THE AIM OF INSTILLING THE CORRECT CONCEPT OF HEALTHY LIFE, MR CHOW SAIT
THE LANDMARK PROJECT COSTS $132 000 WITH $50 000 SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION AND $82 000 ALLOCATED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT MANAGER MONGKOK OF THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, MR C.L.F. BAMFORD CHAIRMAN OF THE LANDMARK OPENING CEREMONY SUB-COMMITTEE, MR YIP KAM-CHIU, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, MR CLEMENT TAO.
WORKING GROUP TOURS PRIVATE STREETS
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MEMBERS OF A WORKING GROUP ON PRIVATE STREETS OF THE KOWLOOM CITY DISTRICT BOARD TOURED TO KWA WAN TODAY (MONDAY) TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THERE.
LED BY THE ASSISTANT KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TOMMY YUEN, AND THE WORKING GROUP CHAIRMAN, MR TANG TAI-CHUEN, WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, THE GROUP VISITED FOUR PRIVATE STREETS WHICH WERE RESUMED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1984 AS WELL AS OTHER PRIVATE STREETS IN THE AREA.
THE FOUR STREETS THAT THE GOVERNMENT RESUMED IN 1984 UNDER A PILOT SCHEME TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE: SHIM LUEN STREET, YIN ON STREET, TSUN FAT STREET AND HOK LING STREET, ABOUT $1 MILLION WAS SPENT TO REPAIR ROAD SURFACES AND OTHER UTILITIES.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL RESUME ANOTHER FOUR PRIVATE STREETS IN TO KWA WAN IN THE 1986-87 RESUMPTION PROGRAMME. DETAILS OF THE RESUMPTION WILL BE GAZETTED SHORTLY.
THERE ARE ALTOGETHER 44 PRIVATE STREETS IN THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT INCLUDING FOUR THAT WERE RESUMED AND FOUR OTHERS THAT WILL BE RESUMED IN THE NEXT PROGRAMME.
IN VIEW OF SATISFACTORY RESULTS OF THE PILOT SCHEME AND DEEP CONCERN BY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, THE WORKING GROUP WAS FORMED LAST MONTH AND ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE ARE:
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