SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1936
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TUEN MUN DB TO DISCUSS LRT SYSTEM
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TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL AIR THE IR VIEWS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM AT THE IR BOARD MEETING ON TUESDAY (JULY 22).
THE DISCUSSION WOULD SERVE AS A ROUND-UP TO A SERIES OF
THE DEPUTY CONSULTATIONS CARRIED OUT RECENTLY IN THE DISTRICT. SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR DAVID LAN, WILL ATTEND THE MEETING.
SO FAR, THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD HAD HELD A WORKING GROUP MEETING AND A JOINT MEETING WITH THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD AND THE UMELCO STANDING PANEL ON TRANSPORT TO DISCUSS THE LRT PROPOSAL.
IN ORDER TO CONSULT RESIDENTS AT LARGE, THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE HAD ALSO ARRANGED A BRIEFING ON THE SUBJECT LAST MONDAY WHERE THE DISTRICT'S MAC'S MEMBERS WERE GIVEN A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE KCRC AND THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ON THE PROJECT.
THE BRIEFING WAS TO SUPPLEMENT THE CURRENT CONSULTATION EFFORT BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE. THE DISTRICT OFFICER HAD ALSO SENT AN OPEN LETTER TO ABOUT 500 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS EARLIER THIS MONTH, EXPLAINING THE RATIONALE OF THE LRT SYSTEM.
AT TUESDAY'S DB MEETING, MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AT DAYA BAY WITH REGARD TO SAFETY MEASURES.
ALSO INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA WILL BE THE DELAY IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TUEN MUN TOWN HALL AS A RESULT OF THE DEFUNCT CONTRACTOR; THE POLLUTION OF NEW AND OLD CAFETERIA BEACHES, AND OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED RESITING OF SAW MILLS IN AREA 18 TO AREA 40.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 9.30 AM ON TUESDAY IN THE CONFERENCE ROON OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, THIRD FLOOR, TUEN MUN GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 1 TUEN HI ROAD, TUEN MUN.
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