MONDAY, JULY 28, 198€
DB MEMBERS VISIT URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
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KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED THE URBAN AREA DEVELOPMENT OFFICE (UADO) OF THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND SAW SOME OF ITS PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT.
ACCOMPANIED BY STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, MEMBERS WENT TO THE VADO AT AUSTIN ROAD WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE CHIEF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICER (KOWLOON CITY), DR LAI HON-WAH, ON THE WORK AND ORGANISATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ALSO HELD DISCUSSIONS ON VARIOUS PROJECTS WHICH WERE BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE DISTRICT.
AFTER THE BRIEFING, THE PARTY TOURED SITES AT THE CARPENTER ROAD PROJECT IN KOWLOON CITY AND THE PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD FLYOVER RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THE CARPENTER ROAD PROJECT INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN URBAN COUNCIL PLAYGROUND AND THE WIDENING OF THE ROAD TO EASE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE AREA.
TODAY'S VISIT IS PART OF AN ON-GOING PROGRAMME ARRANGED BY
THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO ENABLE BOARD MEMBERS TO FAMILIAR ISE THEMSELVES WITH THE OPERATION OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
STREET CLEAN-UP IN WAN CHAI *****
A STREET CLEANING OPERATION HAS BEEN MOUNTED ALONG THE SECTION OF JOHNSTON ROAD AND O'BRIEN ROAD ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND IN WAN CHAI.
THE OPERATION WAS CO-ORDINATED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE AND CARRIED OUT BY STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE POLICE.
A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID A TOTAL OF 12 LORRY-LOADS OF JUNK AND REFUSE WERE REMOVED IN THIS AND OTHER CLEAN-UPS AT THE SAME SECTION EARLIER IN THE MONTH.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH SUCH OPERATIONS RESIDENTS WILL BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND EXERCISE SELF-DISCIPLINE IN KEEPING THE STREETS CLEAN, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
CONTINUOUS EFFORTS WOULD BE MADE TO MAINTAIN THE CLEANLINESS OF THE STREETS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT SO AS TO MAKE WAN CHAI A BETTER AND CLEANER PLACE TO LIVE IN, HE ADDED.
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