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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1986
+TO KEEP IN LINE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE BOARD IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR REFLECTING THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC AND FOSTERING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.
OUTLINING THE WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BOARD, MR CHAN SAID ITS TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE HAD TAKEN A KEEN CONCERN IN TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AND HAD SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS.
ISSUES THEY HAD TACKLED INCLUDED IMPROVEMENT OF THE MINI-ROUNDABOUT AT FOURTH AND FIFTH STREETS IN NGAU TAU KOK. ROAD WIDENING PROPOSALS IN CHOI HA ROAD, AND A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL FOR HIP WO STREET.
THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE CONDUCTING A SURVEY AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO ASSESS THE TRANSPORT NEEDS OF RESIDENTS, HE ADDED.
MR CHAN SAID THAT IN IMPROVING THE DISTRICT'S ENVIRONMENT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE HAD MADE AN ALL-OUT EFFORT ALLOCATING MORE THAN $750 000 SINCE APRIL LAST YEAR TO CARRY OUT VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO KEPT A CLOSE WATCH ON THE OPERATION OF THE JORDAN VALLEY CONTROL TIP TO ENSURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCE WOULD BE MINIMISED.
ON THE WORK OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR CHAN CITED THE PREFERENTIAL PRIVATE MEDICAL AND TRANSPORT SCHEMES FOR THE ELDERLY AS POSITIVE STEPS. THEY WERE INTRODUCED BY THE COMMITTEE'S WORK ING GROUP ON THE CONCERN FOR MEDICAL AND TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.
SO FAR, A TOTAL OF 7 388 ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT HAD JOINED THE TWO SCHEMES, HE SAID.
TO STRENGTHEN RESIDENTS' SENSE OF IDENTIFYING WITH THE DISTRICT AND TO PROVIDE CULTURAL AND RECREATION SERVICES THE CULTURE, RECREATION AND SPORTS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE HAD INTRODUCED MANY LARGE-SCALE ACTIVITIES. EXAMPLES WERE THE +ACTION CIVIC YOUTH+ PROGRAMMES AND THE KWUN TONG FESTIVAL.
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