TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1986
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$100 000 PROJECT TO IMPROVE SEWERAGE IN HUNG HOM
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MEMBERS OF THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 6) TO DISCUSS A PROPOSED $100 000 PROJECT TO IMPROVE SEWERAGE IN HUNG HOM.
THE SEWERAGE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SUBJECTS OF COMPLAINTS BY RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. INVESTIGATIONS BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE SERIOUS BLOCKAGE OF SEWERS ALONG WING KWONG STREET, HUNG FOOK STREET AND OTHER STREETS IN THE VICINITY.
A THOROUGH CLEANSING OPERATION IS REQUIRED TO ARREST AND PREVENT THE PROBLEM FROM SURFACING AGAIN.
MEMBERS WILL BE ASKED TO ENDORSE THE PROJECT WHICH WILL TAKE TWO TO THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
A REPORT ON THE WORKING GROUP OF PRIVATE LANES WILL ALSO
BE TABLED IN THE MEETING.
OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE A JOINT DEPARTMENT TIDYING- UP EXERCISE AT CLEARED BACK LANES AND THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING TO BEGIN AT 2.15 PM ON THURSDAY IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT 141 KAU PUI LUNG ROAD, TO KWA WAN. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION SERVICE AT THE MEETING.
CENTRAL-WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL BEGINS TOMORROW
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AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY OF A 50-METRE-LONG DRAGON AND TWO LIONS AT EDINBURGH PLACE AND A VARIETY SHOW AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) WILL MARK THE GRAND OPENING OF THE SECOND CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL.
SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, WILL PERFORM THE EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY AND OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE VARIETY SHOW AT 7.30 PM.
THE VARIETY