MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1987
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SOUTHERN SEEKS SUPPORT FOR YOUDE FUND
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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD IS APPEALLING TO DISTRICT BODIES AND RESIDENTS ORGANISATIONS TO SUPPORT THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND.
THE BOARD HAS SET UP A WORKING GROUP TO CO-ORDINATE FUND RAISING EFFORTS AND ITS DONATION DRIVE WILL LAST UNTIL THE END OF APRIL.
LETTERS WILL BE SENT TO THE DISTRICT'S SIX AREA COMMITTEES AND MORE THAN 250 LOCAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATIONS, FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BODIES.
IN THE LETTER, THE WORKING GROUP CHAIRMAN, MR ALBERT POON, WILL URGE RESIDENTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORTHY CAUSE SO THAT MORE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE HIGHER EDUCATION.
RESIDENTS MAY MAKE DONATIONS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND SUB-OFFICES IN ABERDEEN CENTRE, WAH FU AND STANLEY. RECEIPTS WILL BE ISSUED AND RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT REQUIRE A RECEIPT CAN PLACE THEIR DONATIONS IN BOXES AT THE THREE OFFICES.
+ALL DONATIONS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, ARE WELCOME,
MR POUN ADDS.
A SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED ABOUT $121 000 FROM RESIDENTS. A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS HAVE ALSO OBTAINED BOXES FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR COLLECTING DONATIONS.
ILLEGAL STRUCTURES CLEARED IN KOWLOON CITY
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AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CLEARANCE OPERATION TO REMOVE 27 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND 11 OVERSIZED CANOPIES IN REAR LANES IN HUNG HOM AREA BEGAN TODAY (MONDAY).
THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND CANOPIES IN EIGHT REAR LANES ARE BOUNDED BY PAK KUNG STREET, SHUN YUNG STREET, WO CHUNG STREET, FAT KWONG STREET AND MA TAU WAI ROAD.
THE OPERATION, EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY TOMORROW (TUESDAY), IS CO-ORDINATED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AND JOINTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE.
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