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AT THE SAME TIME. THREE NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED ARE MR CHEUNG WOOD-LUN, MISS LEE FUNG-YING AND MR HO SAI-CHU.
ALL MEMBERS WILL SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR TWO YEARS BEGINNING FROM APRIL THIS YEAR.
THE FUND BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE PROTECTION OF WAGES ON INSOLVENCY ORDINANCE IN APRIL 1985.
UNDER THE ORDINANCE, EMPLOYEES WHO ARE OWED ARREARS OF WAGES BY INSOLVENT EMPLOYERS CAN APPLY FOR EX-GRATIA PAYMENT FROM THE FUND.
NEW PARK FOR OLD CATTLE DEPOT IN KENNEDY TOWN
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RESIDENTS OF KENNEDY TOWN WILL SOON HAVE A NEW PARK REMINISCENT OF AN OLD CATTLE DEPOT.
THE PARK IS CONSTRUCTED ON THE SITE OF A CATTLE QUARANTINE DEPOT AT SMITHFIELD BUILT IN 1894 AS PART OF THE KENNEDY TOWN SLAUGHTER HOUSE COMPLEX.
ABOUT 1 800 SQUARE METRES IN AREA, THE TEMPORARY PARK CONSISTS OF A SITTING-OUT AREA, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN AND A TERRACED PLATFORM DESIGNED FOR OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES.
TO ADD NOSTALGIC TINTS TO THE DESIGN, THE OLD CATTLE SHEDS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED AND CONVERTED INTO AR BOUR AND RAIN SHELTER AND THE WATER TROUGHS ARE BEING USED TO GROW PLANTS.
THE PROJECT IS THE DISTRICT BOARD'S LASTEST EFFORTS IN PUTTING TEMPORARILY VACANT LAND TO COMMUNITY USE.
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO CLOSE DOWN THE DEPOT LAST YEAR, THE SITE WAS DESIGNATED FOR PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY 1990'S.
THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD RESPONDED QUICKLY TO INITIATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND BUILD A TEMPORARY PARK THERE.
THE PROJECT MANAGER AND THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENT AND WORKS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MISS ESTHER CHAN SAID, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD'.+
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