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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1988
HE
SAID THE
ASSOCIATION
WOULD
ALSO ORGANISE
PHOTOGRAPHY,
AND
DRAWING AND SLOGAN COMPETITIONS FOR STUDENTS TO AROUSE THEIR LOVE CONCERN FOR THE ELDERLY LATER THIS YEAR.
ORGANISED.
FOR THE WITH
ACTIVITIES CATERING FOR THE OLD PEOPLE WILL ALSO BE THESE INCLUDE A GOOD FRIENDS AWARD SCHEME, A TRAINING SCHEME AGED VOLUNTEERS AS WELL AS A SPORTS DAY ORGANISED IN CONJUNCTION THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
MR
MR
OFFICIATING AT TONIGHT'S FUNCTION WILL BE DISTRICT OFFICER,
COUNCILLOR, LEGISLATIVE
MR LAU WONG-FAT; DISTRICT STEPHEN SELBY; SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR LAM WING-CHEUNG; DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, SIT HO-YIN; AND REV. HAU PO-WOON OF CHING CHUNG KOON TAOIST MONASTERY.
EASTERN DB TO DISCUSS FLYOVER PROJECT
THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT HAS STUDIED A NUMBER OF WAYS TO MODIFY THE PROPOSED LAU SIN STREET FLYOVER TO MINIMISE ITS POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE PUBLIC.
THE STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT IN RESPONSE TO RESIDENTS' OBJECTION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLYOVER. THE DEPARTMENT WILL SEEK THE VIEWS ON OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD ON THE SCHEME AT THE BOARD'S MEETING THURSDAY (MARCH 3) AFTERNOON.
SAFETY
MATERIALS;
THE MODIFICATIONS CONSIDERED INCLUDE CHANGING THE ROAD SURFACE FROM CONCRETE TO RITUMINOUS
CHANGING THE PROPOSED OPEN
STEEL ROAD
BARRIERS TO SOLID CONCRETE SAFETY BARRIERS; ERECTING A TRANSLUCENT ERECTING THREE-METRE HIGH NOISE SCREENS; AND
RESIDENTIAL ENCLOSURE TO COVER THE SECTION OF FLYOVER ADJACENT TO THE BUILDINGS.
CHARGE OF
ALSO, DR K.C. LAM, A CHINESE UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN CONDUCTING A TRAFFIC NOISE SURVEY IN EASTERN DISTRICT, WILL PRESENT THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY AT THE MEETING.
WORKING
THE SURVEY WAS ORGANISED BY THE NOISE POLLUTION SURVEY GROUP OF THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE TO ESTIMATE TRAFFIC NOISE EXPOSURE AND
ASSESS THE DEGREE OF ANNOYANCE OF TRAFFIC NOISE TO RESIDENTS.
TO
THE SENIOR HOUSING MANAGER (CLEARANCE), MR ALSO BRIEF MEMBERS ON THE PROGRESS
THE SHAU
(WEST) CLEARANCE.
OF
JACKIE CHAN, WILL KEI WAN FOOTHILLS
/OTHER ITEMS