MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1988
CONTINUOUS GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RURAL LIFE
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ΤΟ CARRY CONTINUOUS EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE BY THE AUTHORITIES
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OUT VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE RURAL AREAS
THERE, THE REGIONAL IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.
ROTARY CLUB
OF THESE
MEETING,
MR SUEN TIME HAD PROJECTS, EXPANSION AND
IMPROVEMENT
SPEAKING AT A NEW TERRITORIES SAID WITH THE BASIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK NEAR COMPLETION, THE COME TO SPEED UP THE IMPLEMENTATION MOST OF WHICH WERE ENGINEERING WORK RELATED TO VILLAGE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL,
ALLOCATE MORE FUNDS WORKING AND
HE NOTED THAT THE AUTHORITIES PLANNED TO AND HAD ALREADY CARRIED OUT MANY PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF VILLAGERS.
(CNTA)
IN 1987-88, THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAD COMPLETED 175 LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS COSTING $13 MILLION AND THE AUTHORITIES HAD SET ASIDE $14 MILLION FOR 190 SIMILAR PROJECTS 1988-89, HE SAID.
IN
THE CNTA WAS
PROGRAMMES UNDERTAKEN BY THE
THE SUPPORT OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.
URBAN INVOLVED ALSO
TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES CIVIL ENGINEERING
IN
FRINGE
IMPROVEMENT
DEPARTMENT WITH DEPARTMENT THE AND
THESE
PROGRAMMES
FINANCIAL YEAR DURING WHICH
BEEN COMPLETED.
WERE
22 AUTHORITIES THE
FIRST
SET
IN THE CURRENT MILLION HAD FOR MILLION
IMPLEMENTED PROJECT'S COSTING $5.8
HAD
ASIDE $21
CARRYING OUT 24 OTHER PROJECTS IN 1988-89.
NOW
IN THE NEW AVAILABLE TO
ABLE
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ENJOY THIS WORKS IN
OUTLINING THE WATER SUPPLY SITUATION FOR VILLAGES TERRITORIES, MR SUEN SAID METERED WATER SUPPLY WAS 531 VILLAGES AND A FURTHER 25 VILLAGES WOULD BE FACILITY WHEN THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT COMPLETED THEIR HAND.
PLAN STARTING
1988-89,
THE WATER
SUPPLIES
TO
IN A FIVE-YEAR DEPARTMENT WOULD SPEND $30 MILLION TO PROVIDE METERED WATER SUPPLY 85 REMOTE VILLAGES, HE ADDED.
OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE HOUSING
WERK ALSO AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, WORKS TO IMPROVE THE LIVELIHOOD OF VILLAGERS AND FARMERS.
DEPARTMENT ENGAGED IN
PROJECTS REING CARRIED CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT,
OUT
IN
THE
NEW
TOWNS
WOULD
ALSO
"THE AUTHORITIES HAVE PROGRAMME FOR RURAL AREAS AND SET UP A NUMBER STUDY DETAILS OF THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS.
DRAWN
UP
A
COMPREHENSIVE
OF WORKING
DEVELOPMENT
GROUPS
ΤΟ
IT IS