TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1988
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NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE ASSISTS FLOOD VICTIMS
OFFICE
ARE WORKING
то GIVE WEDNESDAY'S FLOODINGS
STAFF OF THE NORTH DISTRICT ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY LAST IN THE DISTRICT, A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
FIVE APPLICAT LONG FOR THE
PROCESSED "SO FAR THE OFFICE HAS GENERAL CHINESE CHARITIES FUND WHICH OFFERS A MAXIMUM GRANT OF PER PERSON FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES," HE SAID.
ONE FAMILY
FROM WO HOP
SHEK,
FANLING
WHOSE
RENDERED UNINHABITABLE AS A RESULT OF FLOODING, WAS IN ACCOMMODATION HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR TEMPORARY TRANSIT CENTRE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
$1,500
DWELLING
WAS
REFERRED TO THE THE SHEUNG SHUI
DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF ALSO ADVISED NEEDY FARMERS TO EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANTS FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES TO HELP RESTORE THEIR DAMAGED FARMS, AND FOR GRANTS WELFARE DEPARTMENT TO TIDE OVER THEIR DIFFICULTIES.
FROM
APPLY FOR DEPARTMENT THE SOCIAL
A LOCAL
CHARITABLE
ORGANISATION,
FUNG
YING SIN
KOON, HAD AS
DISBURSED $1,000 THROUGH THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO AN AFFECTED FAMILY LIVING EXPENSES, HE ADDED.
HAD ALREADY
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF OFFERED ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS DURING THE FLOOD PERIOD. THEY HAD ALSO TOURED THE AFFECTED AREAS FOR NECESSARY ACTION.
THE
DEPARTMENTS
HIGHWAYS BLOCKED
"THEY LIAISED WITH LOCAL PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT
AND THE SUCH AS
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TERRITORY DEPARTMENT FOR REMEDIAL MEASURES ON RECEIPT OF REPORTS OF DRAINAGE CHANNELS IN LOW-LYING AREAS," HE SAID.
——
KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR,
ABATTOIR IDENTIFIED AS BLACK SPOTS
RESIDENTS
TAKING PART
IN
CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT
THE IDENTIFIED
KENNEDY TOWN BLACK
ENVIRONMENTAL
A ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CAMPAIGN HAVE
MOST NOTORIOUS INCINERATOR AND ABATTOIR AS THE SPOTS IN THE DISTRICT.
DURING THE CAMPAIGN, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE CALLED UPON IDENTIFY FIVE ENVIRONMENTAL BLACK SPOTS AND FIVE MODEL PLACES OF ENVIRONMENT.
ΤΟ
GOOD
/RESULTS HAVE
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