THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1989
KUK MR LIAO CURRENT
TOGETHER WITH OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, HEUNG YEE LEADERS, REGIONAL COUNCILLORS AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN,
DISTRICT AND TAI TODAY
ΤΟ PO
THE SEE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THERE.
TOURED THE
THE
NORTH
GROUP INCLUDED
THE
REGIONAL
SECRETARY
FOR
THE
NEW
YER KUK MR PANG
TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN; DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR HAIDER BARMA; REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG; HEUNG CHAIRMAN, MR
CHAIRMAN, LAU WONG-FAT; NORTH DISTRICT BOARD HANG-YIN; AND TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR DAVID HO YUNG-9ANG.
THE
NEW
WORKS
OFFICE ON A TALK AT THE NORTH DISTRICT AFTER ATTENDING OVERALL
NORTH EAST RURAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND PLANS IN THE TERRITORIES, THE GROUP WENT TO A SITE IN SHEK WỤ HUI WHERE ON A $20 MILLION FLOOD PROTECTION SCHEME ARE BEING CARRIED OUT.
THE VISITORS LEARNT THAT THE
IS FLOOD
SCHEME PROTECTION
THE NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE EXISTING SHEUNG SHUI VILLAGE BECAUSE OF
ABOVR DEVELOPMENT OF A VILLAGE EXPANSION AREA WHICH WOULD BE FORMED
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE NORMAL FLOOD LEVEL. ALSO, SHEUNG SHUI VILLAGE IS INUNDATION WHEN THE RIVER INDUS AND ITS TRIBUTARIES OVERFLOW.
BUND PLAIN, A WATER
THE SCHEME INCLUDES THE FORMATION OF A PROTECTIVE SEPARATING SHEUNG SHUI VILLAGE FROM THE RIVER INDUS FLOOD FLOOD STORAGE POND AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMATIC STORM PUMPING STATION.
IMPROVEMENT
FRINGE
PAK
VIA AN
DURING THE DAY, THE GROUP LOOKED AT TWO COMPLETED URBAN
(UFI) PROJECTS A RECONSTRUCTED VAN TRACK AT TSUNG LONG VILLAGE PROVIDING IMPROVED ACCESS FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD EXISTING SERVICE ROAD TO THE VILLAGE AND THE BAILEY BRIDGE AT KAU LUNG HANG WHICH WAS FIRST CONSTRUCTED IN 1967 BY THE ARMY.
THE
AREAS ΤΟ
IN ΤΟ GROUP NOTED
URBANISATION THAT CONSEQUENT SURROUNDING
NEW TOWNS, THE
THE UFI PROGRAMME WAS INTRODUCED RATIONALISE AND EXTEND EXISTING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES TO RAISE LIVING STANDARDS IN SUCH AREAS.
VILLAGE IN SECTION OVER TO
THE GROUP ALSO VISITED A PLAYGROUND IN NAM WAH PO TAI PO WHICH WAS UPGRADED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE WORKS UNDER THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS (LPW) PROGRAMME AND WAS HANDED THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE,
AREAS
THE LPW SCHEME WAS INITIATED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1919 WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING BASIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RURAL AND VILLAGES.
AT THE
SELF-HELP TIME, THE SCHEME WAS BASICALLY A WHEREBY MATERIALS WERE SUPPLIED TO VILLAGERS FOR THEM MINOR CONSTRUCTION WORK.
TO
PROGRAMME UNDERTAKE
NEW
AT PRESENT, A WORKS SECTION HAS BEEN SET UP IN EACH OF THE TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLANNING, CO- ORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LPW PROJECTS.
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