SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1989
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MEETING PLAN TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENT IN WAN CHAI
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THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) 11E WOULD CONVENE A MEETING SHORTLY WITH REPRESENTATIVES
DEPARTMENTS VARIOUS GOVERNMENT
TO EXAMINE WAYS OF IMPROVING THE ENVIRONNENT IN THE DISTRICT.
SPEAKING AFTER INSPECTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
CAUSEWAY BAY, MR MANN CLEARANCE IN SEVERAL REAR LANES IN
SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE GREENERY INTRODUCED IN THE DISTRICT.
"WAN CHAI, LIKE OTHER CONCRETE JUNGLE AND UAS MANY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
URBAN DISTRICTS, IS
SOMETHING OF A
WE SPACE,
OPEN
"AS OUR DISTRICT IS VERY SHORT OF LOOK INTO WAYS OF PROVIDING TREES AND SHRUBS ON PAVEMENTS AND MAYBE HANGING POTTED PLANTS ON LAMP POSTS.
INTEND TO AND ROADS,
"THERE ARE MANY DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPOSAL, BUT I AM SURE THEY CAN BE OVERCOME, HE SAID.
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IN
MEANWHILE, A TOTAL OF 15 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE DEMOLISHED
FOR THE CURRENT THE CLEARANCE ACTION, THE FIFTH ONE IN THE DISTRICT FINANCIAL YEAR.
IN THE REAR LANES OF PENNINGTON FUK HING LANE, WITH THE AIM OF
PLACE THE OPERATION TOOK STREET AND IRVING STREET, AND IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT IN THESE AREAS.
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INCLUDING
BUILDINGS
URBAN WHICH
AND AREA
WAS
A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
POLICE, FIRE SERVICES AND LANDS, HOUSING, URRAN SERVICES,
OFFICE
WERE DEVELOPMENT
INVOLVED IN THE EXERCISE CO-ORDINATED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE AND SUPPORTED BY THE CHAI DISTRICT BOARD.
WAN
RE-HOUSING
THE CLEARANCE AND FOUR FAMILIES WERE AFFECTED IN ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM WERE BEING MADE BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
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