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MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1989
IN CASES WHERE EMERGENCY REPAIRS
WERE
REQUIRED, ARRANGEMENTS
WERE MADE FOR DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THE WORK.
PROJECTS WAS THE HE SAID AN EXAMPLE OF DISTRICT BOARD FUNDED
ΤΑΙ HOM RECENT ACTION TAKEN ON CHOKAGE AND FLOODING OF A DRAINAGE AT
AND INCONVENIENCE
HYGIENE PROBLEMS NORTH VILLAGE WHICH CAUSED
TO
RESIDENTS.
OF THE
THE PROBLEM,
DISTRICT
"BECAUSE OF THE URGENT NATURE OFFICE HAD TO ARRANGE FOR DB FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
WITH THE USE OF DB FUNDS, A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR CARRY OUT URGENT IMPROVEMENT WORKS, HE ADDED.
"
WAS HIRED
TO
SAID THAT
THE SPOKESMAN
IN THE CASE WHERE DRAIN CHOKAGE OFFICE WOULD OCCURRED NEAR THE WORK SITE OF THE TUNNEL, THE DISTRICT
DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED AND THE CONSORTIUM
AN ASK THE
CONDUCT
INVESTIGATION.
то
CONSTRUCTION
"IF THE CHOKAGE IS CAUSED BY CONSORTIUM WILL HAVE TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE IMMEDIATELY."
WORKS,
THE
A
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREAS INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF
NOISE NUISANCE CAUSED BY LANDSCAPED EARTH EMBANKMENT TO REDUCE THE TRAFFIC AND THE TUNNEL WORKS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID RESIDENTS HAD AT ONE TIME EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL SAFETY OF THE EMBANKMENT.
"THEIR WORRY WAS ALLEVIATED AFTER STRUCTURE OF THE EMBANKMENT BY
THE
ON EXPLANATIONS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CONSORTIUM A MEETING AND GOVERNMENT WERE GIVEN TO RESIDENTS' REPRESENTATIVES AT ARRANGED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
DOORS AT "THE CONSORTIUM HAS ALSO AGREED TO PUT UP INSULATING
TUNNEL ENTRANCES TO THE
DURING BLASTINGS TO
NOISE MINIMIZE
AND VIBRATIONS CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSIONS, HE SAID.
RESIDENTS, TO FACILITATE ACCESS FOR
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED, A PRESERVED AND SECTION OF LUEN YEE ROAD INSIDE THE CLEARANCE AREA WAS KEPT OPEN FOR USE BY RESIDENTS AND VEHICLES.
"THE
ALSO CONSORTIUM
WIDENED AND FOOTPATHS ADJACENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE RESIDENTS.
RESURFACED FOR THE
OF SOME
THE CONVENIENCE OF
"ADDITIONAL STREET-LIGHTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT TSUI WAN ROAD INSTALLED AT BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. SIMILAR FACILITIES ARE BEING
HE SAID. LANE 19TH, LUEN YEE ROAD, CHING STREET AND TSING WAH ROAD,
THIROUGH THE THE NUMBER
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAD, HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, REQUESTED THE CONSORTIUM TO INCREASE OF STREET-LIGHTS ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE CONVENIENCE OF THE RESIDENTS.
FOR THE
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