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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1989
FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE TAKING MORNING EXERCISE
THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIĖS ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) COMPLETED TOTAL OF 103 PROJECTS FOR PEOPLE TAKING MORNING EXERCISE AT A COST $10.7 MILLION IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME THE HON PETER TSAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY WEDNESDAY).
A
OF
AFFAIRS.
MR
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON POON CHI-FA1.
AND IMPROVEMENT OF TSAO SAID THE PROVISION
FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE TAKING
AND AGRICULTURE (AFD) WITHIN THE COUNTRY PARKS AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT
BY THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE CNTA FOR OTHER PLACES.
MORNING EXERCISE
BUILT
THE FACILITIES
BY THE AFD UNDER THE COUNTRY PARKS PROGRAMME INCLUDED MORNING WALKERS' GARDENS. SHELTERS, PLATFORMS AND SIMPLE EQUIPMENT FOR FITNESS EXERCISES AND JOGGING TRAILS.
STEPS. GROUNDS.
CNTA THOSE CONSTRUCTED BY THE
CUARD
ACCESS RAILS.
WERE MAINLY
ROADS.
FOOTPATHS
AND
PAVILIONS,
LEVEL
PAVED EXERCISE
FINANCIAL RESOURCES HAD BEEN PROVIDED FROM THE DISTRICT
(MRI) IN BOTH THE MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME
AND PROM LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS REGION AND THE NEW TERRITORIES,
FUNDS FOR THE RURAL AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
BOARDS
URBAN
{LPW)
IN 1990-91. THE CNTA WOULD BE SPENDING SOME $4 MILLION PROJECTS. IN ADDITION, THE AFD WOULD SPEND ABOUT $0.8 MILLION THE COUNTRY PARKS.
THESE
FOR 54 WITHIN
WERE FACILITIES
BUILT IN
WITH ACCORDANCE
APPROVI
REGARD FULL
TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND DESIGN STANDARDS. HAVING SAFETY. AND WERE MAINTAINED BY THE CNTA AND THE AFD.
GARDENS AND TELEPHONE HELP PATROLLED BY PARK
MR TSAO SAID THAT IN MOST OF THE MORNING WALKERS' RECREATION SITES INSIDE THE COUNTRY PARKS, EMERGENCY
INSTALLED AND THE PLACES WERE LINES HAD BEEN WARDENS.
THERE WERE ALSO REGULAR POLICE TRAILS OR GARDENS.
PATROLS IN THE MORE POPULAR
ΤΟ
BE
H
WHILST MOST OF THESE FACILITIES ARE LOCATED
BASILY IN FOR THOSE ELDERLY AND ACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS. IT IS ALWAYS ADVISABLE FRAIL EXERCISE GOERS
ACCOMPANIED DURING
MORNING
EXERCISE. HE NOTED.
THEIR
MORNING FEEDBACK TAKEN INTO
MR TSAO SAID THE NEED FOR FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE TAKING EXERCISE WAS MONITORED CLOSELY BY BOTH THE CNTA AND AFD. AND FROM DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER LOCAL RESIDENTS WAS ACCOUNT,
/"THE PRESENT