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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1990
MAJOR PROJECTS TO BEGIN IN SAI KUNG
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THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FREDERICK TONG, TODAY (MONDAY) REPORTED ON THE MAJOR FACILITIES COMPLETED
THE DISTRICT LAST YEAR AND OUTLINED THE IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT WOULD START DURING THE YEAR OF THE HORSE.
SPEAKING AT THE SPRING RECEPTION HELD BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE, MR TONG SAID A NUMBER OF HOUSING ESTATES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN TSBUNG KWAN O WERE COMPLETED AND COMMISSIONED, AND MANY VILLAGE FACILITIES IN SAI KUNG WERE IMPROVED LAST YEAR.
"TSEUNG KWAN O WILL BE SERVED BY MORE FACILITIES WHICH INCLUDE THE TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNEL AND ITS ASSOCIATED ROADS, ADDITIONAL BUS ROUTES, AN INDOOR GAMES HALL AT TSUI LAM ESTATE AND A CLINIC IN YAU YUE WAN IN THE COMING YEAR.
"KING LAM ESTATE, YAN MING COURT AND FU NING GARDENS IN TSEUNG KWAN O ARE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED AND ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NEW TOWN THIS YEAR.
"IN THIS RESPECT, THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND WILL STRENGTHEN CONTACTS BETWEEN THE NEW RESIDENTS AND VARIOUS CONCERNED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WITH A VIEW TO SOLVING RESIDENTS' PROBLEMS AT AN EARLY STAGE."
AS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTS IN SAI KUNG, MR TONG SAID THE FIRST PART OF THE HIRAM'S HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT WORK WOULD COMMENCE THIS MONTH AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1992.
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OUTLINING OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS IN THE AREA. MR TONG SAID RECLAMATION WORK AT CHUNG MEI TUK WOULD BEGIN THIS YEAR AND THE LAND MADE AVAILABLE WOULD BE USED FOR BUILDING RURAL HOUSING BLOCKS.
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RECLAMATION WOULD ALSO TAKE PLACE IN SAI KUNG TOWN AND PART THE RECLAIMED LAND HAD BEEN EARMARKED FOR CAR PARKING TO MAKE UP FOR THE SHORTAGE OF THE FACILITY.
"TO IMPROVE THE VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAIN TASK OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE, THE DISTRICT OFFICER STRESSED.
"MORE THAN 60 VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS COSTING A TOTAL OF $2.2 MILLION WERE COMPLETED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN THE 1989-90 FINANCIAL YEAR.
"THESE INCLUDED PROVIDING STREET LIGHTING AND SUPPLYING TAP WATER TO MANY VILLAGES, HE SAID.
ON COMMUNITY BUILDING, MR TONG SALD THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAD HIGH REGARD FOR THE ROLE PLAYED BY AREA COMMITTEES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES.
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