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SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1990
WORK
REFERRING TO THE MAJOR PROJECTS IN THE AREA, MR TONG SAID ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE THIRD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AT TAI CHEK SHA WOULD START LATER THIS YEAR.
HE ANTICIPATED THAT TSEUNG KWAN O WOULD BECOME MORE PROSPEROUS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
WHICH
MR TONG ALSO PRAISED THE TSEUNG KWAN O AREA COMMITTEE, WAS SET UP LAST JULY, FOR HAVING FULLY REFLECTED THE VIEWS AND NEEDS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS TO THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND MAKING CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS IN TURNING TSBUNG KWAN O INTO "LOVELY HOMES" FOR MANY FAMILIES.
"WITH THE SUGGESTION OF THE AREA COMMITTEE,
A MINI-ROUNDABOUT
WAS INSTALLED LAST YEAR AT THE JUNCTION OF PO LAM ROAD AND SAU MAU PING ROAD FOR BETTER TRAFFIC FLOW IN MA YAU TONG.
"ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE PROVISION OF A BUS STOP FOR ROUTE 95K OUTSIDE SHUN LEE CINEMA THIS SUMMER TO MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR TSEUNG KWAN O RESIDENTS TO VISIT SHUN LEE ESTATE.
THE AREA COMMITTEE ALSO MADE MANY VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS IN IMPROVING THE DESIGN OF SAFETY MEASURES ON THE ROOF OF THE TSUI LAM SHOPPING MALL AND IN SOLVING PROBLEMS IN RELATION TO LAW AND ORDER, ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS AND ILLEGAL HAWKING IN THE NEW TOWN, MR TONG ADDED,
THE "LOVELY HOMES IN TSEUNG KWAN O" VARIETY SHOW WAS ORGANISED BY THE TSEUNG KWAN O AREA COMMITTEE AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE AND DISTRICT BOARD TO CULTIVATE RESIDENTS' SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE AREA AND TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE ΤΟ KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SERVICES IN THE NEW TOWN.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE SHOW WERE THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR WILLIAM WAN; ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LISA CHAN: SENIOR HOUSING MANAGER (SAI KUNG) OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, MR HON-KEUNG; AND THE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER OF THR TONG POLICE STATION, MR LAW WAI-SHING.
THE
PROGRAMME INCLUDED
ORCHESTRAL
YUEN
KWUN
PERFORMANCES,
AN
EXHIBITION
INSTRUMENTAL RECITAL, SINGING, DANCES, A MAGIC SHOW AND AN PRESENTED BY SCHOOLS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
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