FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1994
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MORE FUNDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL WORKS
THE GOVERNMENT
HAS ALL ALONG
PLACED
GREAT EMPHASIS
ON
IN
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AS EVIDENCED BY A 15.3 PER CENT INCREASE THE ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL WORKS FOR 1994/95, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE
WAN
CHAI
DISTRICT
THE
CHEST PROTECTION PROPOSED IN
THE
GREENING FOR TREE-PLANTING CEREMONY, HE SAID THE UPCOMING ENVIRONMENTAL
EXTRA FROM THE PROGRAMMES WOULD BENEFIT BUDGET.
FUNDING
A
TOTAL
OF 25
FICUS BENJAMINA
FOOTBALL PITCH OF WAN CHAI PARK, RAISING MORE COMMUNITY CHEST.
WERE
PLANTED
ALONG THE THAN $97,000 FOR THE
FIRST TO IMPLEMENT THE NUMBER OF TREES IN THE DISTRICT
SCHEME,
WHILE
WAN CHAI HAS BEEN AMONG THE
GROWING
WHICH HAS SEEN A BOOSTING THE CHARITY COFFERS.
SINCE 1989, MORE THAN 650 TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN THE
AREA.
-
0
ELDERLY TO BENEFIT FROM BUDGET
CARE AND IN
THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF WAN CHAI WILL HAVE BETTER SUPPORT JUDGING FROM THE PROPOSALS ON SOCIAL SERVICES PUT FORWARD THE 1994/95 BUDGET, WAN CHAI ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS KO, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
WARDEN
VIVIAN
SCHEME,
IN THE
ADDRESSING THE CLOSING CEREMONY FOR THE GREEN SHE SAID THE PROPOSALS INCLUDED AN INCREASE OF 8.4 PER CENT RECURRENT EXPENDITURE ON SOCIAL WELFARE, AN ADDITIONAL 1,660 PLACES IN CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES AND 24 ELDERLY CENTRES THIS YEAR.
CITIZENS'
THESE, COUPLED WITH THE FORTHCOMING ISSUE OF SENIOR CARDS, WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT THE AGED IN THE DISTRICT, SHE ADDED.
AS A DEPARTMENT
A TOTAL OF 50 ELDERLY PEOPLE WERE AWARDED CERTIFICATES TOKEN OF THANKS FOR REPORTING "ILL TREES" TO THE RELEVANT UNDER THE THREE-MONTH SCHEME.
WORKING BOARD.
THE TRIAL SCHEME WAS ORGANISED BY THE CONCERN
GROUP UNDER THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE
FOR
THE AGED DISTRICT
GOVT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT TO HOLD FAMILY DAY
GOVERNMENT
ABOUT 2,000 CHILDREN OF THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A COLOURFUL AFTERNOON THIS SUNDAY (MARCH THE COMPOUND OF ITS HEADQUARTERS IN OIL STREET, NORTH POINT.
THE ANNUAL FAMILY DAY WILL BE HELD FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM.
SUPPLIES 6) AT
/THE CHILDREN