WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994
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GOVERNOR VISITS YAU TSIM MONG DISTRICT
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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENTS IN YAU TSIM MONG DISTRICT DURING THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
WAS
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GIVEN AN WALKABOUT '
MEMORIAL METHODIST SOCIAL
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MR PATTEN FIRST VISITED THE YANG SERVICE WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE OPERATION OF A DAY NURSERY AND ACTIVITY CENTRE FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
IMPROVEMENT
LATER AT CHUNG KING MANSION, HE VIEWED THE RECENT AND RENOVATION WORKS CARRIED OUT BY THE OWNERS' INCORPORATION. THE $5 ΤΟ ENABLE ELECTRICITY MILLION
A NEW TRANSFORMER PROJECT INCLUDED SUPPLY TO THE BUILDING TO BE UPGRADED.
WHICH WAS DEVELOPMENT
HE THEN TOURED HONG LOK STREET (BIRD STREET), WHERE HE WAS TOLD OF THE PROGRESS OF THE REPROVISIONING OF THE BIRD MARKET EXPECTED TO BE CLEARED BEFORE 1996 TO MAKE WAY FOR A LAND CORPORATION PROJECT.
LOCAL ISSUES
BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS TOUR, MR PATTEN DISCUSSED WITH THE YAU TSIM MONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AT A RECEPTION.
THE GOVERNOR
FOR HONG SECRETARY CHRISTINE CHOW, AND IRELAND.
WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE KOWLOON AND THE KONG,
TRIP BY THE REGIONAL MISS TERRITORIES, NEW
OFFICER, MR BART
THE YAU TSIM MONG DISTRICT
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AIR QUALITY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER
DEPARTMENT
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RELEASED AIR QUALITY INFORMATION FOR LAST MONTH.
TODAY (WEDNESDAY)
THE PURPOSE OF
THE
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID ANNOUNCEMENT WAS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF THE AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN THE TERRITORY AND TO EXPLAIN THE MEASUREMENTS.
MONG КОК + LAND
THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS MONITORING RESULTS FROM CENTRAL/WESTERN AND KWAT CHUNG, WHICH REPRESENT THREE IMPORTANT USE TYPES IN THE TERRITORY :
LOCATIONS CLOSE TO ROAD TRAFFIC IN BUILT-UP URBAN AREAS; COMBINED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS; AND DISTRICTS CLOSE TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
AT
SHORT-TERM MEASUREMENT
THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY MONITORS AIR QUALITY CONTINUOUSLY EIGHT STATIONS, INCLUDING THE THREE MENTIONED. EXERCISES ARE ALSO UNDERTAKEN AS AND WHERE THE NEED ARISES.
/THE REPORTED