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Wong Tai Sin stairway covers completed
Residents of Wong Tai Sin will be shielded from the sun and rain when the construction of covers for a stairway linking Chuk Yuen Road and Chui Chuk Street is completed today (Friday).
About 13,000 residents living in Tsui Chuk Garden and Pang Ching Court will directly benefit from the project as the stairway 44 metres in length is the main access to the bus stops along Chuk Yuen Road for the residents.
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Works for this $1 million project began in February last year as part of the district-based Urban Environmental Improvement (UEI) scheme under the Home Affairs Department (HAD).
Since 1994, HAD has been implementing projects under the scheme to improve the quality of life in the community. They included improvement works for local roads and paths, amenity planting and other environmental projects identified and endorsed by the district boards.
A total of 24 UEI projects costing over $8 million have been undertaken by HAD's Urban Works Section in 1994-95 and 1995-96.
In 1996-97, $5 million will be allocated for 12 UEI projects and $8 million for other minor environmental improvement projects in urban districts.
The acting Director of Home Affairs, Mr Dominic Law, the Wong Tai Sin District Officer, Mr Richard Luk, and the Wong Tai Sin District Board Chairman, Mr Chan Kam-man, will officiate at a completion ceremony for the stairway covers tonight. Note to Editors:
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Draft So Kwun Wat development plan approved
The Governor-in-Council has approved the draft So Kwun Wat Development Permission Area (DPA) plan, a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (Friday).
"The plan will establish a statutory land use framework to provide guidance for planning and to facilitate development control within the So Kwun Wat area in Tuen Mun. "A draft statutory outline zoning plan is being prepared and will be published to replace the approved DPA plan," he said.