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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1977

FISHERMEN'S HOUSES RE-ROOFED

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THIRTY FISHERMEN'S FAMILIES ON MA WAN ISLAND NO LONGER HAVE TO PUT UP WITH LEAKING ROOFS THEIR HOUSES HAVE BEEN RE-ROOFED THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND A NORTH AMERICAN RELIEF AID AGENCY.

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE COOPERATIVE FOR AMERICAN RELIEF EVERYWHERE (C.A.R.E.) HAVE COOPERATED IN HELPING THE FISHERMEN.

THE HOUSES HAVE BEEN RE-ROOFED TO THE DESIGN PREPARED BY THE WORKS SECTION OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE C.A.R.E.

A CEREMONY WAS HELD THIS MORNING TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE $100,000 PROJECT, WORK ON WHICH STARTED EARLIER THIS YEAR,

TO EXPRESS THE IR THANKS, THE FISHERMEN'S REPRESENTATIVE, MR. NG CHAU, PRESENTED BANNERS TO OFFICIALS OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DIRECTOR OF C.A.R.E. IN HONG KONG, MR. BILL SALAS.

MR. MICHAEL STONE, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, TSUEN WAN, SAID: +BACK IN 1965, C.A.R.E. PROVIDED THE MONEY TO BUILD 24 OF THE 30 HOMES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, WHILE THE FISHERMEN BUILT THE OTHER SIX THEMSELVES.+

IN 1975, MR. STONE ADDED, THE FISHERMEN APPROACHED THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR HELP BECAUSE THE STAIRWAYS AND BALCONIES OF THE HOUSES HAD FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR.

SUBSEQUENTLY, UNDER THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE C.A.R.E. RENOVATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT AT A COST OF $10,000, ONE QUARTER OF WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, HE SAID.

+LATE LAST YEAR, THE FISHERMEN AGAIN APPROACHED THE DISTRICT OFFICE AS THE ROOFS OF THEIR HOUSES HAD FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR AND HAD BEGUN TO LEAK.

+THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND C.A.R.E. AGAIN COMBINED FORCES AND HAVE THE HOUSES RE-ROOFED, HE SAID.

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