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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1979
LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS SCHEME HELPS PO TOI ISLANDERS
THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION'S LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME - THE ARCHITECT FOR NUMEROUS PROJECTS IN THE NT OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS - HAS PAID NO LESS ATTENTION TO THE REMOTE ISLANDS OF HONG KONG WATERS.
A 12-METRE-LONG REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE AT TAI WAN ON PO TO ISLAND IS THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF ITS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE LIVING STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS OF ISLANDERS.
SPANNING A STRETCH OF THE LOCAL BEACH WHICH IS USUALLY INACCESSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE, THE BRIDGE WAS BUILT AT A COST OF OVER $61 000 TO A SPECIAL DESIGN WORKED OUT BY THE NTA'S ENGINEER, MR. DAVID CANTLE AND UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE WORKS SECTION OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE.
IT WAS COMPLETED THIS MONTH AND OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. NICKY LO, WHO, AT A BRIEF OPENING CEREMONY HELD ON THE ISLAND, DESCRIBED THE BRIDGE AS A FINE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS SCHEME COULD ACHIEVE TO HELP IMPROVE FACILITIES FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE MORE RURAL AND LESS DEVELOPED AREAS.
+ IT NOT ONLY PROVIDES AN EASY ACCESS ACROSS THE BEACH BUT ALSO ENDS THE ANXIETY OF LOCAL VILLAGERS OVER THE SAFE TRAVEL OF THE IR CHILDREN, HE SAID.
MR. LO RECALLED THAT THE AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED BY A WOODEN BRIDGE BUILT JOINTLY BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE ARMY IN 1974.
+OVER THE YEARS, IT YIELDED TO THE CONTINUING BATTERING OF WIND AND WAVES AND COLLAPSED IN LATE 1977, + HE SAID, AND DESPITE EFFORTS TO KEEP IT OPEN, THERE HAS BEEN GROWING CONCERN AMONG VILLAGERS FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR CHILDREN HAVING TO CROSS THE BRIDGE EVERY DAY TO ATTEND SCHOOL.+
+IN CONSULTATION WITH THE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE, THE DISTRICT OFFICE CAME TO THE RESCUE AND A REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DESIGNED AND THE CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTRACTED OUT IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.+
TO EXPRESS THEIR THANKS, THE PO TOI ISLAND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE, MR. WONG SHU-KUN PRESENTED BANNERS TO MR. LO AND OFFICIALS OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.
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