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SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1980

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THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION IS ALSO CONSIDERING PLAYING A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THE FESTIVAL. BESIDES BEING INVITED TO SPONSOR THE SETTING UP OF BUN TOWERS THIS YEAR THE ASSOCIATION WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE JOINTLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT THE FEASIBILITY OF FURTHER DEVELOPING THE FESTIVAL AS A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE CELEBRATIONS ARE BEING CO-ORDINATED BY AN ORGANISING COMMITTEE ON WHICH CHEUNG CHAU RESIDENTS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE REPRESENTED.

KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

MAKING HEADWAY IN ITS WORK

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THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SET UP LAST DECEMBER IS MAKING HEADWAY IN ITS TASK TO IMPROVE THE HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

UNDER THE CO-ORDINATION OF THE COMMITTEE AND COLLABORATION OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED, A +TI DY-UP+ OPERATION WAS CARRIED OUT LAST MONTH TO REMOVE REFUSE, DEBRIS AND ABANDONED VEHICLES FROM TING FU STREET IN NGAU TAU KOK WHERE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF CROWN LAND WAS EXTENSIVE.

THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, KWUN TONG, MR WILFRED WONG SAID 1 +AS A RESULT OF THIS OPERATION, THE SPACE ONCE OBSTRUCTED BY JUNK AND ABANDONED CARS IS NOW CLEARED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH MORE RESTING AREA,

+BENCHES HAVE BEEN PUT THERE FOR RESIDENTS' USE AND CONCRETE FLOWER POTS WITH PLANTS HAVE ALSO BEEN PLACED IN THE AREA TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE OPERATION ALSO HELPED TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG THE RESIDENTS. THIS WAS REFLECTED BY THE FAVOURABLE PUBLIC REACTION TO THE TIDY-UP OPERATION DURING WHICH SOME RESIDENTS VOLUNTEERED TO HELP BY HOSING DOWN THE DIRT AND GREASE WITH DETERGENT FROM THE ROAD SURFACE FOLLOWING THE CLEARANCE.

+IT PROVES THAT THE INTRACTABLE PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED WITH BETTER CO-ORDINATION OF DEPARTMENTAL EFFORTS AT DISTRICT LEVEL, + MR WONG SAID.

SIMILAR OPERATIONS WILL BE CARRIED OUT AS AN ON-GOING PROGRAMME UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. AS THESE OPERATIONS WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL MANPOWER, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED ARE WORKING OUT THEIR STAFF REQUIREMENTS AND A STAFF PROPOSAL WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

APART FROM UNDERTAKING THESE TIDY-UP OPERATIONS, THE COMMITTEE ALSO AIMS AT LOOKING INTO TRAFFIC, AND OTHER PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT WHICH REQUIRE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL CO-OPERATION AND CONSULTATION.

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