XN000022-1981-06-30 — Page 7

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1981

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TOUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD VISITS KWUN TONG BOARD

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SIXTEEN UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD VISITED KWUN TONG THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON TO SEE SOME OF THE WORK DONE BY ITS DISTRICT BOARD AND DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (DMC).

LED BY THEIR CHAIRMAN AND TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES, THE GROUP FIRST ATTENDED A LUNCH HOSTED BY KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN AND CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR DAVID TSUI.

AFTER LUNCH, THE PARTY WALKED TO A NEARBY OPEN-AIR CARPARK AT FUK TONG ROAD, ONE OF SEVERAL PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE DMC TO MAKE FULL USE OF VACANT CROWN LAND.

THEY THEN WENT TO LAM TIN ESTATE TO SEE THE RAINBOW OPERATION+, A PROJECT WHICH INVOLVED PAINTING A HUGE RAINBOW ON A HILLSLOPE TO ADD COLOUR AND BEAUTY TO THE ESTATE.

THE OPERATION ALSO INCLUDED PAINTING FLOWER POTS, RESURFACING FOOTPATHS AND TREE PLANTING INSIDE THE ESTATE. IT WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE DMG, THE SOCIAL WELFARE AND HOUSING DEPARTMENTS AND THE FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS.

THEY THEN WENT TO A FORMER SQUATTER AREA IN LEI YUE MUN DESTROYED BY FIRE LAST YEAR WHICH THEY WERE TOLD WOULD BE TURNED INTO A TEMPORARY RECREATION GROUND WITH A CYCLING TRACK.

A VISIT WAS LATER MADE TO TELFORD GARDENS, A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX AT KOWLOON BAY, WHERE THEY WERE SHOWN THE RECREATION FACILITIES. A SIMILAR PROJECT WILL BE BUILT AT THE TSUEN WAN MTR STATION SITE.

THE FINAL STOP WAS AT TING ON AREA IN NGAU TAU KOK WHERE A NUMBER OF CLEARANCES OF THE BACKLANES WERE CARRIED OUT RECENTLY.

ALSO PRESENT DURING TODAY'S TOUR WERE THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER OF THE PUBLIC WORK DEPARTMENT'S NORTH EAST KOWLOON DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, DR NIP KAM-FAN, AND KWUN TONG CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN COLLINS.

SET UP IN APRIL, KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD HAS 32 MEMBERS, COMPRISING 22 APPOINTED UNOFFICIALS, THREE URBAN COUNCILLORS AND SEVEN OFFICIALS. ITS FIRST ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER 'EXT YEAR.

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