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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1981

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LAND FORMATION FOR YUEN LONG PUBLIC HOUSING

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ANOTHER 15 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED IN THE NORTH WEST PART OF YUEN LONG NEW TOWN FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND ASSOCIATED CIVIC AMENITIES.

$39 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK WAS SIGNED TODAY BY MR LEE SHING-SEE, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES.

THE CONTRACT INVOLVES DRAINING AND CLEARING EXISTING FISH PONDS OF SOFT MUD AND FILLING THEM WITH MATERIAL FROM AN EXISTING BORROW AREA NEAR TAI TONG.

BECAUSE OF THE TEMPORARY INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ON TAI TONG ROAD WHICH WILL BE THE HAUL ROUTE FOR THE FILL MATERIAL - A SHORT SECTION OF THE ROAD AT TAI KEI LENG WILL BE WIDENED. IN ADDITION, A CYCLE TRACK WILL BE PROVIDED ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WIDER FOOTPATHS ON BOTH SIDES.

WORK IS TO START LATER THIS MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT 26 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

SAI KUNG HAWKERS JOIN HANDS IN CLEAN-UP

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TWO HUNDRED HAWKERS PLYING IN THREE SAI KUNG STREETS GOT TOGETHER TODAY (FRIDAY) TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE IN THEIR TRADING AREA.

THEY SWEPT AWAY ALL DEBRIS ACCUMULATED IN THE STREETS AND DEMOLISHED ALL ILLEGAL HAWKER STRUCTURES ERECTED AT SAI KUNG MAIN STREET, HOI PONG STREET AND MARKET STREET.

THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE DISTRICT-WIDE CLEAN-UP IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CURRENT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.

CLEANSING STAFF OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDED A BACK UP SERVICE BY SETTING UP TEMPORARY REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND MOVED AWAY ALL DEBRIS DURING THE OPERATION.

MR WILLIAM WAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, PRAISED THE HAWKERS FOR THEIR CIVIC-MINDEDNESS AND TOURED THE AREA WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, MR CHUNG POON, AND THE DEPUTY URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR CHOY YEUNG-HUNG.

BANNERS WERE PRESENTED TO THE HAWKERS WHOSE STALLS WERE FOUND TO BE THE CLEANEST.

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