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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1981
PRISONERS HELP BUILD SAI KUNG SITTING-OUT A
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IK UK PRISONERS HAVE BEEN HELPING TO CONVERT A BARREN SLUT. OVERLOOKING INNER PORT SHELTER INTO A SITTING-OUT AREA FOR SAI KUNG RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
IT IS BEING BUILT ON A 1 100 SQUARE METRE SITE AT PO LO CHE CHOSEN BY MEMBERS OF SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE.
SITE FORMATION WORK, WHICH WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE PRISONERS WORKING IN TEAMS OF 10, WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS MONTH.
CONSTRUCTION WORK, WHICH WILL COST AN ESTIMATED $20 000, WILL INCLUDE PAVING, TREE AND FLOWER PLANTING, AND INSTALLATION OF BENCHES AND CHILDREN'S PLAY EQUIPMENT.
TENDERS HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR THE PROJECT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THREE MONTHS.
THE PO LO CHE SITTING-OUT AREA IS FUNDED FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT VOTE WHICH AMOUNTS TO 3385 200 FOR THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.
OTHER PROJECTS BEING FUNDED FROM THIS VOTE INCLUDE A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND_AT SHUI BIN TSUEN, RAINSHELTERS AT NAM SHAN, A SITTING-OUT AREA AT TUI MIN HOI AND A BASKETBALL FIELD AT TAI P ́NG TSUEN.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE IS ONE OF FOUR SUB-COMMITTEES SERVING THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE OTHERS ARE SOCIAL SERVICES, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, AND CULTURE, RECREATION AND SPORT.
THE SUB-COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED BY SAI KUNG ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MAX TODD, AND CONSISTS OF TWO OFFICIAL AND SEVEN UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, WITH THE TWO CHAIRMEN OF SAI KUNG AND HANG HAL RURAL COMMITTEES AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.
RESOURCE LIBRARY ON CANCER PLANNED
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THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY PROFESSIONAL BODIES WILL JOINTLY EMBARK ON A PROJECT TO BUILD UP A LIBRARY OF RESOURCE MATERIALS ON CANCER FOR TEACHERS TO USE IN SCHOOLS.
A CHINESE VERSION OF A GUIDEBOOK FOR TEACHERS TO TEACH CANCER -- A MANUAL PRODUCED BY THE INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST CANCER (UICC) WILL ALSO BE PRODUCED.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESOLUTIONS MADE BY THE DELEGATE TO THE ASIAN REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON CANCER EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS WHICH HAS JUST ENDED.
THE THREE-DAY
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