TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1982
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DB MEMBERS TOUR WAN CHAI
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ROAD OBSTRUCTIONS, HAWKING ACTIVITIES AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION AREA WERE THE MAIN AREAS OF INTEREST FOR THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WHEN THEY TOURED THE DISTRICT THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.
TODAY'S VISIT WAS TO ENABLE THE BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTRICT PROBLEMS.
ACCOMPANIED BY WAN CHAI CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR TONY CLARK AND WAN CHAI CITY DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TONY COOPER, MEMBERS FIRST WENT TO TAI HANG AND LOOKED AT THE OBSTRUCTIONS CAUSED BY ILLEGAL PARKING AND EXTENSIONS IN THE AREA.
LATER THEY WENT TO HAVEN STREET, A PRIVATE STREET, TO SEE THE OBSTRUCTIONS CAUSED BY SHOPS NEARBY AND THE MANAGEMENT PROBLEM.
MEMBERS THEN PROCEEDED TO THE ROOF-TOP OF CAUSEWAY CENTRE AND HAD A BIRD'S EYE-VIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WAN CHAI RECLAMATION AREA.
THEY WERE TOLD THAT APART FROM PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, THE RECLAMATION AREA WOULD HAVE A GOVERNMENT COMPLEX, MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, URBAN COUNCIL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, THE ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, WATER WORKS DEPOT AND POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
FINALLY, THE MEMBERS WENT TO THE SIDE-STREETS NEAR SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND AND SAW HAWKING ACTIVITIES AT CROSS STREET, TAI WO STREET, TAI YUEN STREET AND WAN CHAI ROAD.
TAKING PART IN THE VISIT WERE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MESSRS CHU WING-KEE, HO FOOK-CHU, HO YUK-WING, LEE KON, LEE WAN-YUEN, LO VAI-MAN AND NG SAI-YING, AND URBAN COUNCIL'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE DISTRICT BOARD, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, AS WELL AS OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SALT WATER CUT
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SALT WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF AREAS IN EAST KOWLOON WILL BE CUT OFF FOR TWELVE HOURS ON FRIDAY (MAY 21) FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM FOR MAINTENANCE WORK.
AREAS AFFECTED ARE LAM TIN, KWUN TONG, SAU MAU PING, NGAU TAU KOK, HAMMER HILL ESTATE AND SAN PO KONG.
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