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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1983

OF THE TOTAL, $18.84 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE EIGHT NT BOARDS, $12.15 MILLION TO THE 10 URBAN BOARDS, AND THE REMAINING $710 000 WILL BE KEPT IN CNTA HEADQUARTERS AS A RESERVE FUND.

FOR THE NT REGION, TSUEN WAN WILL GET THE LARGEST SHARE OF $5.3 MILLION, FOLLOWED BY YUEN LONG WITH $2.9 MILLION.

BOTH TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN WILL EACH HAVE $2.42 MILLION, WHILE ISLANDS, NORTH DISTRICT, SAI KUNG AND TAI PO WILL EACH GET $1.45 MILLION.

IN THE URBAN AREAS, XWUN TONG AND WONG TAI SIN WILL EACH RECEIVE $1.85 MILLION.

KOWLOON CITY, SHAM SHUI PO AND EASTERN ARE GETTING $1.45 MILLION EACH, FOLLOWED BY SOUTHERN WITH $1.2 MILLION,

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THE REMAINING FOUR DISTRICTS MONG KOK, YAU MA TEI, WAN CHAI AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN WILL EACH HAVE $725 000.

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REFERRING TO THE DIFFERENCES IN THE ALLOCATIONS BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS, MRS IP EXPLAINED THAT ALLOCATIONS WERE PARTLY DETERMINED BY THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION, THE DEMAND FOR ACTIVITIES IN GENERAL, AND SPECIFIC INCREASES IN DEMAND DUE TO THE TIMELY COMPLETION OF COMMUNITY CENTRES OR TOWN HALLS OR OTHER FACTORS.

+ IN THE URBAN DISTRICTS, KWUN TONG HAS THE HIGHEST POPULATION OF OVER 600 000. WONG TAI SIN, KOWLOON CITY, SHAM SHUI PO AND EASTERN EACH HAS OVER 400 000 WHILE IN WONG TAI SIN THERE IS A TREMENDOUS DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SQUATTER AREAS, SHE SAID.

+ IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. TSUEN WAN AND YUEN LONG HAVE BIGGER ALLOCATIONS THAN OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF ONE OR MORE TOWN HALLS SERVING AS A NUCLEUS OF LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES,+ SHE EXPLAINED.

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NEW CAR PARKING CHARGES AT AIRPORT

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A NEW SCALE OF CHARGES WILL BE LEVIED ON PARKING AT THE MULTI-STOREY AND OPEN-AIR CAR PARKS AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM APRIL 1 THIS YEAR.

THE REVISED PARKING FEES WILL BE $4 PER HOUR FOR THE FIRST TWO HOURS AND $8 PER HOUR THEREAFTER, AS AGAINST THE PRESENT RATE OF $2 AND $4 RESPECTIVELY.

THE PRESENT STRUCTURE OF PARKING FEES WAS BROUGHT INTO EFFECT IN 1979 AND HAS SINCE REMAINED UNCHANGED.

/AN AIRPORT

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