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MONDAY, AF 4, 1983

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+MEET-THE-PUBLIC+ SCHEME GETS GOOD RESPONSE

THE DISTRICT BOARD'S +MEET-THE-PUBLIC SCHEME HAS MET

WITH GOOD RESPONSE FROM RESIDENTS OF KOWLOON CITY AND THE NORTH DISTRICT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

A TOTAL OF 66 CASES HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH SINCE THE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN KOWLOON CITY IN JANUARY AND THE NORTH DISTRICT IN FEBRUARY.

IN KOWLOON CITY, BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HANDLED 31 CASES RANGING FROM STREET MANAGEMENT, WATER SUPPLY, LAW AND ORDER, HOUSING, TENANCY, TRANSPORT, MEDICAL TO PERSONAL PROBLEMS.

BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE CHAIRMAN, MR LEE LAP-SUN, TOOK TURNS TO MEET THE RESIDENTS EVERY THURSDAY BETWEEN 8 PM TO 10 PM IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT 141-145 KAU PUI LUNG ROAD.

COMMENTING ON THE GOOD RESPONSE, A DISTRICT BOARD SPOKESMAN SAID +KOWLOON CITY IS A DEVELOPED PLACE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE LIVED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND HAVE A SENS OF BELONGING. +

IN THE NORTH DISTRICT, 35 CASES WERE HANDLED, MOST OF WHICH CONCERNED HOUSING, FLOODING, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, LAND MATTERS AND LAW AND ORDER.

BOARD MEMBERS IN THIS DISTRICT MET THE RESIDENTS EVERY WEDNESDAY BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8.30 PM AT THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE'S FANLING SUB-OFFICE IN JOCKEY CLUB ROAD.

RESIDENTS OF THESE TWO DISTRICTS WHO WISH TO CHANNEL THE IR VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS TO THE IR RESPECTIVE BOARD MEMBERS CAN MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICES.

BIG TREE AND FLOWER PLANTING EFFORT UNDERWAY

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A CONCERTED MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT, HELPED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IS AGAIN BEING UNDERTAKEN TO BEAUTIFY THE HONG KONG LANDSCAPE WITH GREENERY AND FLOWERS, AS PART OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.

KNOWN AS THE +MEI FA+

+BEAUTIFICATION+ - PHASE OF THE

CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, THE EFFORT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS DURING WHICH SOME THREE MILLION PLANTS TREES, FLOWERING SHRUB, CREEPERS, CLIMBERS, BAMBOOS AND SEASONAL FLOWERS HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN THE URBAN AREAS AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ABOUT 2.2 MILLION MORE OF THE PLANTS AND FLOWERS ILL BE PLANTED IN THE COMING DAYS, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO SOME F.2 MILLION TO REPRESENT EACH PERSON IN HONG KONG.

+MOST OF THE PLANTS ARE GROWING WELL IN THE URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, THE NEW TOWNS. HOUSING ESTATES, HIGHWAYS, RECREATION SPOTS, LANDSCAPED AREAS, PARKS AND COUNTRY PARKS, SAID MR BOWEN LEUNG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.