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SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1983

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SQUATTERS GET IMPROVED POSTAL DELIVERY

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MAIL DELIVERY SERVICE TO THE 2 000 RESIDENTS IN THE MOUNT DAVIS HOI PONG VILLAGE SQUATTER AREA HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF 471 LOCKED LETTER BOXES FOR INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD.

PREVIOUSLY. THE RESIDENTS HAD TO SHARE AMONG THEMSELVES EIGHT COMMUNAL LETTER BOXES PLACED ALONGSIDE THE ROAD OR INSIDE SHOP PREMISES.

AT A BRIEF CEREMONY TODAY (SUNDAY) THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, MR LEE TAT-YU, SAID THE IMPROVED SERVICE WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORT OF THE RESIDENTS' COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT BOARD WHICH HAD CONTRIBUTED $30 000 TOWARDS THE COST OF THE LETTER BOXES.

MR LEE SAID IN THE PAST LETTERS DELIVERED TO THE COMMUNAL BOXES WERE EITHER STOLEN, DELAYED, DAMAGED OR UNCLAIMED, AND HAD BEEN A SOURCE OF COMPLAINT FOR YEARS.

+THE COMMITTEE HAS EXAMINED THE PROBLEM AND PROPOSED THAT EIGHT BLOCKS OF LETTER BOXES BE PUT UP AT FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE VILLAGE,+ MR LEE SAID.

MR LEE SAID DURING THE PAST YEAR THE COMMITTEE HAD CARRIED OUT A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT WORKS FOR THE SQUATTER AREA. THESE INCLUDED INSTALLATION OF GUARD-RAILINGS AND ROAD RE-SURFACING.

FIRST AID COURSES PLANNED FOR YUEN LONG *****

YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON, TODAY (SUNDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DISTRICT NURSING DIVISION OF THE ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE WHICH PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

INSPECTING THE PARADE OF THE DIVISION AT THE MINI SOCCER PITCH ON TAI YUK ROAD, MR WILSON SAID THAT THE TEAM MEMBERS - VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE MOSTLY LOCAL RESIDENTS - HAD CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 2 000 HOURS OF SERVICE LAST YEAR.

BESIDES PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE DURING DISTRICT EVENTS SUCH AS THE TIN HAU FESTIVAL, CHILDREN FUNFAIR AND TELE-MATCHES, THE DIVISION ALSO HAS PLANS TO RUN FIRST AID COURSES AND SEMINARS FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.

THE NURSING DIVISION, SET UP IN 1950, AT PRESENT HAS 46 MEMBERS THE LARGEST TEAM THROUGHOUT KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ALSO ATTENDING TODAY'S INSPECTION WAS THE DIVISIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE DIVISION, MR LEUNG SHUI-FAT.

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