FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1983
DR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID. IT WAS NOT ENOUGH JUST TO PLANT TREES. TREES HAVE TO BE PROTECTED, ESPECIALLY FROM THEIR GREATEST ENEMY
FIRE.
+VISITORS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE SHOULD TAKE PARTICULAR CARE NOT TO START FIRES AND DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO TREES AND PLANTS THROUGH VANDALISM AND IGNORANCE.+
THREE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, THE REV JOYCE BENNETT, DR HENRY HU AND MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG PRESENTED SOUVENIR BANNERS TO REPRESENTATIVES OF SCHOOL GROUPS, ORGANISED HIKING GROUPS AND OTHER PARTIES WHO HAD TAKEN PART IN VARIOUS VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE DURING THE YEAR.
LAND RESUMPTION FOR UC SPORTS GROUND
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ABOUT 2 226 SQUARE METRES OF PRIVATE LAND AT THE JUNCTION OF HAMMER HILL ROAD AND LUNG CHEUNG ROAD WILL BE RESUMED FOR AN URBAN COUNCIL SPORTS GROUND AND SWIMMING POOL PROJECT.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TO MEET THE SHORTFALL OF ACTIVE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE EAST KOWLOON AREA, THE URBAN COUNCIL PLANS TO CONSTRUCT ON A FIVE-HECTARE SITE A COMPLEX TO BE KNOWN AS THE HAMMER HILL ROAD SPORTS GROUND AND SWIMMING POOL+.
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*THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF AN EIGHT-L' RUNNING TRACK WITH ATHLETIC TRAINING FACILITIES, AN ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL PITCH, TENNIS COURTS, A STANDARD MAIN SWIMMING POOL AND RECREATIONAL POOLS SUCH AS A WAVE POOL AND A SLIDE POOL,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THIS WILL BE A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE PROJECT AS SO FAR
NO RECREATIONAL POOLS EXIST IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
+DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN TWO STAGE. WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE, COMPRISING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPORTS GROUND AND THE OTHER OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, WILL START IN JULY. WORK ON THE SWIMMING POOLS AND RECREATIONAL POOLS FACILITIES, WHICH FORMS STAGE TWO OF THE PROJECT, IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT YEAR.+
THE RESUMPTION WILL AFFECT 796 STRUCTURES, COMPRISING 700 DOMESTIC DWELLINGS, EIGHT SHOPS, 82 WORKSHOPS, FOUR GODOWNS AND TWO UNREGISTERED TEMPLES.
+ABOUT 2 400 PEOPLE FROM ABOUT 690 FAMILIES WILL BE REHOUSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESENT HOUSING POLICY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+THOSE ELIGIBLE WILL BE PAID EX-GRATIA DOMESTIC REMOVAL ALLOWANCE WHILE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS WILL BE OFFERED EX-GRATIA CASH ALLOWANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT POLICY.+
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