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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1983

SAI KUNG PICTORIAL PUBLISHED

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THE SAI KUNG PICTORIAL, AN 80-PAGE PUBLICATION WITH EXTENSIVE PICTORIAL COVERAGE AND INFORMATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW TOWN, HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD.

THIS IS THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PUBLICATION OF ITS KIND SPONSORED AND COMPILED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD TO GIVE RESIDENTS AN IN-DEPTH LOOK INTO THE DISTRICT'S HISTORICAL LANDMARKS AND FAMOUS PICNIC SPOTS, THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE VILLAGERS IN THE EARLY DAYS, PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES.

IN THE FOREWORD, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG, SAID THAT THE PUBLICATION WOULD ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENTS.

+SAI KUNG WAS ONCE AN OLD AND SPARSELY POPULATED FISHING VILLAGE. THE GOVERNMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN MANY DEVELOPMENTS HERE, INCLUDING THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME, THE MACLEHOSE TRAIL AND COUNTRY PARKS.

+ IT IS A DISTRICT OF NATURAL BEAUTY AND AN IDEAL PLACE FOR RESIDENCE AND EXCURSION, HE SAID.

MR CHAN ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO MEMBERS OF LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE DISTRICT WHO HAD HELPED IN COMPILING THE PICTORIAL WHICH IS PRINTED IN CHINESE.

THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS SPENT $50 000 TO PRINT 2 000 COP IES FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.

BOARD TO HEAR ABOUT HOUSING POLICIES

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NORTH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON PUBLIC HOUSING POLICIES BY SIX REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AT A SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

AT THE MEETING, BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO CHANNEL VIEWS OF THE RESIDENTS ON PUBLIC HOUSING POLICIES, WHICH THEY COLLECTED THROUGH THE MEET-THE-PUBLIC SESSIONS, TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 2.30 PM IN THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE'S FANLING SUB-OFFICE IN JOCKEY CLUB ROAD FANLING. A GOVERNMENT VAN WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 1.15 PM TAKING PRESS MEMBERS TO FANLING,

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