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FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1983

WITH MR NG ON THE VISIT WERE THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (OPERATIONS) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR ARTHUR JOHNSON, AND THE ACTING URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TUEN MUN, MR NG SHUT-LÜN.

THE PARTY THEN WENT TO LUNG KWU TAN VILLAGE TO INSPECT THE WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE LOCAL VILLAGE CLEANSING SERVICE SINCE MAY LAST YEAR.

THE PARTY LATER WENT TO TUEN TZE WAI TO SEE THE RESULTS OF RURAL TREE PLANTING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEI FA PHASE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG EXERCISE.

MORE THAN 78 000 TREES, SHRUBS, SEASONAL FLOWERS, GROUND COVERS AND CREEPERS HAD BEEN PLANTED IN TUEN MUN SINCE THE LAST PLANTING SEASON, MR NG WAS TOLD.

THEY NEXT WENT TO TO YUEN WAI NULLAH TO LOOK OVER ANOTHER EFFORT OF THE NTSD IN CARRYING OUT WATERCOURSE CLEANSING WORK.

THE PARTY THEN CALLED AT HEUNG SZE HANG VILLAGE WHERE MR NG LEARNED THAT TWO BIN SITES HAD RECENTLY BEEN SET UP TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE IN THE SQUATTER AREA.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR NEW RESIDENTS ****

A THREE-DAY +NEW-TOWN-NEW-LIFE+ COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR 20 000 RESIDENTS OF THE WU KING AND BUTTERFLY PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN TUEN MUN WILL BE HELD FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

THE PROJECT, WHICH OFFERS VARIOUS KINDS OF MEDICAL, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL" SERVICES, AIMS AT ORIENTATING THE RESIDENTS OF THE TWO NEW HOUSING ESTATES AND INTEGRATING THEM INTO A NEW LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

ON THE THREE AFTERNOONS, BETWEEN 1.30 PM AND 5.30 PM, FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UPS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT 20 TEMPORARY CLINICS SET UP INSIDE THE TUNG WAH GROUPS OF HOSPITALS SUN HO1 DIRECTORS' COLLEGE IN WU KING ESTATE.

IN THE CAMEL BUNNAN TONG MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL, SEMINARS AND EXHIBITIONS ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AND CAREER PLANNING WILL ALSO BE HELD ON THE AFTERNOONS.

OTHER PROGRAMMES WILL INCLUDE CLEAN UP OF THE TWO ESTATES, PAINTING OF LIVING UNITS OF THE HANDICAPPED AND ELDERLY RESIDENTS, AND A VARIETY SHOW TO BE HELD AT 7 PM ON SUNDAY IN THE WU KING ESTATE'S PLAYGROUND.

THE PROJECT, COSTING $50 000, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF CHINA WATERLOO HILL CHAPEL AND THE HON KONG CHRISTIAN MEDICAL FELLOWSHIP.

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