DR TANG WAS TOLD THAT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, TWO MAJOP CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT ALONG 18 KILOMETRES OF KAM TIN RIVER, REMOVING MORE THAN 700 TONNES OF REFUSE AND VEGETATION.
SIX NTSD TEAMS ARE NOW CLEANING VARIOUS WATER COURSES IN YUEN LONG DAILY.
THE PARTY NEXT VISITED WANG TOI SHAN VILLAGE TO CHECK THE PROGRESS OF THE CONTRACTING-OUT CLEANSING SERVICES BEING PERFORMED BY LOCAL PEOPLE.
DR TANG WAS TOLD THAT THIS PILOT SCHEME, LAUNCHED IN MAY LAST YEAR. HAD ACHIEVED ITS AIM OF INVOLVING VILLAGERS IN THE PROPER DISPOSAL OF RUBBISH.
LATER, THE PARTY VISITED TWO AMENITY PLOTS IN FRONT OF THE YUEN LONG POLICE STATION AND THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE TO GAIN AN INSIGHT INTO THE TREE PLANTING CAMPAIGN.
DR TANG LEARNED THAT SOME 75 000 TREES AND SHRUBS HAD BEEN PLANTED IN YUEN LONG DURING THE CURRENT PLANTING SEASON, AND ANOTHER 13 000 WOULD BE PLANTED IN THE DISTRICT BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON.
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DB MEMBERS VISIT SHA TIN
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A GROUP OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE WAN CHAI, CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARDS THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING VISITED SHA TIN TO SEE SOME OF THE NEW TOWN'S COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND HOUSING PROJECTS.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU, THE MEMBERS FIRST WENT TO THE LION'S PAVILION FOR A PANORAMIC VIE OF THE NEW TOWN AND A BRIEFING BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG.
THEY THEN VISITED THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, WHICH WAS OPENED LATE LAST YEAR TO SERVE AS A TRAINING CENTRE FOR ATHLETES IN HONG KONG.
MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT SOME OF THE FACILITIES IN THE CENTRE SUCH AS JOGGING TRAILS, SWIMMING POOL, SQUASH AND BADMINTON COURTS, ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING OFF-PEAK HOURS.
THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO THE MEI LAM PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN TAI WAI. PHASE I OF THE ESTATE, WITH ACCOMMODATION FOR ABOUT 15 750 PEOPLE, IS READY FOR OCCUPATION.
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