XN000022-1984-04-08 — Page 2

SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1984

MORE FUNDS FOR DISTRICT BOARDS

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A SUM OF $34,13 MILLION HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR THE 18 DISTRICT BOARDS TO CARRY OUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (GENERAL) OF CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR C.M. LEUNG, SAID TODAY.

THE AMOUNT IF APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WOULD MEAN AN INCREASE OF $2.43 MILLION OR 7.67 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR'S FIGURE.

MR LEUNG SAID THE INCREASED AMOUNT WOULD BE SHARED BETWEEN 18 BOARDS, AVERAGING AN INCREASE OF THREE PER CENT FOR THE EIGHT NT BOARDS AND 15 PER CENT FOR THE 10 URBAN BOARDS.

+THIS WILL HELP URBAN BOARDS EXPAND THEIR ACTIVITIES AND BRING THEM MORE INTO LINE WITH ALLOCATIONS FOR NT BOARDS, HE SAID.

MR LEUNG SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE NO HEADQUARTERS RESERVE THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO MAXIMISE, FROM THE VERY START, THE RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO THE BOARDS.

OF THE TOTAL, $19.65 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE EIGHT NT BOARDS AND $14.48 MILLION TO THE 10 URBAN BOARDS.

FOR THE NT REGION, TSUEN WAN WILL GET THE BIGGEST SHARE OF $5.54 MILLION, FOLLOWED BY YUEN LONG WITH $2.99 MILLION, SHA TIN WITH $2.59 MILLION AND TUEN MUN WITH $2.49 MILLION.

BOTH THE ISLANDS AND NORTH DISTRICTS WILL GET $1.55 MILLION EACH, WHILE TAI PO WILL HAVE $1.49 MILLION AND SAI KUNG $1.45 MILLION.

IN THE URBAN AREAS, KWUN TONG WILL HAVE $2.1 MILLION AND WONG TAI SIN $2.08 MILLION.

EASTERN, KOWLOON CITY AND SHAM SHUI PO WILL EACH GET $1.65 MILLION, FOLLOWED BY SOUTHERN WITH $1.35 MILLION.

THE REMAINING FOUR DISTRICTS - CENTRAL AND WESTERN, MONG KOK, YAU MA TEI AND WAN CHAI - WILL EACH HAVE $1 MILLION.

MR LEUNG SAID THE ALLOCATIONS WERE MAINLY DETERMINED BY THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION AND THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR ACTIVITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICTS.

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