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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1934

SEMINAR ON CIVIC EDUCATION

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A SEMINAR ON CIVIC EDUCATION WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IN THE AP LEI CHAU COMMUNITY HALL, STARTING AT 2,30 PM.

THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, WILL TALK ON THE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL ISTS IN RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR OF ECONOMICS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND RELIGION-ETHICAL EDUCATION, MR LUK MO-PING, WILL DISCUSS THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND ITS RELATION TO THE PRESENT POLITICAL SYSTEM.

MORE THAN 70 HEADMASTERS AND TEACHERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SEMINAR,

COMFORT TERRACE IMPROVED

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REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT WORK TO COMFORT TERRACE IN NORTH POINT HAS BEEN COMPLETED UNDER A PILOT SCHEME TO RESUME AND REPAIR SEVEN PRIVATE STREETS IN THE URBAN AREAS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT REPAIR WORK INCLUDED THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PART OF THE ROAD AND FOOTPATHS, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

THE WORK WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT A COST OF ABOUT $35 000.

+THE GOVERNMENT HAD, FOR MANY YEARS, RECOGNISED THAT PRIVATE STREETS POSE SPECIAL MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS.

+DUE TO MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP, MOST OF THE PRIVATE STREETS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY WERE NOT PROPERLY MANAGED AND WERE IN SEVERELY DILAPIDATED CONDITIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+TO ALLEVIATE SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL AND HYGIENE PROBLEMS, THE GOVERNMENT EMBARKED ON AN EXPERIMENTAL SCHEME TO RESUME SÉVEN PRIVATE STREETS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE STREET MANAGEMENT, + HE ADDED.

APART FROM COMFORT TERRACE AND YUET YUEN STREET IN NORTH POINT, THE OTHER PRIVATE STREETS COVERED BY THE SCHEME ARE SAM PAN STREET IN WAN CHAI; AND HOK LING STREET, SHIM LUEN STREET, TSUN FAT STREET AND YIN ON STREET IN KOWLOON CITY.

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