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MONDAY, MAY 6, 1985

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SPORTS PROJECT OUTLINED

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MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD TODAY HEARD AT FIRST HAND DETAILS OF PROGRESS ON THE DISTRICT'S MULTI- MILLION DOLLAR SPORTS GROUND NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION.

THE BOARD WAS BEING BREIFED BY MR ANDREW CHENG, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S PLANNING DIVISION, ON THE CAPITAL AND MINOR WORKS PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THE DISTRICT BY THE URBAN COUNCIL OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

ALTOGETHER THERE ARE 38 CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS AND 27 MINOR PROJECTS IN THE COUNCIL'S PLANNING PIPELINE FOR KWUN TONG.

APART FROM THE SPORTS GROUND, WHICH WILL FILL A BIG RECREATIONAL NEED IN THE DISTRICT, OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION INCLUDE THE SHUI WO STREET COMPLEX AND THE HUI KWONG STREET PLAYGROUND AND INDOOR GAMES HALL.

URBAN COUNCILLORS ATTENDING THIS AFTERNOON'S LENGTHY MEETING OF THE DISTRICT BOARD WERE MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT AND MESSRS STEPHEN LAU, LAM CHAK-PIU AND MARVIN CHEUNG.

TREE-PLANTING SCHEME LAUNCHED

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THE URBAN COUNCIL'S WEEK-LONG TREE PLANTING PROGRAMME WAS LAUNCHED TODAY BY URBAN COUNCILLORS MR PETER C.K. CHAN AND MRS MARGARET LI AT THE KO SHAN PARK.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE TREE PLANTING CEREMONY WERE THREE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, MR WONG SIK-KONG, MR TANG PO-HONG AND MISS MABEL WONG, AS WELL AS STUDENTS OF BISHOP WALSH SCHOOL, WHO TOGETHER PLANTED 10 AILANTHUS FORDI TREES.

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COUNCIL'S ANNUAL TREE PLANTING PROGRAMME ARE TO BEAUTIFY THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND TO AROUSE GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ROLE THAT TREES CAN PLAY IN DENSELY-POPULATED AREAS.

IN ALL. 15 URBAN COUNCILLORS AND 26 DB MEMBERS WILL TAKE PART IN THE PLANTING CEREMONIES AT THE COUNCIL'S VARIOUS PARKS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES DAILY THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK.

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