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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1985

12 RSD SUPERVISORS PROMOTED

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THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR TONY HAMMOND, TODAY (FRIDAY) PRESENTED PROMOTION LETTERS TO 12 SUPERVISORY GRADE OFFICERS OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN RECOGNITION OF THE IR OUTSTANDING SERVICE.

THE OFFICERS INCLUDE TWO OVERSEERS, TWO SENIOR FOREMEN AND EIGHT FOREMEN WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT A WIDE RANGE OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES DUTIES IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS.

AT A BRIEF CEREMONY AT THE RSD HEADQUARTERS, MR HAMMOND CONGRATULATED THE PROMOTED OFFICERS AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR GOOD WORK.

PROPER ABLUTION FACILITIES FOR CHA KWO LING

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THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE LAYOUT PLAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC TOILET AND BATHHOUSE AT CHA KWO LING VILLAGE.

A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE VILLAGE HAS A SQUATTER POPULATION OF ABOUT 4 700 BUT IS WITHOUT ANY PROPER TOILET AND ABLUTION FACILITIES.

+ALTHOUGH THE NEED FOR A PUBLIC TOILET AND BATHHOUSE THERE HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNISED, THE COUNCIL HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE SUCH FACILITIES DUE TO THE LACK OF A SUITABLE SITE, HE SAID.

+HOWEVER, WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CHA KWO LING ROAD EARLY NEXT YEAR, A 140-SQUARE-METER SITE ALONG THE ROAD WITH A PROPER SEWER SYSTEM WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT.+

UNDER THE PROJECT, A FEMALE TOILET/BATHHOUSE WITH 10 COMPARTMENTS AND A UNISEX TOILET FOR THE DISABLED WILL OCCUPY THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE TWO-STOREY BUILDING.

THE MALE TOILET/BATHHOUSE, ALSO WITH 10 COMPARTMENTS, AND AN OFFICE, WILL TAKE UP THE FIRST FLOOR.

THE ROOFTOP WHICH WILL BE DECORATED WITH PLANTS, WILL SERVE AS A SITTING-OUT AREA.

CONSTRUCTION OF THIS $1.66 MILLION PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO START IN MID-1986 AND TAKE ABOUT TEN MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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