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FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1985

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MR CHEUNG SAID THERE WERE THREE LICENSED PRIVATE SLAUGHTER.OUSE. ONE IN KWAI CHUNG, ONE IN TAI PO AND THE OTHER IN YUEN LONG. ITHIN THE AREAS SERVED BY THESE SLAUGHTERHOUSES, ILLEGAL SLAUGHTER ING WAS PROHIBITED.

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ANY PERSON FOUND OPERATING AN ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERHOUSE OR TO EE IN POSSESSION OF CARCASSES NOT CARRYING THE OFFICIAL MEAT INSPECTION STAMP FACES PROSECUTION.

IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 23 PRE-DAWN RAIDS ON ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERHOUSES WERE CONDUCTED AND EIGHT PERSONO WERE SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED, WITH FINES RANGING FROM 1 JOG TO

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RSD WORKS PROJECTS OUTLINED ****

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ABOUT 430 CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS, INCLUDING PARKS, SWIM ING POOLS, CULTURE COMPLEXES AND MARKETS, ARE BEING PLANNED FOR UN BUILT IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF 4 11 DURING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

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THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES (HEADQUARTERS), MR PETER CHEUNG, TODAY WHEN HE BRIEFED MEMBERS OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL ON THE NUMBER OF CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME FALLING WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT.

MAJOR PROJECTS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR INCLUDE THE SHA TIN CENTRAL PARK ($50 MILLION), THE TUEN MUN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX ($38.7 MILLION) AND THE TUEN MUN TOWN PARK PHASE | ($46.5 MILLION).

OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION INCLUDE THE SHA TIN CULTURAL COMPLEX AND LIBRARY AND THE TUEN MUK CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX PHASE - AUDITORIUM, EACH COSTING

I OVER $137 MILLION.

THE RSD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC IN THE NON-URBAN AREAS AND FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SUPPORTING FACILITIES.

MR CHEUNG SAID WHILE THE PLANNING OF THESE FACILITIES IS INITIATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, THE PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH FACILITIES IS BEING HANDLED BY SPECIALIST DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WERE ALSO INFORMED OF THE PROVELUKE FOR INCLUDING A PROJECT INTO THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME AND HOW PROJECTS ARE CATEGORISED.