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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1985

HE SAID THESE WOULD FORM PART OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NEW ESTATE.

+THE THREE DOMESTIC BLOCKS WILL HOUSE 9 400 PEOPLE IN 2 122 FLATS WHEN THEY ARE READY BY 1988.+

CHEUNG ON ESTATE IS BEING DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES AND WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR ALTOGETHER 32 000 PEOPLE IN 10 BLOCKS ON FULL COMPLETION BY LATE 1988.

BOARD HELPS WORK FOR SQUATTERS

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SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR JASPER LAM, TODAY (FRIDAY) PLEDGED THAT THE BOARD WOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR PROGRAMMES TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITION OF PEOPLE IN SQUATTER AREAS.

THE BOARD HAD ALREADY INITIATED A NUMBER OF PROJECTS SUCH AS THE SQUATTER AREA STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMME, THE COMPREHENSIVE SQUATTER IMPROVEMENT SCHEME AND OTHER MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT WORKS DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, MR LAM POINTED OUT.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT A SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS AT KAU WAI, TAI SHUI HANG, TAI HAU WAN AND TIN WAN HILL VILLAGES. THE $89 500 PROJECT WAS CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SQUATTER AREA STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMME.

+THE BOARD HAD ALSO ALLOCATED $36 000 TO INSTALL LIGHTS AT THE UPPER KELLET BAY AND THE NORTHERN AP LEI CHAU SQUATTER AREAS THIS YEAR,+ MR LAM SAID.

SINCE THE STREET LIGHTING SCHEME WAS INITIATED THREE YEARS THE BOARD HAD ALLOCATED $120 000 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF 58 STREET LIGHTS AT SEVEN SQUATTER AREAS, HE ADDED.

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THE SQUATTER AREA STREET LIGHTING PROGRAMME WAS PIONEERED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD IN 1983 AS A COST-SHARING SCHEME, IN WHICH THE BOARD CONTRIBUTES 80 PER CENT OF THE COST AND LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES THE REMAINING AMOUNT.

LOCAL RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS SHARE THE SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE AND ELECTRICITY CHARGES AND HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SECURITY AGAINST ILLEGAL TAPPING OF ELECTRICITY.

//MR LAM