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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1985

KOWLOON CITY TOUR FOR DB MEMBERS

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KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TOURED THE KOWLOON CITY AND SAI TAU CONSTITUENCY THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON TO HAVE A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT DEVELOPMENTS THERE.

JOINED BY MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL AREA COMMITTEE, THE PARTY FIRST VISITED LION ROCK ROAD TO SEE THE SITUATION FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S HAWKER CLEARANCE EXERCISE.

MEMBERS LEARNED THAT MORE THAN 100 LICENSED HAWKERS WHO USED TO TRADE ON THE ROADSIDE, WERE RESITED TO THE NEARBY KOWLOON CITY TEMPORARY MARKET LAST OCTOBER AND LION ROCK ROAD WAS RESTORED TO A CLEAN THOROUGHFARE.

THEY THEN VISITED THE TEMPORARY MARKET WHERE SOME 600 FORMER ON-STREET HAWKERS IN THE VICINITY ARE NOW OPERATING IN THE COVERED AND WELL-MANAGED MARKET AREA.

AT CARPENTER ROAD, MEMBERS SAW THE SQUATTER AREA SCHEDULED TO BE CLEARED LATER THIS YEAR TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE URBAN COUNCIL CARPENTER PARK.

THEY CONCLUDED THE IR TOUR WITH A WALK ALONG HAU WONG ROAD WHERE THEY INSPECTED THE SITE FOR THE PROPOSED KOWLOON CITY MARKET, BEFORE BEING BRIEFED ON HOW PAVEMENT RAILINGS WOULD BE RAISED AS AN ANTI-CRIME MEASURE.

VEGETABLE GROWING COMPETITION ORGANISED FOR PUPILS

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AN URBAN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN VEGETABLE GROWING COMPETITION WILL BE HELD AS AN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO TAKE CARE OF PLANTS FOR BEAUTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENT.

JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, THE COMPETITION PROVIDES ANOTHER MEANS FOR URBAN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN TO LEARN SCIENCE.

IT IS ALSO AIMED AT PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LEARN THROUGH PARTICIPATION AND OBSERVATION OF THE SHAPE, STRUCTURE AND GROWTH OF PLANTS.

IS DIVIDED INTO TWO THE COMPETITION, TO BE HELD IN JANUARY, GROUPS - HONG KONG ISLAND PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND KOWLOON PENINSULA PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

/PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

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