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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBO? 18,

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DB BUSY IMPROVING KWUN TONG ENVIRONMENT

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THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD WILL BE BUSY IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE MONTHS TO COME.

FIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, COSTING MORE THAN $200 000, WILL SOON BE IMPLEMENTED IN THREE SQUATTER VILLAGES, A TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA AND A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, MR LAM LEUNG-KI, SAID THE MAIN ACCESS TO YAU TONG SHAN VILLAGE IS A NARROW FOOTPATH NEXT TO AN OPEN NULLAH, AND AS CHILDREN OR ELDERLY PEOPLE COULD EASILY FALL INTO IT ESPECIALLY IN WET WEATHER, WE HAVE PROVIDED FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT A CHAIN LINK FENCE ALONG ONE SIDE OF THE FOOTPATH.+

IN MA WAN VILLAGE, THE COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE LEI YUE MUN RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION TO REPAIR DILAPIDATED FOOTPATHS.

THE WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY LOCAL RESIDENTS AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

+WE WILL ALSO SET UP AN OFFICE - A MUCH-NEEDED COMMUNITY FACILITY FOR THE ON LOK VILLAGE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE,+ MR LAM CONTINUED.

HE HOPED THE OFFICE WOULD PROVIDE A CONVENIENT VENUE FOR THE MAC TO HOLD ACTIVITIES AND FOR THE 2 000 RESIDENTS TO SOCIALISE.

AT THE PING SHEK TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA, MR LAM SAID A PAVILION WOULD BE BUILT AT THE MID-LEVEL OF A STAIRWAY LEADING TO THE THA TO SERVE AS A RESTING AREA FOR MORNING WALKERS AS WELL AS LOCAL RESIDENTS.

+GUARDRAILS WILL ALSO BE PUT UP ALONG THE STAIRWAY TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, HE ADDED.

THE PROJECT WAS PROPOSED BY THE PING SHEK-KAI YIP AREA COMMITTEE DURING THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE ON MINOR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS BY THE PREVIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.

IN ADDITION, THE AMENITY SPOT PROJECT NEXT TO THE SAU MAU PING BUS TERMINUS, WHICH ORIGINATED FROM A PROPOSAL OF THE LOCAL AREA COMMITTEE, WILL SOON ENTER ITS FINAL PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION,

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