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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1985

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VILLAGERS APPRECIATE PROVISION OF ACCESS

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A GROUP OF VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SHAN SHEK WAN RESITE AREA PHASE 11, TODAY (MONDAY) PRESENTED A SOUVENIR TO THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE IN APPRECIATION FOR BUILDING A VAN TRACK TO THEIR VILLAGE.

THE TRACK, MEASURING 283 METRES LONG AND 2.5 METRES WIDE, WAS BUILT AT A COST OF ABOUT $85 000 BY THE WORKS SECTION OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE UNDER THE SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENT (SAI) PROGRAMME.

SHAN SHEK WAN RESITE AREA PHASE II HAS ABOUT 150 VILLAGERS, MOST OF WHOM ARE ENGAGED IN PIG AND POULTRY BREEDING AS WELL AS FRUIT-PLANTING,

THE TRACK, WHICH IS A VITAL ACCESS FOR VILLAGERS, WAS BUILT TO FACILITATE THE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMAL FEED TO THE VILLAGE AND THE DELIVERY OF PIGS AND POULTRY TO THE MARKET.

THE SAI PROGRAMME, WHICH STARTED 10 YEARS AGO, IS CARRIED OUT BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO IMPROVE THE LIVELIHOOD AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN SQUATTER AREAS.

PROJECTS, SUCH AS REPAIRING FOOTPATHS IN TSENG TAU CHUNG TSUEN AND FU TEI SHEUNG TSUEN, THE CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINS AT YICK YUEN, AND THE REPAIR OF A BUND WALL AND FOOTPATH AT KA WO LANE, WERE ALL CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SAI PROGRAMME.

EXTENSION TO PING TING ROAD PROPOSED

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THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO PROVIDE A 100-METRE-LONG EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING PING TING ROAD OFF HAMMER HILL ROAD AND CONSTRUCT TWO NEW ROADS TO COPE WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

THE TWO NEW ROADS TOTALLING 145 METRES LONG WILL RUN AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE HAMMER HILL ROAD SPORTS GROUND CURRENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED AT A SITE TO THE WEST OF PING TING ROAD.

ONE OF THE ROADS WILL ALSO BE LINKED WITH THE JUNCTION OF THE PING TING ROAD EXTENSION.

ON COMPLETION. THE NEW ROADS WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NGAU CHI WAN AREA,

/THIS PROPOSED