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SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1986

DISTRICT BOARDS ALLOCATED $35.27M

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A TOTAL OF $35.27 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE 19 ISTRICT BOARDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY .NVOLVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $200 000 OVER LAST YEAR'S FIGURES.

THE NINE DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL RECEIVE $19.78 MILLION, WHILE THE TEN DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE URBAN AREAS WILL SHARE $15.49 MILLION.

ON A TERRITORY-WIDE BASIS, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI WILL RECEIVE THE LARGEST SHARE AT $3.34 MILLION, FOLLOWED BY YUEN LONG WITH $3.03 MILLION AND SHA TIN WITH $2.61 MILLION. THESE THREE DISTRICTS ALSO LEAD THE NEW TERRITORIES SIDE IN THE ALLOCATION TABLE.

IN THE URBAN AREAS, KWUN TONG WILL GET THE BIGGEST SHARE AT $2.27 MILLION, FOLLOWED BY WONG TAI SIN WITH $2.21 MILLION AND EASTERN WITH $1.78 MILLION,

THE FOLLOWING IS BREAKDOWN OF FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS FOR THE 1986-87 FINANCIAL YEARS

HONG KONG AND KOWLOON

CENTRAL AND WESTERN

$1.08 MILLION

EASTERN

$1.78 MILLION

KOWLOON CITY

$1.75 MILLION

KWUN TONG

$2.27 MILLION

MONG KOK

$1.07 MILLION

SHAM SHUI PO

$1.77 MILLION

SOUTHERN

$1.43 MILLION

WAN CHAI

$1.07 MILLION

WONG TAI SIN

YAU MA TEI

$2.21 MILLION

$1.06 MILLION (SUB-TOTAL: $15.49 MILLION)

/NEW TERRITORIES