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SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1986

SOUTHERN BOARD'S EFFORTS BENEFIT RESIDENTS

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RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE EFFORTS AND HARD WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES.

THE WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES DURING THE PAST YEAR WERE REVIEWED AT A RECENT SEMINAR ORGANISED FOR LOCAL ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS AREA COMMITTEES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES.

THE BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE ALLOCATED ABOUT $850 000 TO SUPPORT VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS. THESE INCLUDED ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS TO PROMOTE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, AS WELL AS FESTIVAL AND ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS.

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR MAN HON-MING, SAID ABOUT $100 000 WAS ALLOCATED TO THE DISTRICT'S SPORTS AND RECREATION COUNCIL, AND ANOTHER $100 000 TO THE ARTS AND CULTURE ASSOCIATION TO ORGANISE A TOTAL OF 37 SPORTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS.

+ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS WERE AIMED AT ENHANCING COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND DISTRICT IDENTITY AMONG RESIDENTS, HE SAID.

+THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS TERRITORY-WIDE CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS ROAD SAFETY, FIGHT CRIME, ANTI-NARCOTICS AND FIRE PREVENTION, HE ADDED.

MR MAN POINTED OUT THAT THE COMMITTEE INITIATED A CAMPAIGN IN AUGUST TO CURB INCIDENTS IN WHICH OBJECTS WERE THROWN FROM BUILDINGS, INJURING PEOPLE BELOW.

+THE COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWED THE UTILISATION OF CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE SITUATION WHERE THERE WAS UNDER-UTILISATION, HE ADDED,

THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE SPENT ABOUT $400 000 ON MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, MOST OF WHICH WERE IN SQUATTER AREAS, AND WAS INVOLVED IN INITIATING PROGRAMMES TO CLEAR ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND OBSTRUCTIONS IN BACK-LANES AND STREETS.

+ THE COMMITTEE CARRIED OUT STUDIES ON WAYS TO IMPROVE FACILITIES AND AMENITIES SUCH AS RESURFACING FOOTPATHS, BUILDING BRIDGES, PROVIDING GUARD-RAILS ON STEEP SLOPES AND CONSTRUCTING SITTING-OUT AREAS FOR RESIDENTS,+ COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MISS MAR YUET-HAR, SAID.

/+THE COMMITTEE