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SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1986

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID VIEWS ON THE REPORT ARE BEING SOLICITED,

+MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND INTERESTED PARTIES WILL HAVE UNTIL END OF JUNE TO SUBMIT THEIR VIEWS TO THE JSEA SECTION. IF NECESSARY, THE CONSULTATION PERIOD CAN BE EXTENDED, BUT NO DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN AT THIS STAGE.+

THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT ALL COMMENTS WILL BE FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE A FINAL DECISION IS TAKEN ON THE WORKING PARTY'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

STREET LIGHTING SUGGESTION TO DB PAYS OFF *****

STREET LIGHTS WILL BE INSTALLED ALONG A FOOTPATH BESIDE YUE FAI COURT IN ABERDEEN UPON THE SUGGESTION OF A CIVIC-MINDED RESIDENT WHO WROTE TO SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD.

PEDESTRIANS WILL FIND IT SAFER TO WALK AT NIGHT ALONG THE FOOTPATH, WHICH LEADS FROM YUE KWONG ROAD TO ABERDEEN OLD MAIN STREET.

UNDER THE +MY SUGGESTIONS TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD+ 'POSTGRAMME SCHEME, A YUE FAI COURT RESIDENT DREW THE BOARD'S ATTENTION TO SAFETY PROBLEMS AND INCONVENIENCE CAUSED TO PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF STREET LIGHTING ALONG THE FOOTPATH.

THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE WAS INFORMED, AND IT SUBSEQUENTLY INCLUDED THE INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS THERE IN ITS LIGHTING PROGRAMME FOR 1986-87. THE WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT LATER IN THE YEAR.

A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE POSTGRAMME SCHEME WAS DESIGNED FOR RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING IN REMOTE PARTS OF THE DISTRICT SUCH AS THE BAYS AREA, STANLEY AND SHEK 0, TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS TO THE BOARD IN A MOŘE CONVENIENT WAY.

+THE POSTAGE-FREE POSTGRAMMES, PUBLISHED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, ARE OBTAINABLE AT ABOUT 60 DISTRIBUTION POINTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

+THESE INCLUDE THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES. POST OFFICES, SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICES, COMMUNITY HALLS, MAJOR BANKS, RESTAURANTS, SUPERMARKETS, PETROL FILLING STATIONS AND SOME LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, HE ADDED.

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