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TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1986

+ ALTHOUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FANLING-SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN IS PROCEEDING AT A FAST PACE, THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING RURAL DEVELOPMENT TO PREVENT RURAL DEPOPULATION IN NORTH DISTRICT HAS NOT BEEN OVERLOOKED BY THE GOVERNMENT, MR CHEUNG TOLD VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES AT FANLING WAI.

+THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SHA TAU KOK TOWN, COSTING SOME $200 MILLION, IS ALREADY UNDERWAY WHILE PROPOSALS ARE IN HAND FOR THE CREATION OF A RURAL SERVICE CENTRE AT TA KWU LING, HE SAID.

LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME, ADMINISTERED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE. HAD HELPED TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE RURAL COMMITTEES BY PROVIDING BETTER FACILITIES SUCH AS VAN TRACKS, FOOTPATHS, CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS, DRAINAGE, VILLAGE LIGHTINGS AND PUBLIC TOILETS, MR CHEUNG SAID.

LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 110 PROJECTS, COSTING $2.04 MILLION, WAS COMPLETED IN THE DISTRICT. THE LARGEST PROJECT WAS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GRASS SOCCER PITCH AT KWU TUNG IN SHEUNG SHUI, MADE POSSIBLE WITH A GRANT OF $367 000 FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

FOR THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, A SUM OF $2.14 MILLION HAD BEEN ALLOCATED FOR LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT. MAJOR PROJECTS PLANNED INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A VAN TRACK AT KWAT TAU LENG IN FANLING; THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS AT NAM CHUNG IN SHA TAU KOK, AND AT TSUNG PAK LONG

IN SHEUNG SHUI; AS WELL AS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A VEHICULAR BRIDGE AT CHOW TIN IN TA KWU LING.

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NEW GYMNASIUM FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN OPENS

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MORE HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WILL BENEFIT FROM SPECIALISED TREATMENT WITH THE OPENING OF A NEW PHYSIOTHERAPY GYMNASIUM IN KHAI CHUNG.

THE CHILDREN'S GYMNASIUM WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE ROTARY CHILDREN PHYSIOTHERAPY GYMNASIUM HAS BEEN BUILT ON A 110-SQUARE-METRE SITE CONVERTED FROM PART OF THE SOUTH KWAI CHUNG POLYCLINIC CAR PARK. THE TOTAL COST WAS $1.44 MILLION, OF WHICH ABOUT HALF WAS CONTRIBUTED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST.

AT PRESENT, ABOUT 250 CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CEREBRAL PALSY AND 200 OTHER ORTHOPAEDIC YOUNG PATIENTS ARE RECEIVING PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT IN THE SOUTH KWAI CHUNG POLYCLINIC, SHARING THE FACILITIES OF THE ADULT PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC.

/DR THONG