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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1986

DB MEMBERS TOUR NGAU TAU KOK AREA

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MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD TOURED NGAU TAU KOK TODAY (THURSDAY) TO LEARN ABOUT ENVIRONMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE AREA.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, THEY VISITED THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE NEW JORDAN VALLEY NORTH ESTATE IN EAST NGAU TAU KOK.

THE ESTATE WILL CONSIST OF TWO TRIDENT THE BLOCKS TO ACCOMMODATE 7 896 PERSONS. SITE FORMATION WORK HAS STARTED AND CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1990.

MEMBERS NOTED THAT ON COMPLETION, THE EXISTING MARK I AND II BLOCKS OF JORDAN VALLEY ESTATE, ADJACENT TO THE NEW JORDAN VALLEY NORTH ESTATE, WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND RESIDENTS WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW ESTATE.

MEMBERS LATER WALKED THROUGH THE KAM KUK VILLAGE ACCESS TO THE CHUN WAH ROAD MORNING WALK TRAIL SITE,

THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS AGREED TO SPEND $57 000 TO RESURFACE THE EXISTING FOOTPATH AND TO ADD RAILING AND TO ERECT A PAVILION.

CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START LATER THIS YEAR AND TO BE COMPLETED BY 1987.

AT LOWER NGAU TAU KOK ESTATE MEMBERS VISITED THE SITE OF A MINI-ROUNDABOUT TO BE BUILT AT THE 4TH AND 5TH STREET.

THE MINI-ROUNDABOUT, PROPOSED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ENDORSED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, WOULD EASE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG NGAU TAU KOK ROAD.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE MINI-ROUNDABOUT HAS BEGUN AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.

DURING THE VISIT, MEMBERS WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON THE HAWKING AND TRAFFIC SITUATION, AND RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE AREA.

VAR IETY SHOW WINDS UP CENTRAL AND WESTERN SYP

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THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CONCLUDED THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING WITH A FUN-FILLED VARIETY SHOW ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS OF TEENAGERS AND CHILDREN AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL.

THE EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE, AND SPONSORED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.

/THE PROGRAMME ...