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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1986

QUOTING A RECENT SURVEY OF THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SITUATION CONDUCTED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT NORTH DISTRICT NEEDED TO PROVIDE MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

+ OF THE TOTAL WORKING POPULATION, 75.5 PER CENT HAD JOBS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY HAD INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD RATHER WORK INSIDE THE DISTRICT IF SUFFICIENT JOB OPPORTUNITIES EXISTED, THUS MINIMISING THEIR TRAVELLING TIME AND EXPENSES, HE SAID.

MR CHEUNG POINTED OUT THAT GIVEN ITS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, NORTH DISTRICT WAS ALSO WELL PLACED FOR DEVELOPING TRADE WITH CHINA.

+CROSS BORDER LINK WILL BE FURTHER IMPROVED WHEN THE $42-MILLION EXTENSION WORK PROJECT ON MAN KAM TO ROAD IS COMPLETED NEXT SEPTEMBER, HE SAID.

+ THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD WOULD ALSO PROVIDE BETTER ROAD CONNECTION BETWEEN ON LOK TSUEN WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, ESPECIALLY THE AIRPORT AND THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL, HE ADDED.

MR CHEUNG COMMENDED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS WORK AND WISHED IT EVERY SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

DB MEMBERS TO SEE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES

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TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL VISIT VARIOUS SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO LEARN ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF EFFLUENTS DISCHARGED INTO THE TUEN MUN NULLAH, AND THE PROGRESS MADE IN TACKLING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.

THEY WILL VISIT THE PAK KOK PUMPING STATION NEAR MELODY GARDEN, THE PILLAR POINT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT NEAR SIU LANG SHUI AND THE PUMPING STATION ADJACENT TO SIU HONG COURT.

MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED BY OFFICERS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON THE DESIGN AND FUNCTION OF THESE FACILITIES AND EXISTING MEASURES TO REDUCE POLLUTION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE VISIT TOMORROW BY TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES. THOSE INTERESTED SHOULD ASSEMBLE BY 10 AM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT ON THE THIRD FLOOR, TUEN MUN GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, 1 TUEN HI ROAD. TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO TAKE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO THE VARIOUS SPOTS.

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