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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1986

SUGGESTION TO DB HELPS CLEAR PAVEMENT

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ACTION WAS TAKEN TO CLEAR THE PAVEMENT ALONG BOTH SIDES OF AP LEI CHAU MAIN STREET AFTER A CIVIC-MINDED RESIDENT WROTE TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD.

USING THE MY SUGGESTION TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD+ POSTGRAMME SCHEME, THE RESIDENT COMPLAINED THAT THE PAVEMENTS OF AP LEI CHAU MAIN STREET WERE OFTEN OBSTRUCTED BY GOODS, MACHINES AND GARBAGE FROM NEARBY SHOPS, CAUSING AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEDESTRIANS WHO HAD TO WALK ON THE ROAD INSTEAD.

DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF INSPECTED THE AREA AND FOUND THE COMPLAINT VALID. THE CASE WAS REFERRED TO THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY TOOK OUT NINE SUMMONSES AGAINST THE SHOPOWNERS DURING AN OPERATION ON JULY 25.

IN FACT, THE PAVEMENTS HAD BEEN A BLACKSPOT OF OBSTRUCTION. THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN MONITORING THE AREA CLOSELY AND HAD TAKEN REGULAR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TO CONTAIN THE PROBLEM. SOME 40 PROSECUTIONS WERE TAKEN OUT BETWEEN MAY AND JULY THIS YEAR AGAINST SHOPOWNERS.

A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE POSTGRAMME SCHEME WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1983 FOR RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING IN REMOTE PARTS OF THE DISTRICT SUCH AS THE BAYS AREA, STANLEY AND SHEK O, TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS TO THE BOARD MORE CONVENIENTLY.

BETWEEN OCTOBER 1, 1985 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1986, THE BOARD HAD RECEIVED 168 POSTGRAMMES, COMPARED WITH 122 IN THE PRECEDING YEAR. MOST OF THE CASES WERE ON TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND LAW AND ORDER MATTERS.

+THE POSTAGE-FREE POSTGRAMMES, PUBLISHED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, ARE OBTAINABLE AT 72 DISTRIBUTION POINTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT,+ HE SAID.

+THESE INCLUDE THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES, POST OFFICES, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, COMMUNITY HALLS, MAJOR BANKS, PETROL STATIONS AND VARIOUS KAIFÓNG AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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