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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1986
TWO FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE OPERATION HAVE BEEN OFFERED REHOUSING IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS. THEY COMPRISED SIX PEOPLE.
THE CLEARANCE OPERATION IS PART OF AN ON-GOING PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICTS ENVIRONMENT.
SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN 1982, 43 CLEARANCE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT TO REMOVE 464 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES IN REAR LANES.
MURALS TO DECORATE RETAINING WALL *****
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAS ORGANISED A COMPETITION FOR PROVISION OF MURAL PAINTINGS FOR A RETAINING WALL FACING KING'S ROAD BELOW SAI WAN TERRACE.
THE GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING $8.3 MILLION ON CARRYING OUT SLOPE STABILISATION WORKS BY CONSTRUCTING A CONCRETE RETAINING WALL ON THE SLOPE.
BECAUSE OF THE WALL'S PROMINENT POSITION, THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE FELT THAT A DECORATIVE WALL FACE WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO THE USUAL PLAIN CONCRETE SURFACE.
THE OFFICE INTRODUCED A FRENCH-PATENTED CONSTRUCTION METHOD BY WHICH GRAPHIC DESIGN CAN BE REPRODUCED IN RELIEF AS THE RETAINING WALL IS BUILT.
MEMBERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE RECENTLY DECIDED THAT AN OPEN COMPETITION SHOULD BE HELD TO CHOOSE THE BEST DESIGN. MURAL PAINTING ON RETAINING WALLS HAS NOT BEEN DONE ON SUCH A SCALE BEFORE.
TWO MURAL PAINTINGS WILL BE REPRODUCED ON TWO PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS, THREE METRES WIDE AND SIX METRES HIGH, ON THE RETAINING WALL. THE PAINTINGS WILL BE 50 METRES APART.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP ON THE EASTERN DISTRICT MURAL PAINTING COMPETITION, MR YUEN KI-KWONG, SAID APPLICANTS COULD FREELY DESIGN THEIR PAINTINGS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC THEME.
+BUT IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF THE APPLICANTS CAN ENTER THE COMPETITION WITH TWO PAINTINGS OF THE SAME CONCEPT FOR EACH OF THE PANELS, HE SAID.
/+AS THERE
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