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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1986

MEMBERS THEN VISITED THE SAU MAU PING (CENTRAL) ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE AND A ROADSIDE AMENITY PLOT.

SITUATED NEAR THE CENTRAL SAU MAU PING BUS TERMINUS, THE PLOT WAS ONE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.

IT OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 600 SQUARE METRES, AND WAS BUILT AT A COST OF ABOUT $360 000.

MEMBERS LATER TOURED THE ON LOK AND TAI SHING SQUATTER AREAS TO SEE IMPROVEMENT WORKS THAT HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT BOARD.

IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS INCLUDED PROVISION OF STREET LIGHTING, FOOTPATHS, PUBLIC TOILETS, LETTER BOXES, SITTING OUT AREAS AND IMPROVEMENT TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.

RESIDENTS ALSO ENJOYED LEGAL ELECTRICITY AND METERED WATER SUPPLY UNDER THE SCHEME. FIRE WATCH TEAMS HAD ALSO BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THESE SQUATTER AREAS.

DURING THE VISIT, MEMBERS ALSO SAW ILLEGAL HAWKING ACTIVITIES AT THE LANE NEXT TO BLOCK 36 OF SAU MAU PING ESTATE.

CLEARANCE OF ABANDONED SIGNBOARDS STARTS *****

A TWO-DAY OPERATION TO REMOVE 27 ABANDONED SIGNBOARDS AT 11 BUILDINGS IN YAU MA TEI STARTED TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE OPERATION, PART OF THE DISTRICT'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN, WAS AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A PLEASANT LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF OWNERS' CORPORATIONS OF BUILDINGS, THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD HAD ALLOCATED $30 000 TO MEET MORE THAN 80 PER CENT OF REMOVAL COSTS OF SIGNBOARDS.

/AS PART