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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SCHEME SHOWING RESULTS

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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD HAS SPENT MORE THAN $300 000 IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE = DISTRICT, ACCORDING TO A REVIEW OF THE WORK OF ITS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE.

APART FROM LAUNCHING ANTI-POLLUTION CAMPAIGNS AND A SERIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SQUATTER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN INITIATING PROGRAMMES TO CLEAR ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND OBSTRUCTIONS IN BACK LANES AND STREETS.

FOUR VILLAGES - SHEK 0, TELEGRAPH BAY IN POK FU LAM, AND SAN WAI AND KAU WAT IN WONG CHUK HANG - WERE SURVEYED UNDER THE COMMITTEE'S COMPREHENSIVE SQUATTER IMPROVEMENT SCHEME.

IN-DEPTH STUDIES HAVE ALSO BEEN CONDUCTED TO LOOK INTO BASIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE VILLAGES AND MEASURES REQUIRED TO MEET DEMANDS WERE RECOMMENDED.

A SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID WORKS SUCH AS REPAIR OF FOOTPATHS, ACCESSES AND DRAINS, AND PROVISION OF SITTING-OUT AREAS AND RAIN SHELTERS WERE BEING CARRIED OUT TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL CONDITION IN THESE AREAS.

+CONDITIONS IN 17 SQUATTER AREAS HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPROVED SINCE THE SCHEME STARTED IN 1982, HE ADDED.

THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN SOLVING URGENT LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS INVOLVING MORE THAN ONE DEPARTMENT. IN THE PAST YEAR, THE COMMITTEE COMPLETED 22 SUCH PROJECTS, MOSTLY IN SQUATTER ÁREAS.

THESE INCLUDED THE RESURFACING OF A WATER NULLAH IN KAU WAI VILLAGE, REPAIRING OF FOOTPATH AND FOOTSTEPS IN PEEL RISE VILLAGE, AND THE INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS AT TAI TAM TUK VILLAGE AND POSTAL NEST BOXES IN WONG CHUK HANG PATH VILLAGE.

POLLUTION OF THE HEUNG YIP ROAD NULLAH AND THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER WERE ALSO MATTERS OF CONCERN. THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS SET UP A WORKING GROUP TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT A THOROUGH SURVEY LATER THIS YEAR TO INVESTIGATE MEASURES TO CONTROL POLLUTION OF THE NULLAH.

TO STEP UP PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE DISTRIBUTED GARBAGE BAGS CARRYING THE +KEEP HONG KONG WATERS CLEAN+ MESSAGE TO BOAT DWELLERS AND FISHING VESSELS IN THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER.

A REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICE FOR FISHING VESSELS DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR ACHIEVED ENCOURAGING RESULTS AND THE COMMITTEE DECIDED THAT SUCH SERVICES SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT DURING OTHER MAJOR CHINESE FESTIVALS WHEN MOST FISHING VESSELS RETURNED TO THE TERRITORY,

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