TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1987
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PAK MONG PIER RE-OPENS
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ALLOCATIONS TO THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS FUND OF ISLANDS DISTRICT HAS INCREASED 60 PER CENT TO $3.5 MILLION SO THAT MORE WORKS PROJECTS CAN BE CARRIED OUT TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF ISLANDERS, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN SHERWIN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEWLY RE-CONSTRUCTED PAK MONG PIER, MR SHERWIN POINTED OUT THAT THE PAK MONG PROJECT WAS AN ILLUSTRATION OF HOW CO-OPERATION COULD GET THINGS DONE.
THE TWO-MONTH PROJECT, WHICH WAS INITIATED AND FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE E TROOP, 68TH GURK HA FIELD SQUADRON OF THE QUEEN'S GURKHA ENGINEERS.
THE 30-METRE LONG PIER WILL PROVIDE THE ONLY SEA LINK FOR VILLAGERS FROM PAK MONG, NGAU KWU LONG AND TAI HO IN NORTHEASTERN LANTAU WITH MARKETS IN KOWLOON WHERE THEIR AGRICULTURAL GOODS ARE SOLD.
MR SHERWIN SAID HE HOPED THIS KIND OF CO-OPERATION WOULD CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE.
AFTER A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY, THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF MUT WO RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAM KUT-SHING, PRESENTED SOUVENIRS TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ARMY TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
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THE GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCES PASSED ON ZEE KIM-HUNG AND WONG CHI-SHING ON OCTOBER 10, 1994 SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO SENTENCES OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT. ZEE AND WONG WERE FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF CHENG CHIU.
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