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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1987

PROJECT LAUNCHED TO IMPROVE KWAI TSING'S ENVIRONMENT

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THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PIONEERS PROJECT WAS LAUNCHED TODAY (SUNDAY) WHEN THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK, PRESENTED TORCHES ΤΟ REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVEN SUB-DISTRICTS TAKING PART IN THE PROJECT TO SIGNIFY THE BEGINNING OF CONCERTED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT'S ENVIRONMEMT.

THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD ALLOCATED $150,000 to CARRY OUT VARIOUS PROJECTS AND TO PROMOTE RESIDENTS' AWARENESS OF CLEAN ENVIRONMENT AND FOOD HYGIENE.

AT THE OPENING CEREMONY IN THE LAI KING HILL ROAD PLAYGROUND, MR COAK AND THE DISTRICT HYGIENE SUPERINTENDENT, MR CHOY SHU-KAI, PLEDGED FULL SUPPORT TO THE DISTRICT BOARD'S EFFORTS IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT.

A GROUP OF ABOUT 100 PIONEERS, MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES AND ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS} THEN HELPED CLEAN UP THE PLAYGROUND AND NEARBY AREAS. A MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES ALSO SHOWED THEIR SUPPORT BY TAKING PART IN A LITTER-PICKING EXERCISE AT A NEARBY SLOPE.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROJECT, MR CHOW SUM, SAID THAT RESIDENTS' SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT WOULD BE VITAL TO ITS SUCCESS.

A FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION WOULD BE HALL FROM OCTOBER 26 TO PUBLICISE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, HE ADDED.

HELD AT KWAI FONG COMMUNITY FOOD HYGIENE AND METHODS OF

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CONTRACTORS WILL ALSO BE EMPLOYED TO CLEAR LITTERED SHEK YAM ROAD, LEI PUI STREET, ON CHIT STREET, YIP SHING STREET AND WING YIP STREET, AND IN KWAI SHING ESTATE, TAI WO HAU ESTATE AND KWAI CHUNG ESTATE.

MORE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS RECEIVED

ABOUT 50,000 ADDITIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVIDION SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN LAST MONTH, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED THIS YEAR TO 317,000.

"THESE APPLICATIONS, IF FOUND VALID, WILL BE PROVISIONAL REGISTER TO BE PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER OFFICER, MR LAI KWAN-TAT, SAID.

INCLUDED IN THE 6," REGISTRATION

/MEANWHILE, MR