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FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1988

A FLOOD-LIT

"OTHER FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED INCLUDE RECREATIONAL GROUND, PARKING AREAS, A MARKET AND COOKED FOOD CENTRE, AN AIR-CONDITIONED COMMUNITY HALL WITH A PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, A CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL, A BUS TERMINUS AND A TIN HAU TEMPLE.

"THERE WILL ALSO BE ROAD IMPROVEMENT WORKS, EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING AND A PERMANENT SHELTERED ANCHORAGE FOR THE LOCAL FISHING FLEET, HE SAID.

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ON THE SHA TAU KOK RURAL COMMITTEE ITSELF, MR CHEUNG NOTED THAT IT COVERED THE LARGEST AREA, HAD THE LONGEST HISTORY AND COMPRISED 57 VILLAGES, THE GREATEST IN NUMBER, WHEN COMPARED WITH THE OTHER THREE COMMITTEES IN NORTH DISTRICT SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING AND TA KWU LING.

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HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE RURAL COMMITTEE FOR ITS WORK IN MAINTAINING CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE FROM THE 57 VILLAGES.

ABOUT THE

AN EFFECTIVE SUCH A9 THE

"IT NOT ONLY CONVEYS TO THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY VILLAGERS BUT ALSO PROVIDES LINK AMONG VARIOUS LOCAL NON-INDIGENOUS ORGANISATIONS RESIDENTS' WELFARE ASSOCIATION, HE POINTED OUT.

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RURAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTES TO CHEUNG CHAU DEVELOPMENT

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THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF CHEUNG CHAU IN RECENT YEARS, WITH THE COMPLETION OF VARIOUS COMMUNITY FACILITIES, WAS A RESULT OF CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE RURAL COMMITTEE AND THE GOVERNMENT, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JONATHAN NG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE 14TH TERM CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE, MR NG SAID THE COMMITTEE'S VIEWS HAD BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE ISLAND.

VIEWS

"RURAL COMMITTEES CAN CHANNEL THEIR

THROUGH THEIR CHAIRMEN WHO ARE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS, MR NG SAID.

"DEVELOPMENTS ON CHEUNG CHAU ILLUSTRATED THAT THE VIEWS OF RURAL COMMITTEES WILL NOT BE IGNORED HE SAID.

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MR NG SAID SOME OF THE PROJECTS RECENTLY COMPLETED ON THE ISLAND INCLUDE A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, A PUMPING STATION, A SECONDARY SCHOOL, A PROMENADE AND THE EXPANSION OF THE FERRY PIER.

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