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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1988

"AT THAT TIME, THE SCHEME WAS BASICALLY A

SELF-HELP PROGRAMME

PIPES WERE CONSTRUCTION

BARS AND AGGREGATES,

TO UNDERTAKE MINOR

DRAINAGE CHANNELS, MR WATERS

WHEREBY MATERIALS SUCH AS CEMENT, SUPPLIED TO THE VILLAGERS FOR THEM WORK, SUCH AS FENCING, FOOTPATHS AND SAID.

NOTING THAT OVER THE YEARS, THE SCOPE

BEYOND THE PROJECTS HAD GRADUALLY INCREASED CARRY THEM OUT, HE SAID MOST OF THE PROJECTS CONTRACTORS.

AND COMPLEXITY OF LPW ABILITY TO VILLAGES' WERE NOW DONE BY LPW

"

IN EACH FOR THE HE

"TO COPE WITH THIS CHANGE, A WORKS SECTION WAS SET UP OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES WITH RESPONSIBILITY

LPW PROJECTS, PLANNING, CO-ORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAID.

WITH A GREAT VARIETY OF NOWADAYS, THE WORKS SECTIONS DEALT

PRIVIES, PROJECTS, SUCH AS VAN TRACKS, REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS, AQUA

SITTING-OUT PLAYGROUNDS,

AREAS,

SEAWALLS, PIERS,

INCINERATORS, VEHICULAR BRIDGES, PAVILIONS, AND EARTH RETAINING WALLS.

OF

OR RURAL

CARRIED OUT AT THE REQUEST NORMALLY, LPW PROJECTS WERE VILLAGERS, CHANNELLED THROUGH THEIR VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEES.

OFFICES HOWEVER, SOME WERE IDENTIFIED BY STAFF OF THE DISTRICT

COURSE OF THEIR CONTACTS DURING THEIR VISITS TO VILLAGES OR IN THE WITH THE RURAL COMMUNITY.

WAS AS A MORE COMPLICATED

MR WATERS SAID THAT AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE LPW SCHEME THAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO VILLAGERS' REQUESTS. RESULT THERE WAS NO NEED TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE

PROJECTS. THESE PROCEDURES NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GOVERNMENT WORKS GENERALLY RELATED

TENDERING FOR PROJECTS.

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AND GAZETTING

DRAW UP STAFF OF THE WORKS SECTIONS IN DISTRICT OFFICES WOULD

WITH THE ENGINEERS IN SPECIFICATIONS FOR A PROJECT IN CONSULTATION

THEY THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION. WOULD ALSO MONITOR THE WORK OF CONTRACTORS.

"THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN VILLAGERS, MR WATERS SAID.

CONCERNED WITH THE LIFE OF

"THERE HAS BEEN A MARKED EXPANSION OF THE LPW SCHEME PAST FEW YEARS.

OVER THE

PROJECTS,

"FOR 1988-89, $23 MILLION HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR LPW COMPARED WITH $20.5 MILLION IN 1987-88, $14.25 MILLION IN 1986-87 AND $13.57 MILLION IN 1985-86.

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