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SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1988

IN 1988-89, IT WILL BE ANOTHER BUSY YEAR FOR THE WORKS SECTION OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT AS 57 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PLANNED то UTILISE THE LPW FUND.

AS REGARD THE USE OF LPW FUND, $2.3 MILLION WILL BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTING NEW FACILITIES, $1.6 MILLION FOR MAINTENANCE WORKS AND $110,000 FOR SQUATTER IMPROVEMENT.

AND REPAIR

IMPLEMENTED ALSO CONTRIBUTE

COMPLEMENTARY TO THESE, THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS BY THE WORKS SECTION THROUGH THE LPW MACHINERY WHICH TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE 1SLANDERS' LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD HAS ALREADY ALLOCATED $1.03 MILLION TO CARRY OUT MINOR ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHILE THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO CHANNELLED $875,000 TO THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE FOR ITS ENVIRONMENT HYGIENE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES PROJECTS.

APART FROM THE GOVERNMENT SOURCE OF FUNDS, THE DONATIONS OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS FROM TIME TO TIME WILL FORM AN INJECTION TO THE LPW MACHINERY. IN 1988, FOR INSTANCE, $1.5 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WILL BE USED FOR BUILDING A PIER AT PO TOI.

IN VIEW OF THE REMOTENESS AND THE COMPARATIVELY OF THE PROJECTS WHICH MAKE IT UNLIKELY THAT THEY WILL HIGH PRIORITY IF THEY ARE DEALT WITH BY THE TERRITORY DEPARTMENT AS PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS, THE VALUE OF LPW TO DISTRICT WILL STILL BE IRREPLACEABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

MINOR NATURE BE ACCORDED DEVELOPMENT THE ISLANDS

CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE RENAMING OF YAU TSIM DISTRICT

A FOUR-MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED IN YAU TSIM DISTRICT SHORTLY TO PROMOTE THE NEW NAME OF THE DISTRICT.

THE NEW NAME, A SHORT FORM FOR YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI, HAS BEEN IN USE SINCE APRIL TO REMOVE ANY MISCONCEPTION THAT TSIM SHA TSUI WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT SEPARATE FROM YAU MA TEI.

THE CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE CONTESTS IN PHOTOGRAPHY, BASKETBALL AND TABLE-TENNIS COMPETITIONS, A FAMILY DAY CAMP AND A CARNIVAL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CAMPAIGN'S ORGAN19ING COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

"THE COLOUR-PHOTO CONTEST ΤΟ BE HELD IN JULY IS OPEN то RESIDENTS, STUDENTS AND WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT. PARTICIPANTS CAN USE EITHER DISTRICT LANDMARKS AS BACKGROUND OR PHOTOGRAPH SOMETHING TO SHOW CO-OPERATION BETWEEN PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.

"TEN PRIZES