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TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1988

IT HAD ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE WELFARE OF THE YOUTH AND THE ELDERLY, THE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS AS WELL AS PARTICIPATED IN A MAJOR FUND-RAISING CHARITY

EVENT.

IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, SOME 580 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE DEMOLISHED IN THE 15 CLEARANCE OPERATIONS UNDER THE

'FAR-FLING' PROGRAMME.

FUNDS WERE ALSO ALLOCATED FOR REPAIRING OR REPAVING FOOTPATHS, CONSTRUCTING SITTING-OUT-AREAS AND IMPROVING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF SQUATTER AREAS.

ON TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, THE REPORT NOTES THAT THE EAST KOWLOON JOINT TRAFFIC STUDY, WHICH WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT UPON RECOMMENDATION BY THE BOARD, HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THAT ONE OF ITS PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS INVOLVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A KWUN TONG BYPASS IS BEING IMPLEMENTED.

ON THE CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL FRONT, THE REPORT OUTLINES THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE BOARD IN PURSUING A SECOND SWIMMING POOL AND A CULTURAL CENTRE TO BE BUILT IN THE DISTRICT.

THE INTEREST AND NEEDS OF LOCAL YOUNG AND ELDERLY PEOPLE WAS ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN TO THE BOARD, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT. OVER 10,000 EDLERLY HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE BOARD'S MEDICAL AND TRANSPORT PREFERENTIAL SCHEME SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION IN 1985.

IN ADDITION, A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN 1986 ON THE YOUTH PROBLEMS IN KWUN TONG. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SURVEY HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED AND FORWARDED ΤΟ THE GOVERNMENT FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE BOARD HAD ALSO RAISED $5 MILLION FOR THE HOSPITAL EXTENSION PROJECT BY ORGANISING A HOST CHARITY ACTIVITIES,

COPIES OF THE REPORT WILL BE SENT ΤΟ LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS' CORPORATIONS, ORGANISATIONS, AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

UNITED CHRISTIAN OF DISTRICT-WIDE

AREA COMMITTEES,

OTHER

LOCAL

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