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TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1988

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NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE ASSISTS FLOOD VICTIMS

OFFICE

ARE WORKING

то GIVE WEDNESDAY'S FLOODINGS

STAFF OF THE NORTH DISTRICT ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY LAST IN THE DISTRICT, A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

FIVE APPLICAT LONG FOR THE

PROCESSED "SO FAR THE OFFICE HAS GENERAL CHINESE CHARITIES FUND WHICH OFFERS A MAXIMUM GRANT OF PER PERSON FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES," HE SAID.

ONE FAMILY

FROM WO HOP

SHEK,

FANLING

WHOSE

RENDERED UNINHABITABLE AS A RESULT OF FLOODING, WAS IN ACCOMMODATION HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR TEMPORARY TRANSIT CENTRE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

$1,500

DWELLING

WAS

REFERRED TO THE THE SHEUNG SHUI

DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF ALSO ADVISED NEEDY FARMERS TO EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANTS FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES TO HELP RESTORE THEIR DAMAGED FARMS, AND FOR GRANTS WELFARE DEPARTMENT TO TIDE OVER THEIR DIFFICULTIES.

FROM

APPLY FOR DEPARTMENT THE SOCIAL

A LOCAL

CHARITABLE

ORGANISATION,

FUNG

YING SIN

KOON, HAD AS

DISBURSED $1,000 THROUGH THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO AN AFFECTED FAMILY LIVING EXPENSES, HE ADDED.

HAD ALREADY

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF OFFERED ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS DURING THE FLOOD PERIOD. THEY HAD ALSO TOURED THE AFFECTED AREAS FOR NECESSARY ACTION.

THE

DEPARTMENTS

HIGHWAYS BLOCKED

"THEY LIAISED WITH LOCAL PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT

AND THE SUCH AS

DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TERRITORY DEPARTMENT FOR REMEDIAL MEASURES ON RECEIPT OF REPORTS OF DRAINAGE CHANNELS IN LOW-LYING AREAS," HE SAID.

——

KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR,

ABATTOIR IDENTIFIED AS BLACK SPOTS

RESIDENTS

TAKING PART

IN

CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT

THE IDENTIFIED

KENNEDY TOWN BLACK

ENVIRONMENTAL

A ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CAMPAIGN HAVE

MOST NOTORIOUS INCINERATOR AND ABATTOIR AS THE SPOTS IN THE DISTRICT.

DURING THE CAMPAIGN, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE CALLED UPON IDENTIFY FIVE ENVIRONMENTAL BLACK SPOTS AND FIVE MODEL PLACES OF ENVIRONMENT.

ΤΟ

GOOD

/RESULTS HAVE

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