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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1989

KUK MR LIAO CURRENT

TOGETHER WITH OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, HEUNG YEE LEADERS, REGIONAL COUNCILLORS AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN,

DISTRICT AND TAI TODAY

ΤΟ PO

THE SEE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THERE.

TOURED THE

THE

NORTH

GROUP INCLUDED

THE

REGIONAL

SECRETARY

FOR

THE

NEW

YER KUK MR PANG

TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN; DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR HAIDER BARMA; REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG; HEUNG CHAIRMAN, MR

CHAIRMAN, LAU WONG-FAT; NORTH DISTRICT BOARD HANG-YIN; AND TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR DAVID HO YUNG-9ANG.

THE

NEW

WORKS

OFFICE ON A TALK AT THE NORTH DISTRICT AFTER ATTENDING OVERALL

NORTH EAST RURAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND PLANS IN THE TERRITORIES, THE GROUP WENT TO A SITE IN SHEK WỤ HUI WHERE ON A $20 MILLION FLOOD PROTECTION SCHEME ARE BEING CARRIED OUT.

THE VISITORS LEARNT THAT THE

IS FLOOD

SCHEME PROTECTION

THE NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE EXISTING SHEUNG SHUI VILLAGE BECAUSE OF

ABOVR DEVELOPMENT OF A VILLAGE EXPANSION AREA WHICH WOULD BE FORMED

SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE NORMAL FLOOD LEVEL. ALSO, SHEUNG SHUI VILLAGE IS INUNDATION WHEN THE RIVER INDUS AND ITS TRIBUTARIES OVERFLOW.

BUND PLAIN, A WATER

THE SCHEME INCLUDES THE FORMATION OF A PROTECTIVE SEPARATING SHEUNG SHUI VILLAGE FROM THE RIVER INDUS FLOOD FLOOD STORAGE POND AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMATIC STORM PUMPING STATION.

IMPROVEMENT

FRINGE

PAK

VIA AN

DURING THE DAY, THE GROUP LOOKED AT TWO COMPLETED URBAN

(UFI) PROJECTS A RECONSTRUCTED VAN TRACK AT TSUNG LONG VILLAGE PROVIDING IMPROVED ACCESS FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD EXISTING SERVICE ROAD TO THE VILLAGE AND THE BAILEY BRIDGE AT KAU LUNG HANG WHICH WAS FIRST CONSTRUCTED IN 1967 BY THE ARMY.

THE

AREAS ΤΟ

IN ΤΟ GROUP NOTED

URBANISATION THAT CONSEQUENT SURROUNDING

NEW TOWNS, THE

THE UFI PROGRAMME WAS INTRODUCED RATIONALISE AND EXTEND EXISTING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES TO RAISE LIVING STANDARDS IN SUCH AREAS.

VILLAGE IN SECTION OVER TO

THE GROUP ALSO VISITED A PLAYGROUND IN NAM WAH PO TAI PO WHICH WAS UPGRADED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE WORKS UNDER THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS (LPW) PROGRAMME AND WAS HANDED THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE,

AREAS

THE LPW SCHEME WAS INITIATED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1919 WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING BASIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RURAL AND VILLAGES.

AT THE

SELF-HELP TIME, THE SCHEME WAS BASICALLY A WHEREBY MATERIALS WERE SUPPLIED TO VILLAGERS FOR THEM MINOR CONSTRUCTION WORK.

TO

PROGRAMME UNDERTAKE

NEW

AT PRESENT, A WORKS SECTION HAS BEEN SET UP IN EACH OF THE TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLANNING, CO- ORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LPW PROJECTS.

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