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MONDAY, JULY 16, 1990

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PRESERVATION OF SCENERY ON DB AGENDA

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD WILL

THE NEED FOR PRESERVING THE SCENERIES

STUDY

DISTRICT AT A MEETING TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

IN

THE

A MEMBER WILL SUGGEST THAT THE GOVERNMENT PROTECT THE OLD PINE GROVE AT KAM TSIN VILLAGE IN SHEUNG SHUI, PLANT MORE TREES AND CONTROL THE NUMBER OF GRAVES ON THE HILLSLOPE BEHIND FUNC YING SIN KOON, FANLING.

MEMBERS WILL ALSO CONSIDER WHETHER TO ORGANISE A CARNIVAL IN SUPPORT OF THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN.

OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS, AND PROGRESS REPORTS ON SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND VILLAGE LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS.

IMPROVEMENT

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE TO BE HELD TOMORROW (TUESDAY) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE, JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, FANLING.

THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 10 AM.

WATER STORAGE FIGURE

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 50 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 293.192 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 324.578 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 55.4 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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