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THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1991

ON THE SERVICING AND VILLAGE EXTEN. ON

IN SHA TIN, THE VISITORS WERE BRIEFED MINOR FORMATION WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECTS FOR KAK TIN TSUEN AND TAI SHUI HANG.

ARE IN

THEY ALSO LEARNT THAT UNDER THE RPIS, MORE PROGRAMMES THE PIPELINE WITH MANY MORE PROJECTS TO BE INITIATED FOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT; PROVISION OF SEWERS AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; AND IMPROVEMENT, RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF VILLAGE ACCESS ROADS.

THE RPIS WAS ENDORSED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN 1989 WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE RURAL NEW TERRITORIES THROUGH INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURES, BETTER PLANNING AND BETTER LAND MANAGEMENT.

CO-ORDINATED BY TDD, ITS PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION INVOLVES OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, AND THE HIGHWAYS, DRAINAGE SERVICES, BUILDINGS AND LANDS, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND PLANNING DEPARTMENTS.

THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE WORK PROGRAMMES OF THE STRATEGY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $2 BILLION.

TODAY'S VISIT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT, DR NIP KAM-FAN.

ALSO INVITED TO THE VISIT WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF RELEVANT RURAL COMMITTEES AND THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT STEERING COMMITTEE AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR TAI CHIN-WAH, MR PANG HANG-YIN AND MR HEUNG CHEUK-KEI.

THE STEERING

COMMITTEE IS A BODY SET UP TO OVERSEE AND

CO-ORDINATE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES.

OC AND MAC MEMBERS URGED TO JOIN SEMINAR

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A CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) SPOKESMAN TODAY (THURSDAY) CALLED ON OWNERS CORPORATION (OC) AND MUTUAL AID JOMMITTEE (MAC) MEMBERS то TAKE PART IN A SEMINAR ON BUILDING IANAGEMENT TO BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION

ENTRE ON JUNE 8.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BUILDING MANAGEMENT ARE ALSO URGED TO ATTEND.

THE HALF-DAY SEMINAR IS ORGANISED BY THE CNTA TO ENHANCE ос AND MAC MEMBERS' KNOWLEDGE IN GOOD PRIVATE BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND TO HELP THEM IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT AND LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF THEIR BUILDINGS.

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