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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1993

HANDICAPPED HELP GREEN WONG TAI SIN

A GROUP OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING JOINED HANDS WITH RESIDENTS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS ΤΟ PLANT TRBES IN WONG TAI SIN.

MEMBERS FROM A SHELTERED WORKSHOP IN CHUK YUEN ESTATE HELPED PLANT OVER 20 "SUNSHINE TREES" ON THE SLOPE AT THE JUNCTION OF CHUI CHUK STREET AND WING CHUK STREET.

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CO-ORDINATED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, THE EVENT WAS AIMED AT ENHANCING THE PARTICIPATION OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED IN COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.

TODAY'S ACTIVITY WAS ONE OF THE MANY COMMUNITY TREE-PLANTING ACTIVITIES LAUNCHED UNDER THE BOARD'S GREEN PLANT PROJECT TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.

MORE THAN 10,000 TREES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLANTED IN THE DISTRICT DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS.

KEY-OPERATED ELECTRONIC PARKING METERS ON TRIAL

KEY-OPERATED ELECTRONIC PARKING METERS WILL BE TESTED AT LO TAK COURT IN TSUEN WAN AS PART OF A GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENT TO ASSESS THE APPLICABILITY OF NEW ON-STREET PARKING DEVICES IN HONG KONG.

STARTING FROM MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 13), 50 AT LO TAK COURT WILL BE CONVERTED TO KEY-OPERATED METERS FOR A THREE-MONTH TRIAL, A SPOKESMAN DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

COIN-OPERATED METERS

ELECTRONIC FOR THE

PARKING TRANSPORT

STORED-VALUE PARK KEYS VALUED AT EITHER $200 OR $50 EACH CAN BE PURCHASED FROM THE 7-ELEVEN STORE AT LO TAK COURT, HE SAID,

AN ADDITIONAL $50 IS CHARGED AS DEPOSIT FOR A KEY, HE ADDED.

WHEN THE KEY IS INSERTED, $2 WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DEBITED FROM IT AND THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW THE REMAINING VALUE OF THE KEY. THE METER THEN SHOWS THE LENGTH OF TIME FOR WHICH PARKING IS ALLOWED.

SAID.

EACH KEY INSERTION BUYS 30 MINUTES PARKING TIME, THE SPOKESMAN

INSTRUCTIONS ON THEIR USE ARE DISPLAYED ON THE METERS ENGLISH AND CHINESE.

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