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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1994

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MORE FUNDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL WORKS

THE GOVERNMENT

HAS ALL ALONG

PLACED

GREAT EMPHASIS

ON

IN

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AS EVIDENCED BY A 15.3 PER CENT INCREASE THE ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL WORKS FOR 1994/95, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE

WAN

CHAI

DISTRICT

THE

CHEST PROTECTION PROPOSED IN

THE

GREENING FOR TREE-PLANTING CEREMONY, HE SAID THE UPCOMING ENVIRONMENTAL

EXTRA FROM THE PROGRAMMES WOULD BENEFIT BUDGET.

FUNDING

A

TOTAL

OF 25

FICUS BENJAMINA

FOOTBALL PITCH OF WAN CHAI PARK, RAISING MORE COMMUNITY CHEST.

WERE

PLANTED

ALONG THE THAN $97,000 FOR THE

FIRST TO IMPLEMENT THE NUMBER OF TREES IN THE DISTRICT

SCHEME,

WHILE

WAN CHAI HAS BEEN AMONG THE

GROWING

WHICH HAS SEEN A BOOSTING THE CHARITY COFFERS.

SINCE 1989, MORE THAN 650 TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN THE

AREA.

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0

ELDERLY TO BENEFIT FROM BUDGET

CARE AND IN

THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF WAN CHAI WILL HAVE BETTER SUPPORT JUDGING FROM THE PROPOSALS ON SOCIAL SERVICES PUT FORWARD THE 1994/95 BUDGET, WAN CHAI ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS KO, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

WARDEN

VIVIAN

SCHEME,

IN THE

ADDRESSING THE CLOSING CEREMONY FOR THE GREEN SHE SAID THE PROPOSALS INCLUDED AN INCREASE OF 8.4 PER CENT RECURRENT EXPENDITURE ON SOCIAL WELFARE, AN ADDITIONAL 1,660 PLACES IN CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES AND 24 ELDERLY CENTRES THIS YEAR.

CITIZENS'

THESE, COUPLED WITH THE FORTHCOMING ISSUE OF SENIOR CARDS, WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT THE AGED IN THE DISTRICT, SHE ADDED.

AS A DEPARTMENT

A TOTAL OF 50 ELDERLY PEOPLE WERE AWARDED CERTIFICATES TOKEN OF THANKS FOR REPORTING "ILL TREES" TO THE RELEVANT UNDER THE THREE-MONTH SCHEME.

WORKING BOARD.

THE TRIAL SCHEME WAS ORGANISED BY THE CONCERN

GROUP UNDER THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE

FOR

THE AGED DISTRICT

GOVT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT TO HOLD FAMILY DAY

GOVERNMENT

ABOUT 2,000 CHILDREN OF THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A COLOURFUL AFTERNOON THIS SUNDAY (MARCH THE COMPOUND OF ITS HEADQUARTERS IN OIL STREET, NORTH POINT.

THE ANNUAL FAMILY DAY WILL BE HELD FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM.

SUPPLIES 6) AT

/THE CHILDREN