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Rural improvement works need community co-operation

To ensure the smooth completion of Rural Planning and Improvement Strategy (RPIS) Minor Works projects, there should be a close co-operation among Rural Committees, District Boards, community leaders and government departments, the Sai Kung District Officer, Mr Parrish Ng, said today (Monday).

Speaking at a ceremony marking the completion of the Tung Lung Island Water Supply Project, Mr Ng said in order to improve local residents' living environment, the Sai Kung District Working Group for RPIS has monitored the progress of various minor works projects in the district and consulted the Sai Kung Rural Committee, the Sai Kung District Board and community leaders on local needs.

The RPIS Minor Works programme covered a total of 71 projects in Sai Kung at an estimated cost of $254 million. Seven of them, including the Tung Lung Island water supply project and Kau Sai Chau public pier, have already been completed. It is expected that another nine minor environmental works projects will be finished this: financial year and another 19 in 1996-97,

Mr Ng said the majority of these projects involved environmental improvement works, construction of public piers, widening of access roads and improvements to drainage systems.

On the Tung Lung Island water supply project, Mr Ng said his office had built a dam and laid a 570-metre long water pipe to improve the water supply system on the island. The project cost about $870,000. Works commenced in February this year and were completed in October.

End/Monday, November 13, 1995