Wednesday, May 16, 1973
GOVERNOR VISITS SHEK KIP MEI REHOUSING PROJECT
The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, said today that the way to
"master crime" was to confront it not be dismayed by it.
"To have ease of mind you must feel safe, Therefore I urge you to
participate to the full in the anti-crime campaign," he said.
Sir Murray, who made the remarks during a visit to the Shek Kip Mei
rehousing scheme, also expressed his "intense interest" in the provision of
proper housing for the people of Hong Kong.
"Redevelopment of the old resettlement estates is a part of this
programme, and a part that involves many complex, technical and administrative
and above all personal problems," he said.
The first stage of the Shek Kip Mei redevelopment was the first time
these problems had to be faced in this form,
Since October last year, nearly 11,000 domestic tenants and 44
shopkeepers have been transferred from six blocks of the old estate to the
nearby Pak Tin estate to complete this first stage.
Units in the vacated blocks will be converted into self-contained
flats, and it was one of the first to be converted that Sir Murray saw today.
The Governor said that at present there were about 500,000 people
living in old estates in need of redevelopment.
Although this scheme only rehouses 10,000 people, many lessons have
been learnt that will be of great help in the later stages of the Shek Kip Mei
rehousing scheme and in similar schemes elsewhere, he said.
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