WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1981
THIS WAS
BUT THE BOARD WAS NOT DEPRESSED BY THIS CHALLENGE+. BECAUSE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS HAD BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE SEVEN MONTHS OF THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND A WIDE VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS WAS BEING USED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN DEVELOPING A CORPORATE IDENTITY OF COMMITMENT AND CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENTS AND INDUSTRIAL WORK FORCE.
IN ADDITION, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD POSSESSED A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE OF AND AN INTIMATE FEELING FOR OUR PEOPLE AND THE IR NEEDS.+
HE THANKED THEM FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO JOIN HANDS WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION A SUCCESS IN WONG TAI SIN.
COMMONWEALTH DELEGATES LOOK OVER PUBLIC HOUSING ****
DELEGATES ATTENDING THE ANNUAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION HERE TOOK TIME OFF TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FOR A LOOK AT OUR PUBLIC HOUSING AND NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS.
AT HOUSING AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS THIS MORNING. THE VISITORS WERE GIVEN A BRIEFING ON HOUSING PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAO, BEFORE BEING TAKEN TO CHUN MAN COURT HOME OWNERSHIP ESTATE AND OF MAN RENTAL ESTATE.
THE SIZE OF HONG KONG'S HOUSING PROBLEM, AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF HOUSING MORE THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE IN 27 YEARS, WAS DESCRIBED AS +AWE INSPIRING+ AND STAGGERING+ BY SOME OF THE VISITORS WHO HAD NEVER BEEN TO HONG KONG BEFORE AND THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF MULTI-STOREY HOUSING WAS QUITE ASTONISHING+ TO THE VISITORS, WHO LIVE IN COUNTRIES WITH PLENTY OF LAND FOR INDIVIDUAL HOMES.
ONE VISITOR, MRS PAUL INE BAXTER, WIFE OF THE AUSTRAL TAN LEGISLATOR, MR WILLIAM BAXTER, WAS PLEASED TO LEARN OF THE ON-GOING PROGRAMME IN THE AUTHORITY'S ESTATES TO PROVIDE RAMPS AND OTHER EASY MEANS OF ACCESS FOR DISABLED TENANTS.
THE PARTY VISITED FAMILIES LIVING IN HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL ESTATES, AND THE WOMEN PARTICULARLY WERE HIGHLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THE FAMILIES HAD FITTED THEIR COMPACT FLATS WITH MODERN CONVENIENCES.
LATER IN THE MORNING, THE DELEGATES WERE BRIEFED ON THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES. MR DAVID AKERS-JONES BEFORE THEY WERE TREATED TO LUNCH AT THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, SHA TIN.
IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY WENT TO A VANTAGE POINT FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY HOUSE 460 000 PEOPLE.
/FRCH SHA