SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1982
'MEI LAM DAY' TO WELCOME NEW TENANTS
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DISTRICT BOARDS, AREA COMMITTEES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES SERVE TO FOSTER COMMÚNITY SPIRIT AT DISTRICT LEVEL AND GIVE LOCAL RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON GOVERNMENT POLICIES, THE ASSISTANT SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER (ADMINISTRATION) MR AUGUSTINE CHENG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE +MEI LAM DAY+ AT MEI LAM ESTATE.
HE URGED PEOPLE TO MAKE FULL USE OF THESE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.
WELL-ORGANISED COMMUNITY BODIES WERE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO A FAST-GROWING NEW TOWN LIKE SHA TIN, HE SAID.
+WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE THE FIRST MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE IN MEI LAM ESTATE WAS SET UP YESTERDAY (FRIDAY), TWO MORE MACS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FORMED SHORTLY.+
+ME LAM DAY+ WAS THE FIRST JOINT VENTURE ORGANISED BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO PROMOTE BETTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND TO WELCOME NEW TENANTS MOVING INTO THE ESTATE.
THE PROGRAMME FEATURED A VARIETY SHOW, GAME STALLS AND A COMMUNITY SERVICES EXHIBITION,
MEI LAM IS THE FIFTH PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN SHA TIN WHICH WAS OPENED SIX MONTHS AGO AND IS NOW OCCUPIED BY MORE THAN 10 000 PEOPLE,
WHEN COMPLETED IN MID-1984, THE ESTATE WILL ACCOMMODATE SOME 30 100 PEOPLE IN ABOUT 5 100 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS.
MR CHENG SAID A LARGE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS WOULD BE REQUIRED IN SHA TIN TO MEET THE ANTICIPATED POPULATION GROWTH WHICH BY 1990 WOULD REACHED 750 000.
TO THIS END, HE SAID A LARGE PUBLIC HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME WAS UNDERWAY, AND MORE ESTATES WOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
HE WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THE HIGH STANDARD OF FACILITIES PROVIDED IN NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND ME LAM WAS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE.
AMONG THE GUESTS AT THE MEI LAM DAY WERE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS MR WAI HON-LEUNG, MR CHEUNG CHI-YUEN, MR NG CHAN-LAM, AND THE SHA TIN DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR K.C. LAU.