TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1982
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SIR EDWARD ALSO LEARNED THAT IN ADDITION THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PROVIDED AD HOC IMPROVEMENTS TO SQUATTER AREAS BY RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR FOOTPATHS, GUARDRAILS AND AMENITY FACILITIES.
FROM SAU MAU PING, THE PARTY WENT TO SHUN LEE ESTATE WHERE THE GOVERNOR TOURED THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE ESTATE AND THE NEARBY PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
SHUN LEE IS ONE OF THE LATEST TYPES OF RENTAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES PROVIDING MODERN SELF-CONTAINED HOMES FOR ABOUT
21 000 PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF COMMERCIAL, WELFARE, EDUCATIONAL AS WELL AS AMENITIES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
SIR EDWARD THEN WALKED ACROSS A FOOTBRIDGE TO THE ADJOINING SHUN CHI COURT HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME AND VISITED A FAMILY LIVING IN A GROUND-FLOOR FLAT AT SHUN WAH HOUSE.
HE WAS WARMLY WELCOMED BY THE TENANT, MR LAU KIN-YEE,
A POLICE STATION SERGEANT, AND HIS FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE MAY 1980.
CHATTING IN PUTONGHUA, MR LAU TOLD SIR EDWARD THAT HE HAD BOUGHT THE FLAT IN 1978 AND WAS HAPPY WITH THE LIVING CONDITIONS THERE.
WITH BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING, A HIGH STANDARD OF FINISH AND FULL MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE AND CARETAKING SERVICES, SHUN CHI COURT WAS THE FIRST ESTATE COMPLETED FOR OCCUPATION UNDER THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME.
FULL DAY WATER SUPPLY
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HONG KONG IS BACK TO 24-HOUR WATER SUPPLY WITH IMMEDIATE
EFFECT.
ANNOUNCING THE TOTAL LIFTING OF WATER RESTRICTIONS TODAY, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON, SAID THAT THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE AS A RESULT OF THE RAINFALL IN MAY WHICH HAD SO FAR YIELDED 103 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
+THE YIELD, TOGETHER WITH WATER FROM CHINA, HAS BOOSTED THE WATER STORAGE TO 301 MILLION CUBIC METRES, OR 52.1 PER CENT OF FULL CAPACITY, HE SAID.
+THIS COMPARES WITH 226.7 MILLION CUBIC METRES, OR 39.2 PER CENT OF FULL CAPACITY, AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.+
MR TOMLINSON DESCRIBED THE STORAGE POSITION NOW AS BEING FAVOURABLE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
WITH THE