THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1983
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SINCE THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF HOS FLATS IN 1980, 116 555 RENTAL AND 23 020 HOS FLATS HAD BEEN PRODUCED.
+THE HIGH RATE OF PRODUCTION HAS ENABLED MANY OF THE WORST AREAS OF HOUSING STRESS TO BE TACKLED.
+ IT IS NOW CONSIDERED AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO RE-EXAMINE HOUSING NEEDS AND THE BALANCE OF PRODUCTION BETWEEN RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS.+
UNOFFICIAL IMPRESSED BY CLEAN UP WORK
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL UNOFFICIAL MEMBER MR CHARLES YEUNG SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) HE WAS GREATLY IMPRESSED WITH THE STANDARD OF CLEANLINESS AND THE MEI FA - +BEAUTIFICATION WORK AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS OF KWAI CHUNG.
RESULTS OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN WERE VERY EVIDENT AT MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS, PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, VILLAGES AND STREET CORNERS, SAID MR YEUNG, WHO SPENT THE WHOLE MORNING VISITING KWAI CHUNG NEW TOWN.
→THE EXERCISE, LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 1981, IS A JOINT EFFORT BY THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND BOTH ARE DOING VERY WELL, MR YEUNG SAID.
MR. YEUNG ALSO CHECKED ON THE WORK OF THE FIELD STAFF OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND SAW HOW THE CLEAN HONG KONG 1983 DRIVE WAS PROGRESSING.
TODAY'S VISIT WAS AIMED AT GIVING MR YEUNG A FULL PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL STATE OF CLEANLINESS OF PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, AS A RESULT OF THE NEVER-ENDING EFFORT TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN.
ACCOMPANYING MR YEUNG ON THE VISIT WERE THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF KWAI CHUNG, MR CHAN TAI-YJU, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF CLEAN HONG KONG COMMITTEE OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD.
THEY FIRST WENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA AT KWAI FONG AND SAW THE RESULT OF THE BLOCK-TO-BLOCK CLEAN-UP. THEY THEN HAD A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE TOWN CENTRE AT A VANTAGE POINT.
NEXT THE PARTY PROCEEDED TO AN AMENITY PLANTING OF THE MEI FA SITE AT THE JUNCTION OF KWAI CHUNG ROAD AND LAI KING HILL ROAD TO SEE THE LANDSCAPED WORK.
THE PARTY THEN TOURED THE CHUNG MEI RESITE VILLAGE TO INSPECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACTING-OUT OF VILLAGE CLEANSING SERVICE FOR 2 300 PEOPLE LIVING THERE, FORMING PART OF THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG EXERCISE.
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