SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1984
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EUROPEAN MPS TOUR TO SHA TIN
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A DELEGATION OF MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) VISITED SHA TIN FOR A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE NEW TOWN.
THE VISITORS, COMPRISING 10 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FROM BRITAIN, FRANCE, WEST GERMANY, ITALY AND NETHERLANDS, WERE ALSO BRIEFED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG, AT THE LION'S PAVILION.
THEY WERE TOLD THAT SINCE 1973 SHA TIN'S POPULATION HAS GROWN FROM 20 000 PEOPLE LIVING IN A RURAL VILLAGE SETTING TO ABOUT 250 000 AT PRESENT.
THE TARGET POPULATION OF ABOUT 800 000 IS EXPECTED TO BE REACHED BY THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT DECADE.
AT PRESENT, 275 HECTARES OF LAND IN SHA TIN ARE FOR RESIDENTIAL USE, WITH VARIED TYPES AND SIZES OF BUILDINGS TO SUIT THE WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT INCOME GROUPS AND HOUSING ASPIRATION.
THERE ARE NOW 20 000 FAMILIES LIVING IN PRIVATE HOUSING AND 34 000 IN PUBLIC HOUSING WHICH ROUGHLY CORRESPONDS WITH THE 40.60 HOUSING MIX SUGGESTED BY THE PLANNING GUIDELINES.
THE PARTY ALSO TOURED THE LUNG HANG PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.
EMPLOYERS ASKED TO SUPPORT +SAFETY AT WORK+ *****
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) URGED EMPLOYERS IN THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES TO GIVE THEIR SUPPORT TO THE SAFETY AT WORK+ TELEVISION PROGRAMME BY SENDING WORKERS TO TAKE PART IN IT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS AND POPULARITY OF THE FIRST THREE SERIES OF THE +SAFETY AT WORK+ TV PROGRAMME, A NEW PROGRAMME FORMAT AND NEW IDEAS WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FOURTH SERIES TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE.
THE PROGRAMME, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, AND CO-SPONSORED BY MR LAM KIN-MING OF LAI SUN GARMENT COMPANY LTD., IS AIMED AT PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AMONG WORKERS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PROGRAMME WOULD CONSIST OF 13 HALF-HOUR EPISODES, WITH THE FIRST NINE EPISODES BEING PRELIMINARY ROUNDS, THE 10TH TO 12TH EPISODES SEMI-FINALS, AND THE 13TH EPISODE THE GRAND FINAL.
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