SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1984
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+ AT SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE, THE LAST THREE NEW BLOCKS WITH 920 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS WERE COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
+OVERCROWDING IS NOW A THING OF THE PAST IN THE ESTATE WHERE THE POPULATION HAS DROPPED BY ALMOST HALF FROM 62 400 TO 32 000 PEOPLE.
+ ALTOGETHER 11 OLD BLOCKS ON THE ESTATE WERE DEMOLISHED AND QUICKLY REPLACED WITH MODERN DOMESTIC BLOCKS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY, RECREATION AND OTHER FACILITIES.
+OTHER BLOCKS WERE CONVERTED IN-SITU TO PROVIDE LARGER LIVING UNITS COMPLETE WITH INDIVIDUAL KITCHENS, TOILETS AND BALCONIES,
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE WAS AMONG THE ORIGINAL 12 OLD ESTATES BUILT IN THE 1950S AND EARLY 1960S AS EMERGENCY REHOUSING FOR VICTIMS,OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND SQUATTERS FROM DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCE.
+SINCE THE ON-GOING REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME BEGAN IN
1972, THE POPULATION ON THE PREVIOUSLY OVERCROWDED ESTATES HAS BEEN HALVED, AND MANY OF THE ORIGINAL RESIDENTS HAVE MOVED OUT TO NEW ESTATES.+
1 000-A-MONTH SUCCESS IN TRAFFIC TICKET APPEALS
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A MOTOR IST FACED WITH A FIXED PENALTY TRAFFIC TICKET MAY FEEL HE IS IN THE GRIP OF A FACELESS BUREAUCRACY GIVING HIM NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY UP OR GO TO COURT.
BUT DESPITE HAVING TO COPE WITH A MOUNTAIN OF PAPER WORK WHICH ONLY THE LIGHT-SPEED EFFICIENCY OF COMPUTERS CAN SCALE, THE POLICE CENTRAL TRAFFIC PROSECUTION BUREAU, DOES HAVE A HEART.
MOTORISTS WHO THINK THEY HAVE BEEN HARSHLY TREATED IN BEING HANDED A TICKET CAN APPEAL -- AND THEIR APPEALS ARE SUCCESSFUL AT THE RATE OF 1 000 A MONTH.
THE STAFF OFFICER AT THE CENTRAL TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS UNIT, SUPER INTENDENT NORMAN HUMPHREYS SAID :'' WHILE WE CAN'T CONDONE BLATANT TRAFFIC OFFENCES WE ALWAYS LOOK AT ANY SITUATION FROM THE PUBLIC POINT OF VIEW.
''WE TRY TO APPLY A JUDICIOUS BLEND OF POLICE ACTION AND TOLERANCE.''
/BOWEVER, SUPT