SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1984
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LEARNING MORE ABOUT NT
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MORE THAN 800 SAI KUNG RESIDENTS SPENT TODAY (SUNDAY) TOURING THE NEW TERRITORIES TO SEE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE FAST-GROWING REGION, AND TAKING PART IN FUN AND GAMES.
THE ANNUAL FUN DAY, SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, WAS ORGANISED BY 22 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES IN THE DISTRICT.
+UNLIKE OTHER N.T. DISTRICTS, SAI KUNG IS STILL VERY MUCH A RURAL AREA WITH ITS POPULATION SCATTERED IN DIFFERENT PLACES, + SAID THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS CARRIE CHENG.
+A LARGE GATHERING LIKE TODAY'S OUTING IS VERY MEANINGFUL BECAUSE IT HELPS FOSTER BETTER UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS, AND CREATES A SENSE OF NEIGHBOURLINESS BETWEEN NEW-COMERS AND INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS IN THE DISTRICT,+ SHE ADDED.
THEY FIRST STOPPED AT SHA TIN FOR A TOUR OF THE NEW TOWN. AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, WHILE THE RESIDENTS WERE ENJOYING VARIOUS GAMES, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WERE ON HAND TO HELP PARTICIPANTS REGISTER AS VOTERS.
THE PARTY ALSO TOURED TAI PO, SHEK KONG AND YUEN LONG BEFORE STOPPING OFF AT CHING CHUNG KOON, A TAOIST MONASTERY AT TUEN MUN.
THEY LATER VISITED BUTTERFLY ESTATE TO SEE THE LATEST TYPE OF PUBLIC HOUSING FLATS AND THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROVIDED THERE.
NEW DESIGN FOR HOUSING BLOCKS
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, IN ITS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE BOTH ACCOMMODATION AND PROVISION STANDARDS OF PUBLIC HOUSING, HAS PRODUCED YET ANOTHER NEW STANDARD BLOCK DESIGN FOR RENTÁL ESTATES. KNOWN AS TRIDENT IV, THE NEW BLOCK DESIGN IS SMALLER THAN OTHER DESIGNS FOR HOUSING BLOCKS UNDER THE TRIDENT SERIES.
+IN FACT, IT IS ONE STEP BETTER THAN THE TRIDENT 111,+ AN AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
+IT HAS SIX FLATS PER WING OR 18 FLATS PER FLOOR AND ALLOWS A GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN THE MIXTURE OF FLAT SIZES.
+SINCE IT HAS LESS UNITS PER WING, IT PROVIDES A BETTER LEVEL OF PRIVACY WITHIN EACH FLOOR.+
/AS IN