FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1984
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+APART FROM A FULL RANGE OF COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED IN ITS COMMERCIAL CENTRE, THE ESTATE WILL ALSO HAVE A ONE-HECTARE PODIUM WHICH IS BEING TURNED INTO A LANDSCAPED GARDEN WITH MODERN RECREATIONAL AND PLAY FACILITIES.
+A BUS TERMINUS HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED AT ITS DOORSTEP
AND WILL BE PUT INTO OPERATION SHORTLY,
WITH A TOTAL OF 1 408 FLATS ON FIVE BLOCKS, TAI PO PLAZA WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR:
WALK TO HELP HOUSE ELDERLY FOLK
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HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS, URBAN COUNCILLORS, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS WILL TURN OUT IN FORCE ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 25) MORNING TO SUPPORT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S +CHARITY WALK FOR THE ELDERLY+.
A MAJOR EVENT OF THE HOUSING FESTIVAL '84+ AIMED AT RAISING FUNDS IN AID OF HOSTELS FOR THE ELDERLY AT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, THE WALK WILL BE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY AT 9 AM ON SUNDAY AT SIX ESTATES AND A HOME OWNERSHIP COURT IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
THEY ARE ON TING ESTATE, KWAI SHING ESTATE, TSUEN WAN SHUN CHI COURT, KOWLOON EAST HONG KONG WEST.
TUEN MUN, POK HONG ESTATE, SHA TIN, OI MAN ESTATE, KOWLOON CENTRALI WAN TSUI, HONG KONG EAST; AND WAH FU,
RESIDENTS AT THE SHEUNG SHUI TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA WILL ALSO BE JOINING IN THE HOUSING FESTIVAL 84+ CELEBRATIONS.
STARTING AT 2.30 PM THAT DAY, THEY WILL BE TREATED TO A TWO-HOUR PROGRAMME OF A MAGIC AND VARIETY SHOW, FOLK AND LION DANCES AS WELL AS MARTIAL ART AND CYCLING DEMONSTRATIONS ORGANISED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S TEMPORARY HOUSING DIVISION.
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (OPERATIONS), MR H.H.T. BARMA, WILL DECLARE THE FESTIVE EVENT OPEN AT 2.30 PM BY PERFORMING THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE LION EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY PRESENTATION OF SOUVENIRS BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (TEMPORARY HOUSING), MR W.W. KWAN, TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THREE KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS WHICH HAVE SPONSORED THE PROGRAMME AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE OFFERED ASSISTANCE FOR THE EVENT.
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