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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1984
+FOR SOME TIME WE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE ADEQUACY OF THE FIVE EXISTING HOMES TO MEET THE DEMANDS THAT ARE MADE UPON THEM, + HE SAID. SEVERAL OF THE HOMES HAD HAD TO TAKE IN MORE OFFENDERS THAN THEIR INTENDED CAPACITY.
HE EXPRESSED DELIGHT THAT THE BUILDING NOW USED AS THE HOME HAD BECOME AVAILABLE FOR CONVERSION INTO AN ADDITIONAL HOME FOR BOYS.
HAS
THE NEW HOME, CONVERTED FROM A JUNIOR ENGLISH SCHOOL, FOUR DORMITORIES, TWO CLASSROOMS, A MULTI-PURPOSE HALL, AN AUDIO- VISUAL ROOM, A DINING HALL, A SICK BAY AND AMPLE OPEN SPACE FOR SPORTS,
IT PROVIDES LIVING AND TRAINING ACCOMMODATION FOR UP TO 60 BOYS BETWEEN THE AGES OF SEVEN AND 13.
+GOOD NEIGHBOUR+ SPIRIT ENCOURAGED
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A SPIRIT OF NEIGHBOURLINESS CAN DO MUCH TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN ANY COMMUNITY.
THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS TODAY WHEN OFFICIATING AT AN OPENING CEREMONY OF A TWO-DAY FESTIVAL AT THE CHOI HUNG ESTATE.
ATTENDED BY LOCAL DIGNITARIES, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND HUNDREDS OF TENANTS, THE CEREMONY MARKED THE START OF A VARIETY OF PROGRAMMES TO CELEBRATE BOTH THE ESTATE'S 22ND ANNIVERSARY AND THE HOUSING FESTIVAL '84.
+ALTHOUGH CHOI HUNG WAS BUILT SOME 22 YEARS AGO, THE FACILITIES HERE COMPARE FAVOURABLY WITH MODERN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AS A RESULT OF A SERIES OF IMPROVEMENTS MADE OVER THE PAST YEARS BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
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+THESE HAVE INCLUDED THE PROVISION OF TOWN GAS, A COMMUNAL TV AERIAL SYSTEM, BETTER ROOF INSULATION AND MORE REST GARDENS, MR FORD SAID.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE BUILDINGS IN THE ESTATE WAS THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT FOR WHICH IT WAS FAMOUS, MR FORD SAID.
/+IT IS