SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1964

+NEW APPLICANTS WHO REGISTER ON THE WAITING LIST WILL THEREFORE HAVE TO WAIT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS BEFORE THEIR TURN FOR ALLOCATION IS DUE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

SINGLE PERSONS AND TWO-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS AT PRESENT LIVING IN MARK 1/11 ESTATES OR THAS DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER AS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ALREADY HAS THE IR DETAILS.

SINGLE PERSONS AND TWO-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS ALREADY LIVING IN MARK 1/11 ESTATES WILL BE REHOUSED THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1990.

THOSE CURRENTLY LIVING IN THAS WILL HAVE THEIR PRIORITY OF REHOUSING DETERMINED BY THE IR LENGTH OF STAY IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AND ALL OF THEM ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACCOMMODATED BY 1990.

HOWEVER, TWO PERSON HOUSEHOLDS IN THAS MAY ALSO ELECT TO REGISTER ON THE WAITING LIST AS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING HOUSING EARLIER THAN 1990 IF THEY ARE PREPARED TO MOVE TO COMPARATIVELY REMOTE NEW TOWNS.

ALL SINGLE PERSONS AND TWO-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS MOVING INTO THAS' FROM JANUARY 1985 WILL BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER IN THE OPEN WAITING LIST TO AWAIT PUBLIC HOUSING ALLOCATION IN NORMAL TURN.

SINGLE PERSONS CURRENTLY SHARING ACCOMMODATION IN PUBLIC HOUSING MAY ALSO REGISTER ON THE SINGLE PERSONS WAITING LIST.

EMPLOYERS' ROLE IN HEALTH STRESSED

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COMPLIANCE WITH LEGISLATION ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEAL TH AND COOPERATION WITH MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS BY EMPLOYERS WERE ESSENTIAL IN PROMOTING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE

AT ON AN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROMOTION SCHEME, DR LAI MING-WAH THE OPENING OF THE SCHEME AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING.

THE SEVEN-DAY SCHEME IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE HKCU.

+A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER SHOULD BE APPOINTED BY EVERY FACTORY PROVIDE PERIODIC MEDICAL CHECKS FOR WORKERS, SAID DR LA..

/:13 WOULD

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