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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1985
DATE
THE DATES, TIMES AND VENUES OF THE FORUMS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
TIME
CONSTITUENCY
FRIDAY
8 PM
PAK TIN
(FEBRUARY 8)
SUNDAY
10.30 AM
CHEUNG SHA WAN
(FEBRUARY 10)
SUNDAY
2.30 PM
(FEBRUARY 10)
LEI CHENG UK AND SO UK
SUNDAY
3 PM
(FEBRUARY 17)
LAI CHI KOK AND UN CHAU
WEDNESDAY
8 PM
(FEBRUARY 27)
NAM SHAN AND YAU YAT CHUEN
THURSDAY
8 PM
NAM CHEONG WEST
(FEBRUARY 28)
FRIDAY (MARCH 1)
8 PM
NAM CHEONG NORTH
VENUE
PAK TIN COMMUNITY HALL PAK TIN STREET, BLOCK 3, PODIUM, UPPER PAK TIN ESTATE, KOWLOON.
LAI KOK ESTATE CYCLING FIELD
PO ON ROAD PLAYGROUND
UN CHAU STREET ESTATE NO. 2 FOOTBALL PITCH
NAM SHAN ESTATE BASKET BALL COURT, NAM ON HOUSE, NAM SHAN ESTATE
FRAGRANT CITY RESTAURANT, 226 CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD
FRAGRANT CITY RESTAURANT, 226 CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD
PUBLIC HOUSING A SOCIAL PROGRAMME FOR NEEDY
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A HOUSING AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN TODAY EMPHASISED THAT PUBLIC HOUSING WAS A SOCIAL PROGRAMME FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT AFFORD MORE EXPENSIVE HOUSING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
AS SUCH, HE SAID, IT SHOULD NOT BECOME A PERPETUAL HEREDITARY PRIVILEGE OF SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY NEED SUCH HOUSING.
+PUBLIC HOUSING IS HEAVILY SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE FORM OF FREE LAND GRANTS AND SPECIAL LOANS WHICH ENABLE ESTATE RENTS TO REMAIN BELOW PREVAILING MARKET LEVELS.
+ THE PRINCIPLE SHOULD THEREFORE BE TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC HOUSING FLATS GO TO THOSE FAMILIES IN MOST NEED.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT AUTOMATIC INHERITANCE WOULD MEAN A FAMILY COULD HAVE PUBLIC HOUSING FOR EVERY GENERATION FOREVER.
/+IT GIVES