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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1985
DR HAYES WILL ALSO PRESENT SPECIAL CERTIFICATES TO THREE OUTSTANDING RECRUITS AND CIVIL DEFENCE LONG SERVICE CLASPS TO 19 SERVING CAS MEMBERS.
THE COMMISSIONER OF CIVIL AID SERVICES, SIR ROGER LOBO, WILL PRESENT THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENDATION CERTIFICATES TO EIGHT CAS VOLUNTEER OFFICERS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CIVIL AID SERVICES PASSING-OUT PARADE ON SATURDAY (MARCH 23) AT THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND, TSUEN WAN AT 8 PM.
PUBLIC HOUSING DRAWS WORDS OF PRAISE
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THE STANDARD OF HONG KONG'S PUBLIC HOUSING TODAY DREW WORDS OF PRAISE FROM A VISITING DELEGATION FROM CHINA DURING ITS TOUR OF MEI LAM ESTATE AND SUI WO COURT IN SHA TIN.
+ THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS ARE SIMPLY AMAZING,+ SAID MR HU LIJIAO WHO HEADED THE DELEGATION FROM THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS. HE IS CHAIRMAN OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE.
HE SAID HE WAS NOT SURPRISED WHEN TOLD THE TWO ESTATES HAD WON AN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURAL EXCELLENCE.
+THE ESTATES HAVE WIDE-RANGING FACILITIES AND AMPLE OPEN SPACES AND THEY ARE CERTAINLY NICE PLACES TO LIVE IN.+
BEFORE THE TOUR, THE VISITORS FIRST CALLED ON THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR FRED PANG, AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL,
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