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ZUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1985
A RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT OFFICER IN EACH CENTRE WILL HELP TRAINEES TO FIND EMPLOYMENT IN RELATED INDUSTRY, MR MORGAN ADDED.
LOCATED AT TAI YIP STREET, KOWLOON BAY, THE COMPLEX IS THE FIRST OF TWO COMPLEXES BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL. THE SECOND COMPLEX IS SITUATED IN KWAI CHUNG AND WILL BE OPERATIONAL LATER THIS YEAR.
BOARD MEMBERS LEARN MORE ABOUT DISTRICT
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ABOUT 25 MEMBERS OF THE NEW KWUN TONG DISTRICT
BOARD TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED THE RELATIVELY NEW DEVELOPMENT AREA OF SHUN LEE.
AFTER BEING BRIEFED ON THE LOCAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS BY
A SENIOR HOUSING MANAGER, MR J. J. NG, THEY TOURED SHUN LEE, SHUN ON AND SHUN TIN ESTATES, SHUN CHI COURT AND THE SHUN LEE TSUEN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA.
AT SHUN TIN ESTATE. THE PARTY HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE JORDAN VALLEY CONTROLLED TIP PROJECT, AND WERE BRIEFED ABOUT THE CONTROLLED TIP WHICH WOULD START OPERATIONS IN LATE 1985. THE PROJECT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE SEVEN HECTARES OF OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
AS FOR THE PROBLEM OF A SHORTAGE IN LORRY CARPARK SPACES IN THE AREA, BOARD MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAD RECENTLY PROVIDED EIGHT ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES IN SHUN LEE ESTATE.
THE PARTY ALSO INSPECTED SOME COMMUNITY AND WELFARE FACILITIES ALONG THE ROUTE.
THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON MR ALBERT LAM, AND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, ALSO JOINED TODAY'S VISIT, WHICH WAS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF ORIENTATION TOURS TO FAMILIARISE THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE DISTRICT.
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