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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1985
COUNCIL APPROVES $1 MILLION FOR MINOR PROJECTS
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THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS GIVEN APPROVAL TO SPEND SOME $1 MILLION UNDER THE MINOR PROJECTS BLOCK VOTE TO MEET ADDITIONAL COSTS OF FIVE PROJECTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR.
THREE OF THE PROJECTS ARE IN KOWLOON. THEY INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TEMPORARY REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AT FUNG TAK ROAD WHICH WILL BE REPLACED BY AN OFF-STREET RCP IN THE SHEUNG FUNG STREET JOINT-USER BUILDING AT THE END OF 1987 THE RENOVATION OF A BLOCK AT KOWLOON PARK FOR USE BY THE HONG KONG REPERTORY THEATRE AND THE HONG KONG DANCE COMPANY AND THE RE-INSTATEMENT OF THE TSUEN YIP STREET PLAYGROUND WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY USED TO ACCOMMODATE SOME COOKED FOOD STALLS PENDING THE COMPLETION OF THE TSUN YIP STREET COOKED FOOD MARKET.
ON HONG KONG ISLAND, A 75-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT UPPER STATION STREET WILL BE TURNED INTO A SITTING-OUT AREA AND A NEW AIR COMPRESSOR HOUSE WILL BE BUILT AT THE KENNEDY TOWN ABATTOIR TO FACILITATE ITS NORMAL SLAUGHTER ING PROCESS.
A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID THE MINOR PROJECTS BLOCK VOTE IS INTENDED TO COVER EXPENDITURE FOR SOME MINOR WORKS PROJECTS AS WELL AS TO IMPROVE EXISTING FACILITIES.
A PROVISION OF $35 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE VOTE FOR 1985/86 BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.
HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMITTED TO IMPROVING STANDARDS
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POLICIES ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED WHICH WOULD HELP ENSURE THAT HEAVILY SUBSIDISED PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING IS PROVIDED ONLY TO THOSE MOST IN NEED OF IT.
THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DAVID FORD, SAID THIS TODAY WHILE ADDRESSING AN OPENING CEREMONY OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING EXHIBITION 1985 AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL.
HE ALSO TOLD THE GATHERING THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO IMPROVING BUILDING STANDARDS AND METHODS.
/MR FORD