MONDAY, JULY 15, 1985
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BRIEFING SESSION FOR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS
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A GROUP OF 50 MEMBERS FROM FOUR DISTRICT BOARDS TODAY DISCUSSED PUBLIC HOUSING POLICIES WITH HOUSING DEPARTMENT DIRECTORATE DURING A BRIEFING SESSION AT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
THIS WAS PART OF A SERIES OF PRE-ARRANGED BRIEFINGS ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ON THE LATEST PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND TO PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
MEMPERS OF THE KWAL CHUNG-TSING YI, TSUEN WAN, TUEN MUN AND EASTERN DISTRICT BOARDS WERE FIRST WELCOMED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR FRED PANG.
THE GROUPS TOURED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S EXHIBITION HALL LOOKING AT MODELS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS WHICH DEPICTED THE EVOLUTION OF PUBLIC HOUSING SINCE THE 1950'S. THEY WERE SHOWN A FILM WHICH EXPLAINED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S SET-UP AND THE WORK OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH DEPUTY DIRECTORS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION, PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION, ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS. THE LAST HOUR WAS DEVOTED TO ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
MORE LAND TO BE FORMED
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SEVENTEEN HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED TO THE WEST OF TIN PING ESTATE WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SHEK WU HU!, NEW TERRITORIES, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME HOUSING ESTATE.
THE LAND FORMED WILL ALSO PROVIDE SPACE FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES SUCH AS A SPORTS GROUND, INDOOR GAMES HALLS, LOCAL OPEN SPACE, A CAR PARK AND A BUS TERMINUS.
TWO ROADS, TOTALLING 1.3 KILOMETRES, WILL ALSO BE BUILT TO THE NORTH OF JOCKEY CLUB ROAD TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE ABOVE DEVELOPMENTS.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN SEPTEMBER, AND BE COMPLETED IN 20 MONTHS.
THE TAI PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT.
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