MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1985
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DB BRIEFED ON PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
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A GROUP OF 34 MEMBERS FROM FOUR DISTRICT BOARDS TODAY DISCUSSED PUBLIC HOUSING POLICIES WITH SENIOR HOUSING OFFICIALS 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.
THE VISITING MEMBERS FROM THE YUEN LONG, SHA TIN, TAI PO AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARDS WERE WELCOMED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR FUNG TUNG.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF BRIEFING SESSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER SENIOR HOUSING STAFF ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION, CONSTRUCTION, ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS.
THE PARTY ALSO TOURED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S EXHIBITION HALL WHERE THEY WERE SHOWN IN MODELS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS ON THE MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING SINCE THE 1950'S.
SILVER AWARDS FOR 163 *****
POLICE OFFICERS, POLICE CADETS AND JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS HAVE AGAIN ACHIEVED REMARKABLE RESULTS IN THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME BY COLLECTING OVER A THIRD OF THE SILVER AWARDS PRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, AT A CEREMONY THIS (MONDAY) EVEN ING.
A TOTAL OF 163 PEOPLE RECEIVED THEIR SILVER AWARDS TODAY. OFFICIATING AT THE 40TH SILVER AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT KOWLOON REGIONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS, MR ANN ING SAID THE SCHEME'S VERY NOBLE OBJECTIVES, WITH ITS AIMS OF DEVELOPING AND ENCOURAGING YOUTH, ARE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL TO SOCIETY AND WORTHY OF THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT.
''1 AM CERTAIN THAT OUR PROBLEMS WOULD INCREASE WERE IT NOT FOR SCHEMES SUCH AS THIS, WHICH KEEP SO MANY OF OUR YOUTH OCCUPIED.; AND AWAY FROM THE VARIOUS NEFARIOUS INFLUENCES WHICH CAN LEAD TO DELINQUENCY, HE SAID.
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