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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1985
EARLIER, THE BRITISH EXPERTS HAD GIVEN A LECTURE TO 200 LOCAL SOCIAL WORKERS.
THEY GAVE DETAILED ACCOUNTS ON MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, FOCUSING ON LEGISLATION, POLICY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE DEVELOPMENTS.
PROFESSOR OLSEN AND MR SHELDON ARE AT PRESENT THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WORK COURSES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON RESPECTIVELY.
YAU MA TEI ENVIRONMENT TO BE IMPROVED
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THE GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IN HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS LIKE YAU MA TEI SHOULD BE IMPROVED AND THAT THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES SHOULD BE UP-GRADED, YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
HE SAID THAT YAU MA TEI NORTH, JORDAN AND FERRY POINT AREAS HAVE ONLY SEVEN PER CENT OF OPEN SPACE, AS AGAINST THE DISTRICT'S AVERAGE OF ABOUT 17 PER CENT MOST OF WHICH IN YAU MA TEI EAST AND TSIM SHA TSUI.
+ THE GOVERNMENT HAS THEREFORE ACCEPTED, IN PRINCIPLE, THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY'S PROPOSAL FOR AN URBAN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME FOR AN AREA KNOWN AS THE YAU MA TEI SIX STREETS BOUNDED BY PUBLIC SQUARE STREET, CANTON ROAD AND TUNG KUN STREET,+ HE SAID.
MR CHENG WAS SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR WHICH MARKED THE OPENING OF THE YAU MA TEI ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN.
THE URBAN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME WILL PROVIDE ABOUT 1 400 HOUSING UNITS, HALF OF WHICH WILL BE FOR SALE AND THE REMAINDER FOR RENT. THE HOUSING BLOCKS WILL OCCUPY ONLY ABOUT 20 PER CENT OF THE LAND AND THE REMAINING 80 PER CENT WILL BE RESERVED FOR THE MUCH NEEDED GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
+ THE SCHEME WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN TWO PHASES, WITH THE FIRST PHASE TO START IN MID 1987. ALL ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS WILL BE REHOUSED EITHER UNDER THE NEW SCHEME OR IN OTHER HOUSING SOCIETY ESTATES,+ MR CHENG SAID.
RESIDENTS OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTIES WILL BE GIVEN THE OPTION OF BUYING FLATS IN THE SCHEME OR OTHER HOUSING SOCIETY IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES AT A CONCESSIONARY PRICE, WHILE ELIGIBLE COMMERCIAL TENANTS WILL BE GIVEN CASH COMPENSATION.
THE THREE-MONTH LONG ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN FEATURES A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES, RANGING FROM A SEMINAR ON MULTI- STOREY BUILDING MANAGEMENT TO GENERAL CLEANSING OPERATIONS.
/+THE AIMS