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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1986
FAREWELL PARTY FOR OUTGOING COMMISSIONER
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR R. G. B. BRIDGE, IS GOING ON TWO-MONTH OVERSEAS LEAVE BEFORE TAKING UP HIS NEW APPOINTMENT AS SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER IN MID-AUGUST THIS YEAR.
AT A FAREWELL TEA PARTY GIVEN BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT STAFF CLUB TODAY (FRIDAY), THE CLUB CHAIRMAN, MR PETER LO, PRESENTED A SOUVENIR TO MR BRIDGE FOR THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION AND ADVICE WHICH HE GAVE THE CLUB IN THE PAST YEARS.
MR BRIDGE IS SUCCEEDED BY MR J.C.A. HAMMOND WHO HAS HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WHERE HE SERVED AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FROM 1978 TO 1982.
DB MEMBERS TOUR LAM TIN DEVELOPMENTS
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MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD TOURED LAM TIN TODAY (FRIDAY) TO SEE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE AREA.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, THEY SAW THE PROGRESS OF A LARGE-SCALE EXTENSION PROJECT AT LAM TIN ESTATE WHICH WILL PROVIDE RENTAL UNITS AND HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS FOR MORE THAN 30 000 PEOPLE.
THE PROJECT IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN THREE PHASES WITH THE FIRST DUE FOR COMPLETION TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
NOTHER ESTATE THAT IS PLANNED WILL HOUSE 36 000 PEOPLE. THIS WILL BE LOCATED ON THE HILLSIDE EAST OF LAM TIN ESTATE.
MEMBERS NOTED THAT LAM TIN AT PRESENT HAS A POPULATION OF AROUND 89 000 WITH THE MAJORITY LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
MEMBERS ALSO VISITED THE SITE OF A TRAFFIC INTERCHANGE FOR A MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY LINE RUNNING THROUGH LAM TIN AS PART OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING PROJECT.
THEY WERE TOLD THAT ANOTHER TRAFFIC INTERCHANGE WOULD BE BUILT AROUND LAM TIN FOR A TUNNEL PROJECT BETWEEN JUNK BAY AND SAU MAU PING.
DURING THEIR VISIT, MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED ON THE CRIME SITUATION IN THE AREA AND ILLEGAL HAWKING ACTIVITIES. LIVING CONDITIONS IN SQUATTER AREAS WERE ALSO DISCUSSED.
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