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SAI KUNG RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE OPENED
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THE HOUSING SOCIETY PLANS ANOTHER RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AT SHA TAU KOK, AND MAY DEVELOP A SECOND SUCH ESTATE IN SAI KUNG AFTER THE COMPLETION OF ONE IN TUI MIN HOI CHUEN, LADY YOUDE SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ESTATE IN SAI KUNG, LADY YOUDE SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT THAT THE SOCIETY HAD UNDERTAKEN.
SHE WAS CERTAIN THAT +RESIDENTS AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE IT A FRIENDLY AND IDEAL PLACE TO LIVE.+
LADY YOUDE SAID SHE REMEMBERED WHEN VISITING SAI KUNG ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO LOOK ROUND THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF THE PROJECT, SHE WAS +MOST IMPRESSED BY THE TRADITIONAL STYLE OF THIS MODERN ESTATE WHICH PROVIDES COMFORTABLE HOUSING BLENDING IN WELL WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.+
SHE SAID IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE DEVELOPERS HAD KEPT TO THEIR AIM OF PROVIDING ATTRACTIVE HOUSING FOR ESTABLISHED RURAL COMMUNITIES AND SHE CONGRATULATED THE ARCHITECTS AND CONTRACTORS ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENT.
LADY YOUDE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE CONTRIBUTION IT HAD MADE TO PROVIDING HOUSING IN HONG KONG.
+SINCE THE SOCIETY WAS FOUNDED IN 1948, IT HAS, WITH GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, COMPLEMENTED THE WORK OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN DEVELOPING AND MANAGING ALL TYPES OF HOUSING, SHE SAID.
+ THE SOCIETY HAS BENEFITTED FROM BEING AN INDEPENDENT ORGANISATION WITH THE FLEXIBILITY TO MEET PARTICULAR NEEDS AND TO ADAPT TO CHANGING SITUATIONS.
LADY YOUDE SAID THE SOCIETY HAD SHOWN THAT IT COULD MEET THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE IN THE PAST AND SHE WAS SURE IT WOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THE FUTURE.
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