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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1987
THE VARIOUS
TENCHNO-ECONOMIC
STUDIES
HAVE
HIGHLIGHTED SOME
BY THE WHERE THE
DEFICIENCIES IN THE PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT SERVICES OFFERED
TO INTRODUCE NEW HKPC. SO, THE HKPC INTENDS
SERVICES
POTENTIAL FOR APPLYING THE TECHNOLOGIES INVOLVED IS HIGH.
CHANGE AND INNOVATION, GIVEN THE RAPID PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL
SO THAT THE IDB ALSO AGREED THAT ANNUAL REVIEWS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED EXISTING SERVICES CAN BE RE-APPRAISED AND NEW SERVICES INTRODUCED.
GOVERNOR, CS LOOK AT LIFE IN POPULATED AREAS
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WILSON, AND
THE
CHIEF
DAVID SIR THE GOVERNOR, MR DAVID FORD, PAID AN IMPROMPTU VISIT TO TAI KOK TSUI AND THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING TO LOOK AT ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG'S MOST HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS.
THE
SECRETARY, KWUN
TONG
AND
CONDITIONS LIVING
SIR DAVID
AND
ACCOMPANIED BY SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT STAFF, MR FORD FIRST WENT TO A BEDSPACE APARTMENT IN FUK TSUN STREET,
THEY MET SOME OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE
FLAT CONGESTED
ΤΟ
SEE
HOW THEY COPED WITH THEIR DAILY LIFE.
THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY THEN ESTATE IN KWUN TONG, ONE OF THE OLDEST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN KONG.
то WENT
TSUI
PING
HONG
WAS
THEY WERE TOLD BY HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT THE ESTATE
TOILETS AND BATHROOMS BEING REDEVELOPED AND WERE SHOWN OLD COMMUNAL
SHARED BY WHICH HAD BEEN CONVERTED TO SHOWER-ROOM/TOILET UNITS TO BE TWO FAMILIES.
BEFORE LEAVING THE ESTATE, THE GOVERNOR VISITED HAD A CHAT WITH THE TEACHING STAFF THERE.
A SCHOOL AND
AREAS
MAU HOME ΤΟ HAVE A AND SAW
THE FINAL STOP OF THEIR VISIT WAS THE SQUATTER AREA IN SAU PING. SIR DAVID AND MR FORD WALKED THROUGH THE AREA WHICH IS
WHERE CLEARANCES ABOUT 6,000 RESIDENTS. THEY WERE SHOWN BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO REMOVE HUTS ON OR NEAR DANGEROUS SLOPES NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENT WORKS SUCH AS THE INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS, CONCRETE-PAVING OF FOOTPATHS AND PROVISION OF TOILETS.
SIR DAVID AND MR FORD TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS AND ASPIRATIONS.
SOME OF
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