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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1987
MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE RE-ORGANISATION OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY CARRY OUT THE NEW HOUSING STRATEGY.
"SPEAKING FROM THIS POINT ALONE, THE RE-ORGANISATION IS ALREADY A CONFIRMATION OF THE INCREASED COMMITMENT, HE ADDED.
THE REVAMPED HOUSING AUTHORITY WHICH WOULD HAVE GREATER INDEPENDENCE, HE SAID, WOULD NOT BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
CHANGES IN MAJOR POLICIES WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL BEFORE THEY COULD BE IMPLEMENTED, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LAND то THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND SUBSIDISE THE AUTHORITY FINANCIALLY UNTIL IT WAS ABLE TO BECOME SELF-INDEPENDENT.
"IN FUTURE, IF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FACED ANY FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, THE GOVERNMENT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIES SO THAT THE TARGET OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR ALL FAMILIES CAN BE ACHIEVED," MR CHAN ADDED.
AIDS VIDEOS SCREENED AT PROMENADE
AN OPENING
CEREMONY FOR A VIDEO RELAY OF THREE RECENTLY PRODUCED TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ON THE DISEASE AIDS WAS HELD AT THE TSIM SHA TSUI PROMENADE THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING. THE THREE SEGMENTS WERE THEN SHOWN CONTINUOUSLY TO THE PUBLIC.
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, THE SCREENING SESSION LASTED TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
A VIDEO WALL WAS ASSEMBLED ON THE ISD MOBILE STREET THEATRE, AND THE THREE EPISODES WERE PLAYED VIRTUALLY NON-STOP то VIEWERS ON THE PROMENADE.
THE FIVE-MINUTĖ PROGRAMMES WERE PRODUCED BY RTHK, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF ISD, то EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME).
AIDS,
THE EPISODES CENTRED ON MAJOR AREAS OF INCLUDING THE VIRUS ITSELF, MODES
PREVENTION.
OF
PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT TRANSMISSION AND
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