THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1988
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"THIS IS WHY LEGISLATIVE AND ORGANISATIONAL CHANGES
ARE BEING
MADE TO CREATE A MORE AUTONOMOUS HOUSING AUTHORITY WHICH WILL COME INTO BEING IN EIGHT DAYS' TIME, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ITS NEW CHAIRMAN, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE OPENING OF THE HENG ON ESTATE WAS A SIGNIFICANT OCCASION, FOR AROUND THIS FIRST MAJOR URBAN SETTLEMENT, WHOLE TOWN WOULD DEVELOP.
SIR DAVID SAID HENG ON ESTATE MARKED THE
ERA FOR MA ON SHAN.
BEGINNING OF A NEW
OF THE HOUSING CONTINUING EFFORTS
"IT REPRESENTS YET ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT AUTHORITY AND A FURTHER TESTIMONY TO GOVERNMENT'S TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT HOME FOR ALL THOSE WHO NEED ONE, HE NOTED.
HE SAID THAT THE 7 050 FLATS IN HENG ON
THE COURT ONLY REPRESENTED A SMALL PART OF
160 UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
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It
ESTATE AND KAM ON 000 NEW FLATS NOW
THE
AUTHORITY
WILL
BE
IN THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR ALONE, PROVIDING NEW HOMES FOR 230 000 PEOPLE, HE SAID,
SIR DAVID ALSO TOOK THE OCCASION TO THANK THE RETIRING TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR JOHN TODD, FOR THE HE HAD MADE NOT ONLY TO HOUSING BUT ALSO TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR TODD SAID THE $585 MODERN MILLION HENG ON ESTATE AND KAM ON COURT WERE REPRESENTATIVE OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
THE "THE FLATS IN
RENTAL ESTATE PROVIDE A FLOOR AREA OF EXTEND TO BETWEEN 35 AND 49 SQ METRES WHILE THE HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS 60 SQ METRES.'
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HE SAID THAT EACH FLAT WAS SELF-CONTAINED AND PROVIDED WITH ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
"A MEDIUM-SIZED FAMILY FLAT CAN BE RENTED FOR 9700 A MONTH, WELL WITHIN THE LEVELS THAT FAMILIES IN THE ESTATE CAN AFFORD.
OF MR TODD ADDED THAT THE RESIDENTS WERE ALSO ABLE TO FIND ALL
THE MARKET IN THE THEIR DAILY NEEDS IN THE WIDE RANGE OF SHOPS AND ESTATE.
THERE WERE THREE
PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND A SECONDARY SCHOOL, WITH MORE SCHOOLS PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE, HE SAID.
KINDERGARTENS, TWO
INDOOR RECREATION
THERE IS ALSO A LARGE
AND CENTRE
A WIDE HOUSING
THE FIRST SHELTERED RANGE OF WELFARE FACILITIES, INCLUDING FOR THE ABLE-BODIED ELDERLY IN A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.
NOTING THAT PEOPLE WHO WALKED AROUND THE ESTATE WOULD
PUBLIC HOUSING TO SEE JUST HOW MUCH THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
AUTHORITY WAS MR TODD SAID THE HOUSING HAD BEEN IMPROVED,
OFFER THIS PINE ESTATE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR THEIR AND BENEFIT.
BE ABLE TENANTS
PROUD TO ENJOYMENT
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