WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1988
GOVERNOR VISITS HOUSING DEPARTMENT
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, VISITED THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS THIS AFTERNOON ΤΟ KEEP ABREAST OF DEVELOPMENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
SIR DAVID WAS WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL BY THE NEW HOUSING AUTHORITY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES AND BY HOUSING, MR PANG YUK-LING.
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SIR DAVID TOURED THE DEPARTMENT'S EXHIBITION HALL, WHERE HE WATCHED AN AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION DEPICTING THE EVOLUTION PUBLIC HOUSING IN HONG KONG.
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HE WAS THEN GIVEN A BRIEFING ON ALL ASPECTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING BY MR PANG AND THE SENIOR DIRECTORATE STAFF.
BEFORE LEAVING, SIR DAVID SAW A DEMONSTRATION OF COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND DRAUGHTING.
FOLLOWING HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY MEANT THAT HONG KONG HAD SET ITSELF THE AMBITIOUS TARGET OF PRODUCING OVER A MILLION NEW FLATS BY 2001.
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE THAN HALF OF THESE. TO ACHIEVE THE TARGET, IT WOULD BE MAINTAIN CLOSE LIAISON BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, HE ADDED.
91R DAVID ALSO SAID THAT PLANS TO REDEVELOP THE WERE PROCEEDING WELL.
OLDER ESTATES
THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOW WORKING OUT HOW TO PROVIDE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WITH THE NECESSARY ADDITIONAL
LAND, INCLUDING SOME SITES WITHIN THE URBAN AREA SO THAT FAMILIES FROM REDEVELOPED OLDER ESTATES COULD CONTINUE TO LIVE NEAR THEIR PRESENT LOCALITY.
"THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC HOUSING WILL IN NO WAY BE DIMINISHED BY THE RECENT REORGANISATION, HE SAID.
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"RATHER IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT OUR PROGRAMMES CAN BE ACHIEVED MORE EFFECTIVELY."
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