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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1988
TURNING TO THE LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY WHICH AIMED TO REDEVELOP OLDER PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, MR HU POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO LEAVE SOME OF THE MARK 3 AND 4 ESTATES UNCHANGED ΤΟ ENSURE THAT THE LESS FORTUNATE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A PLACE ΤΟ LIVE IN AT AN AFFORDABLE COST.
ALSO, IN REDEVELOPING AREAS LIKE KWAI CHUNG, TSUEN WAN AND EAST KOWLOON, WHICH WERE PREDOMINANTLY OCCUPIED BY PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DRAW UP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR MIXED USAGE, HE SAID.
"INSTEAD OF MERELY A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AREA, THERE SHOULD ALSO BE HIGH, MIDDLE AND LOWER RANK HOUSING, TOGETHER WITH PROVISION FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USE, HE SAID.
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ON THE PLAN ΤΟ REIMBURSE PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS SUBSIDISING FULL-TIME STUDENTS WHO USE THEIR TRANSPORT, WHICH WOULD INVOLVE MEANS-TESTS FOR THE APPLICANTS, MR HU SAID THE ISSUE MIGHT BECOME Тоо COMPLICATED AND MIGHT
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
TREMENDOUSLY.
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USE-ORIENTED
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HE SUGGESTED THE ADOPTION OF A THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ONLY PAY THE SUBSIDIES WHICH WERE ACTUALLY
INCURRED.
MR HU SUPPORTED TUE MAKING OF GREATER USE OF STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, AS DEMONSTRATED DY THE ESTABLISHMENT OP THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY,
HE NOTED THAT SETTING UP STATUTORY AUTHORITIES DID NOT MEAN THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD SHRUG OFF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES.
BESIDES BACK ENG !!! THESE AUTHOR ETIS WITH FINANCE, THE GOVERTIMENT HAD TO PLAY AN ACTIVE PART IN CO-ORDINATING THE WORK OF THESE AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS
NO CONFLICT 017 OVERLAPPING, AND THAT THE AGREED PROJECTS WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY IMPLEMENTED.
ON THE CULTURAL FRONT, MR BU MAINTAINED THAT THERE SHOULD RE ADEQUATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO UPGRADE THE STANDARDS OF PERFORMING ARTS AND TO ENSURE THAT TALENTED ARTISTS WOULD HAVE AMPLE SCOPE TO REALISE THEIR FOLLEST POTENTIAL.
HE WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT SUBVENTIONS FOR THESE ACTIVITIES IFMAINED ON THE LOW SIDE WITH ONLY $21 MILLION PROVIDED FOR TTIE; COMING YEAR.
HIE NOTED FURTHER THAT SPORTS ACTIVITIES WERE IN THE SAME DEPLORABLE SITUATION, WITH FUNDS FOR 1988-89 TOTALLING ONLY $11 MILLION, INCLUDING THE $1 MILLION TO BE SPENT ON THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
/HE SAID