THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1989
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"THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY HAS BEEN BUILDING PUBLIC HOUSING IN HONG KONG FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.
IN 1948,
HAS
NEEDS OF
THE SOCIETY "SINCE
BEGAN IT
TO OPERATE CONTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF NEARLY 34,000 FLATS TO HELP MEET THE LOWER INCOME FAMILIES," HE SAID.
THE
GOVERNOR
SAID THAT
THE CLAGUE SIGNIFICANT NEW VENTURE FOR THE SOCIETY, PROVIDE A MIX OF FLATS FOR SALE AND FOR RENT IN THE SAME DEVELOPMENT.
RESPONDS
TO
WAS GARDEN ESTATE BEING THE FIRST ESTATE
A
TO
IN DESIRE
THE
A GROWING "THIS NEW APPROACH COMMUNITY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP AS WELL AS HOME RENTAL.
"THIS IS A TREND WHICH DESERVES TO BE
SAID.
"
ENCOURAGED, SIR DAVID
ALSO
PROVIDED 77
FLATS
ESPECIALLY
DESIGNED FOR
ELDERLY
TO LIVE ON HAVE ACCESS
THE ESTATE ELDERLY PEOPLE.
PEOPLE
"THESE WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN IN SELF-CONTAINED UNITS AND, AT THE SAME TIME. TO WARDEN SERVICES AS WELL AS SOME COMMUNAL FACILITIES.
FOR ELDERLY "THE SOCIETY HAS BEEN PROVIDING SHELTERED HOUSING
FIFTH IN THE
OF ITS SCHEME PEOPLE SINCE 1977 AND THESE NEW FLATS
OF SOURCE
SHELTERED ADDITIONAL A PROVIDE KIND
VALUABLE
THE GOVERNOR SAID. ACCOMMODATION FOR SOME OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS,
WILL
SAID SIR YEARS, MADE
THE GOVERNOR DOUGLAS CLAGUE, PAYING TRIBUTE TO SIR DOUGLAS AS CHAIRMAN OF HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY FOR 28 A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC HOUSING IN HONG KONG.
THE IMPORTANCE OF IN RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
"FROM THE VERY EARLY DAYS, SIR DOUGLAS SAW
AND PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY THE SOCIETY'S ESTATES.
"HE ALSO SAW THE NEED FOR BETTER
LANDSCAPING AS A MEANS OF
HE ADDED.
IMPROVING LIVING CONDITIONS IN A CONGESTED URBAN AREA,
"THIS ESTATE, NAMED AFTER SIR DOUGLAS, IS
A FITTING MEMORIAL
TO HIS VISION AND DEDICATION,
HE SAID.
PARTICULAR
SIR DAVID SAID THAT IT WAS A
PLEASURE THAT THREE
HER SON JONATHAN,
PRESENT TO
CLAGUE, FAMILY-LADY GENERATIONS OF THE CLAGUE DAUGHTER ISOLIN AND GRANDCHILDREN EMMA AND GEORGINA, WERE CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE ESTATE BEARING THEIR FAMILY NAME.
"THEIR PRESENCE MAKES THIS A DOUBLY AUSPICIOUS
GOVERNOR SAID.
"
OCCASION, THE
DAVID CONGRATULATED THE CONTRACTOR AND ALL THOSE ON THE SUCCESSFUL
LOOKING AT THE IMPRESSIVE NEW ESTATE, SIR THE HOUSING SOCIETY, THE ARCHITECTS, ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF CLAGUE GARDEN COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.
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