THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989
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CHINESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIAL VISITS HOUSING AUTHORITY
THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MR GUO FENGMIN. TODAY (THURSDAY I VISITED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO SEE IT'S WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROVIDING PUBLIC HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS IN HO MAN TIN.
MR GUO WAS BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR PANG YUK-LING, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE TERRITORY.
MR GUO HEARD THAT UNDER THE AUTHORITY'S AMBITIOUS LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR, THE AUTHORITY WOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR THOSE IN NEED BY THE YEAR 2001.
HE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE AUTHORITY CONSTRUCTED ABOUT 50,000 RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS DURING THE 1988/89 FINANCIAL YEAR, A RECORD IN THE AUTHORITY'S HISTORY. DESPITE THE PROBLEM OF LABOUR SHORTAGE.
MR FUNG
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR/ESTATE MANAGEMENT, TUNG, MR GUO LATER WENT TO TSZ WAN SHAN AND TOURED THE HEUNG SQUATTER VILLAGE WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE IMPROVEMENT WORKS CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S SQUATTER IMPROVEMENT SCHEME.
IT IS THE AIM OF THE AUTHORITY TO CLEAR ALL THE URBAN AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT DECADE.
YEUNG
BEING AREA
SQUATTER HUTS IN
(SOUTH) ESTATE, ONE KOWLOON, AND TOURED
MR GUO THEN WENT TO THE NEARBY CHUK YUEN OF THE NEWEST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN CENTRAL THE SHOPPING CENTRE AND LANDSCAPED AREAS AS WELL AS THE INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE.
THE PARTY THEN PAID A VISIT SCHEME TIN MA COURT WHERE THEY HAD
TO THE ADJACENT HOME OWNERSHIP AN OVERVIEW OF THE AUTHORITY'S REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN CENTRAL KOWLOON.
MR GUO CONCLUDED HIS TOUR BY VISITING A FAMILY OF THE COURT.
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