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SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1989
MORE SERVICES TO MEET ESTATE RESIDENTS' NEEDS * * * *
THE COMMITTEE ON NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL COMMUNITY
SHOULD PROJECTS (NLCDP'S) HAS AGREED THAT NLCDP SERVICE
VI PUBLIC TO COVER MARKS III
HOUSING ESTATES то BE REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
DEVELOPMENT
EXTENDED
BE
AFFECTED
BY
UP
BY THE
-
VI
PUBLIC
THE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BY A WORKING GROUP SET
III COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS IN MARKS
BY HOUSING ESTATES AFFECTED
REDEVELOPMENT AND TO EXAMINE WHETHER NLCDP SERVICE SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THESE ESTATES.
A
THE STUDY FOUND THAT EIGHT OUT OF THE 14 ESTATES STUDIED HAD
EXTRA SERVICES ON HIGH PROPORTION OF VULNERABLE GROUPS AND REQUIRED
A SPOKESMAN FOR TOP OF NORMAL PROVISION TO MEET THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS, THE COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
"FURTHERMORE, THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF SERVICES PROCESS OF REDEVELOPMENT WOULD RESULT IN THE REQUIREMENT OF REPLACEMENT SERVICES.
DURING THE
TEMPORARY
"THE WORKING GROUP CONSIDERED THAT NLCDP, GIVEN ITS OBJECTIVE SPECIAL NEEDS AND FLEXIBILITY, WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE MEANS TO MEET OF THE VULNERABLE GROUPS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS,
EXPLAINING THE NATURE OF NLCDP'S,
SUCH PROJECTS WERE CARRIED OUT
BY
THE COMMITTEE AREAS IDENTIFIED BY FACILITIES AND WELFARE SERVICES WAS
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID SUBVENTED
PRIORITY AGENCIES IN WHERE THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL NON-EXISTENT OR INADEQUATE.
SUCH AREAS INCLUDE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, SQUATTER AREAS, COTTAGE AREAS, MARKS I AND II PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND BOAT SQUATTER AREAS ALL OF THEM ARE COMMUNITIES OF A TRANSIENT NATURE.
—
EXTENSION TO IMPLEMENT THE
OF SERVICES,
THE COMMITTEE
HAS
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OF KONG COUNCIL
SOCIAL THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND
INVITED NOMINATIONS FOR PRIORITY AREAS FOR NLCDP SERVICE IN MARKS
THE - VI PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES FROM
HONG SERVICE, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE DISTRICT OFFICES.
"DISTRICT BOARDS AND INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ALSO
ΤΟ INVITED
A GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON WHETHER THERE IS
NEED FOR NLCDP SERVICE IN
THESE
IN THEIR DISTRICTS
THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICES BEFORE JULY 20," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THROUGH
ESTATES PUBLIC HOUSING
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THE COMMITTEE WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THESE COMMENTS SELECTING NEW PROJECT AREAS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
WHEN
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