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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1992
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"THERE IS A NEED FOR THESE SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR SINGLE PEOPLE HAVE WORK IN THE AREA AND WANT SOME SORT OF CHEAP BED-SPACE APARTMENTS. SO THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TRYING TO LOOK FOR WAYS FOR PROVIDING FOR THAT SORT OF NEED, SIR DAVID SAID.
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THE SAME TIME WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS OF BRINGING REGULATIONS FOR EXISTING BED-SPACE APARTMENTS, REGULATIONS AND SO ON," HE SAID.
GOVERNOR TOURS WAN CHAI
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED WAN CHAI TO LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR PAUL WONG, AND WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER MANN, THE GOVERNOR FIRST TOURED WAN CHAI ROAD TEMPORARY MARKET UNDER THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT THE WET GOODS HAWKERS THERE WERE USED TO TRADE ALONG WAN CHAI ROAD AND CAUSED ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. THEY WERE MOVED TO THE TEMPORARY MARKET IN APRIL LAST YEAR.
"I AM GLAD THAT IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO RESITE THE STALL HOLDERS ALTOGETHER IN SUCH A BRIGHT AND CLEAN NEW MARKET, SIR DAVID SAID.
SIR DAVID THEN VISITED A PRIVATELY-OWNED HOSTEL FOR "CAGED MEN" IN WAN CHAI ROAD, AND THE TUNG WAH SINGLETON HOSTEL IN LOCKHART ROAD.
THE NEW TUNG WAH HOSTEL, OPENED IN OCTOBER LAST
YEAR, IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE SET UP UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS OF LODGERS STAYING IN SUB-STANDARD BEDSPACE APARTMENTS.
THE GOVERNOR WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT TWO MORE SIMILAR HOSTELS, FUNDED BY DONATIONS FROM THE GENERAL CHINESE CHARITIES FUND AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WOULD BE SET UP IN FUTURE IN YAU MA TEI AND KWUN TONG.
"THESE HOSTELS ARE A DEMONSTRATION OF OUR COMMUNITY'S FOR THOSE LESS PRIVILEGED THAN OURSELVES," HE SAID.
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ON HIS TOUR, SIR DAVID WAS ALSO BRIEFED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER ON THE PROGRESS OF THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR GREENERY PROJECTS ALONG LOCKHART. ROAD AND HENNESSY ROAD. MORE THAN 500 TREES HAD BEEN PLANTED IN VARIOUS STREETS IN THE DISTRICT GVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
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