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"MOREOVER, UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT BUILDINGS ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO MODERN ESTATES COMPLETE WITH THE FACILITIES THEIR INHABITANTS NEED, SHE SAID.
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WONG SAID OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS THE AUTHORITY WOULD BE SPENDING MORE THAN $11 BILLION IN MAINTAINING AND UPGRADING ITS HOUSING STOCK.
ON THE AUTHORITY'S HOMES-FOR-SALE SCHEME, SHE SAID IT WAS GOING WELL AND NEARLY 200,000 FLATS HAD BEEN SOLD TO HOUSE WELL OVER HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.
NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE TREMENDOUS DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TURNING THE VISION INTO REALITY, SHE SAID.
"PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY; STAFF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT UNDER MR FUNG TUNG'S EXPERT DIRECTION; ALL THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES HAVE MADE THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. THESE ALL DESERVE OUR SINCEREST THANKS, SAID.
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EQUALLY, SHE SAID, THANKS WERE ALSO DUE TO CONSUMERS OF HOUSING, THE AUTHORITY'S TENANTS AND FLAT OWNERS, FOR THEIR FEEDBACK
HELPED THE AUTHORITY AWARE OF WHAT WAS WANTED AND WHICH FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION OVER THE YEARS.
NEEDED,
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TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF A SERIES OF ORGANISED TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
SOME EVENTS HAD ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.
EVENTS
AMONG THESE WERE A SLOGAN COMPETITION AMONG HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF IN JUNE, AND A PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION DEPICTING LIFE IN PUBLIC HOUSING AND THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, WHICH WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND SPONSORED BY JUSCO STORES IN SEPTEMBER.
THE WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MORE THAN 1,200 ENTRIES HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S CALENDAR FOR 1994 AND WERE USED IN A ROVING EXHIBITION AT VARIOUS PRIVATE COMMERCIAL MALLS AND PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE SHOPPING CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
THE EXHIBITION WOULD DEPICT PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, RANGING FROM THE EARLIEST ESTATES BUILT SOON AFTER THE FIRE TO THEIR GROWTH INTO THE MODERN SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEING BUILT TODAY.
A KARAOKE COMPETITION IS ALSO UNDERWAY. IT IS SPONSORED BY RADIQ TELEVISION HONG KONG AND LASTS FROM MID-SEPTEMBER UNTIL DECEMBER 19.
A SERIES OF 13 HALF-HOUR TV DRAMAS PRODUCED BY RTHK FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ARE BEING SHOWN ON TELEVISION BROADCASTS LTD ON SUNDAY EVENINGS FROM DECEMBER 5 TO FEBRUARY 1994.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENTS WILL BE A LIVE TELEVISION SPECIAL TO BE PRODUCED IN CONJUNCTION WITH TVB ON DECEMBER 26.
/FROM JANUARY