WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1994
MR SIU NOTED THAT ENCOURAGING PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE LAST ROUNDS OF AIR SERVICES CONSULTATIONS.
**THE
DISCUSSION
IN THE
USEFUL AND
THAT
WAS WITH MINISTER KAMEI CONSTRUCTIVE. BOTH HONG KONG AND JAPAN SHARED THE COMMON BELIEF IT WOULD BE IN THE INTERESTS OF BOTH PARTIES TO SEE THE SUCCESSFUL AND 1 HE SAID. EARLY CONCLUSION OF THE CURRENT DISCUSSIONS ON AIR SERVICES,
HE ALSO BRIEFED MINISTER KAMEI ON THE GOOD PROGRESS MADE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HONG KONG'S NEW AIRPORT PROJECT.
TO
MR SIU ALSO APART FROM A CALL ON THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT, CALLED ON THE HON MASAHIKO KOMURA, MINISTER OF STATE AND DIRECTOR- GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC PLANNING AGENCY. MR SIU TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY BRIEF MR KOMURA ON RECENT ECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME.
HE WILL ALSO ATTEND THE WORLD CONFERENCE OF TOURISM TO BE HELD IN OSAKA TODAY.
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MINISTERS
USEFUL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON NLCDP
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THE COMMITTEE ON NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (NLCDP) MET THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING TO DISCUSS A RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING THE PROPOSAL TO EXTEND NLCDP TO MARK III TO VI PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S FIVE-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
HOUSING
AFFAIRS THE HONG
THE COMMITTEE, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HOME BRANCH, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, HAD AN INITIAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THIS PROPOSAL IN A POSITIVE AND AMICABLE MANNER.
PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MISS DORIS CHEUNG, WHO CHAIRED THE MEETING, STRESSED THAT NLCDP SERVICE WOULD CONTINUE SO LONG AS THERE WERE DEPRIVED AND TRANSIENT COMMUNITIES BE SERVED WITHIN EXISTING POLICY.
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SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO INTENTION ΤΟ TERMINATE NLCDP SERVICE IF THERE WERE SUCH TARGET GROUPS TO BE SERVED.
NLCDP WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 1970S TO DEPRIVED AND TRANSIENT COMMUNITIES INCLUDING SQUATTERS, TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS AND PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES UNDER HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S FIVE-YEAR REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WHERE THE PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES WAS INADEQUATE NON-EXISTENT.
MISS CHEUNG REPRESENTATIVES AND
AND
REITERATED THAT DIALOGUE WITH RESIDENTS' WORKERS ON THE FUTURE OF NLCDP
SOCIAL
WOULD
CONTINUE.
/SENIOR OFFICIALS