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CRP sites to be used partly for constructing home ownership flats are mainly located in the urban areas and Tsuen Wan, including Tsz Wan Shan, Wang Tau Hom, Lok Fu, Sau Mau Ping, Lam Tin, Yau Tong, Ko Chiu Road, Tin Wan, Wan Tsui and Shek Yam. These Home Ownership Scheme developments will not significantly affect the local rehousing of CRP tenants.
In planning the CRP, the Housing Authority considers the demand for local rehousing and the availability of reception flats, including both new and vacated flats, and will, as far as possible, ensure that sufficient reception flats are available to meet demand. Affected tenants may choose new or vacated flats depending on their own needs, preferences and financial situation. Some may choose to move out of the original districts, or to purchase home ownership flats.
Redevelopment of Blocks 5 and 6 of Lam Tin Estate was planned for 1999- 2000 when the relevant CRP was announced in 1995. The timing has been rescheduled on one occasion only to 2000-01 when the CRP for the period from 1996- 97 to 2000-01 was announced recently.
The redevelopment was rescheduled by one year because the construction programme of the relevant reception estates depends on the timing of relaxing airport height restrictions in East Kowloon. As these restrictions will be relaxed when the Hong Kong International Airport at Kai Tak is replaced by the new airport at Chek Lap Kok, which is scheduled to open in April 1998, the revised timing will enable us to maximise the development potential of the relevant reception estates.
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Competition for government contract posts
Following is a question by the Hon Ip Kwok-him and a written reply by the Secretary for Civil Service, Mr W K Lam, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
It is learnt that since the Government started to open up the posts previously held by contract officers for competition by civil servants, for over a year only one- fifth of such posts have been opened up. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council: