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Friday, May 18, 1973

MORE ARCHITECTS FOR HOUSING DEPARTMENT

The new Housing Department is substantially expanding its architectural

division to tackle the 10-year housing programme.

It will be advertising locally tomorrow (Saturday) for architects,

structural engineers and building servicing engineers to join its team.

At present, most public housing projects which are beyond the

planning stage are being tackled by the Public Works Department.

Future projects will be planned and built by the, Housing Department,

the executive arm of the new Housing Authority.

The 10-year housing plan involves building homes for 1,800,000 people.

Mr. Donald Liao, Deputy Head of the Housing Department and Vice-

Chairman of the Housing Authority said today: "This is a very challenging

job for energetic architects and engineers.

"They will be directly involved in helping to solve the housing.

problem in Hong Kong. At the same time, it will give them a rare opportunity

to exercise their professional skill and knowledge in the planning, design,

construction and building of a large number of estates,

"They will, in fact, be helping to build new towns and creating

a new and improved environment for the future of Hong Kong," Mr. Liao said.

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