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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1976

+ THE PILOT PROJECT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND SUBSEQUENTLY INSPIRED SIMILAR SCHEMES IN OTHER DISTRICTS,+ MRS. CHIA SAID. +ALTHOUGH A TWO-WAY TRANSFER WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY MORE CUMBERSOME THAN STRAIGHT FORWARD ALLOCATION, IT BROUGHT NUMEROUS ADVANTAGES - BOTH TO THE AUTHORITY AND, IMPORTANT, TO ITS TENANTS.+

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TO THE AUTHORITY, THESE TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS ALLOWED MUCH NEEDED FLEXIBILITY IN ALLOCATING FLATS TO TENANTS, WHO HAVE ENJOYED YEARS OF LOW RENT BUT ARE INEVITABLY OVERCROWDED, THE TRANSFER ARRANGEMENTS OFFERED THE BEST HOPE OF ESCAPING FROM THEIR CRAMPED LIVING CONDITIONS TO THE HEALTHY AND HAPPY ENVIRONMENT OF NEW ESTATES, ALBEIT AT A HIGHER COST. +FAMILIES MOVING INTO NEW ESTATES ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THEIR NEW HOMES AND REGARD THEM AS GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY, SHE SAID.

MRS. CHIA ADVISED FAMILIES WISHING TO MOVE TO OTHER DISTRICTS OR ESTATES TO CONTACT THEIR ESTATE HOUSING MANAGER OR THE MUTUAL EXCHANGE BUREAU AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S HEADQUARTERS IN KOWLOON.

CHANGES IN REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONIES

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DUE TO THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY'S CONSTRUCTION WORK IN CHATER ROAD, CERTAIN CHANGES ARE BEING MADE IN THE REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONIES WHICH WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO WORLD WARS.

THE WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY AT THE CHINESE WAR MEMORIAL IN THE ZCOLOGICAL AND BOTANIC GARDENS WILL TAKE PLACE AT 9.15 A.M. ON THAT DAY.

THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED AT 10 A.M. BY A WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY AT THE CENOTAPH.

THE GOVERNOR AND THOSE WHO CUSTOMARILY DO SO WILL LAY WREATHS THERE BUT THERE WILL BE NO RELIGIOUS SERVICES, BANDS OR GUARDS OF HONOUR.

AT 10.55 A.M. A REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL IN THE COURSE OF WHICH THE TRADITIONAL TWO-MINUTE SILENCE WILL BE OBSERVED AND THE BAND OF THE 1ST BATTALION OF LIGHT INFANTRY WILL PLAY.

IT IS INTENDED TO RESUME THE TRADITIONAL SERVICE AT THE CENOTAPH IN FUTURE YEARS AS SOON AS CONDITIONS PERMIT.

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