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HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY SZA⭑

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Friday, December 10, 1976

"HUMAN ELEMENT COMES FIRST IN HUGE REDEVELOPMENT

SCHEME, SAYS THE MAN IN CHARGE

The Housing Authority's current redevelopment programme in old housing

estates runs into hundreds of millions of dollars, affects the lives of about

but is sensitive to the "human" requirements of

half a million people

individual families.

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"That's what redevelopment is all about - providing a better life

for these people," said Dr E.6. Pryor, Assistant Director of the Housing Department

in charge of redevelopment and planning, at a symposium today (Friday December 10).

Dr Pryor said: "The human element comes first. The individual

circumstances of each family are being taken into consideration throughout."

He was speaking at a symposium on Public Housing Redevelopment in

Hong Kong held today at the Duke of Windsor Social Service Building and organised

by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.

Dr Pryor said: "This is in fact the biggest redevelopment scheme

in the world but every step of the way we have been conscious of individual

family needs, making surveys and soliciting opinions to ensure that the human

element comes first."

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The Authority's long-term objective was to redevelop all 12 Mark I

and Mark II former resettlement estates built between 1994 and 1964, said

Dr Pryor, and already schemes were under way at Shek Kip Mei, Tai Hang Tung,

Chai Wan West and Tai Wo Hau.

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