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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1981

+HAS ANY STUDY BEEN MADE BY OUR GOVERNMENT OF THE UK UCCA SYSTEM?

*WE NEED SOMETHING SIMILAR

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A SYSTEM THAT WILL LINK TOGETHER FOR ADMISSION THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE POLYTECHNIC, THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.+

THE BAPTIST COLLEGE SHOULD ALSO BE ASKED WHETHER IT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN SUCH A SCHEME WHICH, MISS BENNETT THOUGHT, WOULD BENEFIT NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO OUR SCHOOLS AND TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

ON THE PROVISION OF MORE HOUSING FOR THE LESS WELL-OFF MISS BENNETT SAID SHE WAS GLAD TO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE OLDER +H+ BLOCKS WOULD BE RE-USED BY THOSE IN NEED OF TEMPORARY HOUSING.

SHE WAS ALSO HAPPY TO LEARN THAT BY ENABLING TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS TO BE TWO-STOREYED, MORE PEOPLE COULD BE HOUSED.

+BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?+ SHE QUERIED, +OUR RACKETEERS AND SQUATTERS HAVE CUT AWAY SO MUCH OF OUR HILLSIDES, CAN WE SAFELY UTILISE THIS LAND INTO VAST NEW TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS?+

SO MUCH OF OUR ANTI-ILLEGAL STRUCTURE POLICY SEEMS SO NEGATIVE AND CLEARLY WE ARE NOT SUCCEEDING IN DEMOLISHING ALL THE NEW HUTS, SHE SAID.

+DO WE NEED MORE MEN WORKING IN EAST KOWLOON TO DO THIS?

+DO WE CONCENTRATE TOO MUCH ON CHECKING, AND MEASURING AGAIN SO REGULARLY, THE TOLERATED STRUCTURES AND THE HOUSES ALREADY PASSED AT SOME EARLIER SURVEY?+

SHE NOTED THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAD TAKEN OVER ALL THIS SQUATTER CONTROL WORK BUT WONDERED WHETHER SOME MEN SHOULD BE BETTER EMPLOYED IN SUPERVISING PROPER FIRE PREVENTION MEASURES IN PROMOTING SAFER LIGHTING AND COOKING METHODS AND IN ORGANISING THE SQUATTERS IN SANITATION AND CLEANLINESS TEAMS.

+LET US REALISTICALLY SUPERVISE THEM UNTIL WE CAN PRODUCE ENOUGH LAND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TERRITORY AND REHOUSE THEM NEAR SUFFICIENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, MISS BENNETT SUGGESTED.

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