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FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1982

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KWUN TONG DB MEMBERS LEARN ABOUT TOWN PLANNING

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MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD AND THEIR WORKS PROJECTS SUB-COMMITTEE SPENT THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON VISITING SHA TIN NEW TOWN TO LEARN ABOUT THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF NEW TOWN PLANNING AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

THE VISIT WHICH PROVIDED BOARD MEMBERS WITH A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MATTERS IN THE NEW TOWN IS AIMED AT HELPING MEMBERS IN THEIR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ON CONNECTED ISSUES.

THE GROUP STARTED THE IR TOUR FROM THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WHERE THEY WERE FIRST BRIEFED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR KENNETH W.K. KWOK, ON HOW DEVELOPMENT IS PROGRAMMED BY USING THE PACKAGE CONCEPT.

LED BY MR KWOK AND THE CHIEF ENGINEER MR NG YEE-YUM, CHIEF TOWN PLANNER MRS KWAN CHOW PO-WAN, AND THE SENIOR TOWN PLANNER OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE MR LAU SIT-MING, THE GROUP LATER PROCEEDED TO WO CHE ESTATE AND SHUT WO COURT AND HAD A GENERAL VIEW OF THE EASTERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE TOWN,

THE GROUP THEN RETURNED TO THE KWUN TONG CITY DISTRICT

OFFICE.

SIR PHILIP SEES REHABILITATION WORK

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE.

SIR PHILIP WAS BRIEFED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, MRS JUDY MA, ON THE WORK OF THE CENTRE, WHICH OFFERS BOTH SOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR SOME 200 DISABLED PEOPLE.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY SHOWED A KEEN INTEREST IN THE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME FOR THE LESS-PRIVILEGED PEOPLE, WHO ARE EITHER ORTHOPAEDICALLY DISABLED, MENTALLY RETARDED, BLIND, DEAF OR DISCHARGED MENTAL PATIENTS.

HE TOURED THE CLINIC, THE SHELTERED WORKSHOP AND CLASSROOMS.

IN ADDITION TO GIVING VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO DISABLED PEOPLE, THE CENTRE HELPS PLAN THEIR RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY AT THE END OF THE COURSES.

AFTER THE VISIT, SIR PHILIP WENT TO THE SWD'S HEADQUARTERS IN WORLD TRADE CENTRE, CAUSEWAY BAY, FOR A DISCUSSION WITH SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

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