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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1964

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THERE WILL BE PLACES FOR 40 TEACHERS AT EACH SEMINAR AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE TREATED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

HEADS OF SCHOOLS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND THE IR NOMINATIONS TO THE SENIOR INSPECTOR, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, 9A BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG BY SEPTEMBER 6, 1984.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SEMINARS CAN BE MADE WITH THE CENTRE ON

5-482537.

BOARD MEMBERS LEARN ABOUT HOUSING ****

FOURTEEN KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON LEARNED MORE ABOUT PUBLIC HOUSING POLICIES THROUGH A SEMINAR AND A TOUR TO A LOCAL HOUSING ESTATE.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CLAYMON LAI, MEMBERS FIRST VISITED THE LOK WAH ESTATE WHERE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASES I AND IV IS TAKING PLACE.

UPON COMPLETION EARLY NEXT YEAR THE ESTATE WILL HAVE

A POPULATION OF 43 000.

LATER, AT THE ESTATE'S OFFICE, MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED BY A HOUSING DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ON THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME AND THE CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES IN APPOINTING DECORATION CONTRACTORS FOR WORKS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

TODAY'S SEMINAR AND TOUR WERE INITIATED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD AND ORGANISED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO ENABLE MEMBERS TO UNDERSTANDING BETTER THE GOVERNMENT'S HOUSING POLICIES.

MORE THAN 70 PER CENT OF KWUN TONG'S 460 000 POPULATION LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

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