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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1984

TO ENSURE PROPER VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS INTRODUCED LAWS REQUIRING VEHICLES SUCH AS TAXIS, PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES AND BUSES TO BE INSPECTED ANNUALLY.

MR YEUNG CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE TRAFFIC LAWS AND EXERCISE ROAD SAFETY TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS.

+ IT IS ONLY WITH THE DETERMINATION AND EFFORT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN HOPE TO WIN THIS BATTLE, HE SAID.

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HOUSING FOR FUTURE ON SHOW

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VISITORS TO THE +BETTER HOMES IN ESTATES+ EXHIBITION, TO BE OPENED AT CITY HALL BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THIS SATURDAY, WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT FUTURE SCHEMES OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE NEXT CENTURY.

TEN IMAGINATIVE DRAWINGS FEATURING NEW PUBLIC HOUSING PATTERNS FOR THE YEAR 2 001, WILL BE AMONG MANY OTHER EXHIBITS ON DISPLAY,

THEY WERE THE BEST ENTRIES TO A COMPETITION ENTITLED +PUBLIC HOUSING 2 001+ ORGANISED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS ONE OF THE NUMEROUS ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSING FESTIVAL '84.

SPONSORED BY THE BELGIAN BANK AND BRITISH AIRWAYS AND OPEN TO THIRD AND FIFTH-YEAR ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS FROM HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, THE COMPETITION WAS AIMED AT DRAWING OUT INNOVATIVE DESIGNS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

+SINCE 1954, PUBLIC HOUSING HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG ITS ROLE IS NOT LIKELY TO DIMINISH IN FUTURE,+ SAID AN AUTHORITY SPOKESMAN TODAY.

THE COMPETITION WAS SEEN A USEFUL WAY OF OBTAINING FRESH IDEAS FROM ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS.

+THE ENTRIES DO NOT MERELY CONSIDER THE INTERNAL LAYOUT OF INDIVIDUAL FLATS BUT ALSO THE BROADER CONCEPTS OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

+SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE ALSO BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE ARCHITECTS OF TO-MORROW IN THEIR DRAWINGS, HE SAID.

HE SAID THE TEN WINNERS WERE SELECTED FROM 100 ENTRIES BY A PANEL OF JUDGES COMPRISING THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAO; PRESIDENT OF HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, MR ESWARD HO DEAN OF SCHOOL OF ARCHITECT, HKU, PROFESSOR K.C. LYE, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BELGIAN BANK, MR 3.K. WONG.

/THE SPOKESMAN

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