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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1984
PRIOR TO THE BIRTHDAY CAKE CEREMONY, PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS OF FOUR HOUSING FESTIVAL COMPETITIONS, ON PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, ESSAYS AND ARCHITECTURAL PLANS.
THE EXHIBITION WILL REOPEN AFTERWARDS AT 4 PM UNTIL 6 PM, AND WILL THEN BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAILY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM UNTIL DECEMBER 16.
THE USING ULTRA MODERN SOUND AND VISUAL TECHNIQUES, EXHIBITION DEPICTS THE MODERN LIFESTYLE TO BE FOUND IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND PLACES SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE EVER-IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE OF ESTATE RESIDENTS.
ENTITLED +BETTER LIVING IN ESTATES+
IT IS BEING ORGANISED
BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS ONE OF THE MAJOR EVENTS OF THE HOUSING FESTIVAL 84.
BONSAI AND HORTICULTURAL SHOW ***
LADY BREMRIDGE, WIFE OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, WILL BE AMONG THE GUESTS TO OFFICIALLY OPEN A BONSAI AND HORTICULTURAL SHOW ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 9) AS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE HOUSING FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS AT SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE, TSUEN WAN.
THE SHOW WILL EXHIBIT PRECIOUS COLLECTIONS OF STALAGMITE AND PLANTS WORTH OVER $2 MILLION, INCLUDING AN 100-YEAR-OLD TREE BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM A PALACE COLLECTION DATED BACK TO THE QING DYNASTY.
REDEVELOPMENT AT TUNG TAU ESTATE
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ANOTHER OLD BLOCK AT TUNG TAU ESTATE IN CENTRAL KOWLOON IS TO BE DEMOLISHED SHORTLY TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW BLOCK WHICH WILL PROVIDE MODERN HOMES FOR 1 100 PEOPLE.
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY INVITED TENDERS FOR THE DEMOLITION WORK WHICH WOULD FORM PART OF AN ON-GOING REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME TO UPGRADE LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE ESTATE.
ON THE SITE OF THE OLD BLOCK WILL BE BUILT AN 11-STOREY LINEAR BLOCK WITH 200 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS.
UPON FULL REDEVELOPMENT BY THE EARLY 1990'S, SOME 8 200 MODERN FLATS WILL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AT THE ESTATE FOR 38 000 PEOPLE.
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