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SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1985

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO TURNED UP AT TODAY'S FIGHT CRIME CARNIVAL WERE TREATED TO A VARIETY OF PROGRAMMES THAT INCLUDED A PARACHUTE SHOW, A DONKEY RIDE FOR CHILDREN, A CYCLING DEMONSTRATION, AN ANTI-CRIME AND ANTI-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION, AND PERFORMANCES BY THE AUXILIARY POLICE BAND AND THE SAI KUNG CHILDREN'S CHOIR.

ACTIVITIES ORGANISED DURING THE YEAR-LONG SAI KUNG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN INCLUDED VISITS TO THE O PUI SHAN BOY'S HOME, THE TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING AUTHORITY, AND THE PIK UK PRISON. THERE WERE ALSO DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AND VARIOUS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES.

THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE ALSO ORGANISED

A FIGHT YOUTH CRIME CAMP, A FIGHT CRIME BOOKMARK COMPETITION AND

A SEMINAR ON +COMMUNITY AGAINST CRIME+.

THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD HAD CONTRIBUTED ABOUT $22 000

TOWARD THE COST OF THE CAMPAIGN.

NEW HOMES FOR 5 000 PEOPLE AT CHEUNG HONG ESTATE

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THREE NEW BLOCKS THAT PROVIDE MODERN PUBLIC HOUSING FOR 5 000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT CHEUNG HONG ESTATE ON TSING YI ISLAND AND TENANTS ARE SIGNING UP FOR THE IR NEW HOMES.

+RISING ON A HIGHER LEVEL IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND, THE TOWER ING BLOCKS OFFER A MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF THE SEA AND TSUEN WAN, + SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY.

HE SAID THE 26-28-STOREY BLOCKS HAD ALTOGETHER 1 152 SELF- CONTAINED FLATS AND HAD BEEN BUILT UNDER THE THIRD PHASE OF THE ESTATE.

+ALSO COMPLETED UNDER THIS PHASE ARE A KINDERGARTEN, A NURSERY AND A WIDE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING CHILDREN'S PLAY AREAS, A JOGGING PATH AND A FIVE-A-SIDE SOCCER PITCH.

+OTHER AMENITIES SUCH AS SCHOOLS, A COMMERCIAL CENTRE, A MARKET CARPARKS, COOKED FOOD STALLS AND SOCIAL SERVICES ARE ALREADY PROVIDEĆ ON THE ESTATE. +

THERE ARE AT PRESENT 15 000 PEOPLE LIVING IN SIX OTHER BLOCKS COMPLETED AT CHEUNG HONG ESTATE UNDER ITS FIRST TWO PHASES.

+TWO MORE BLOCKS FOR ANOTHER 8 000 PEOPLE ARE APPROACHING COMPLETION UNDER THE FOURTH PHASE.

+WHEN THE FIFTH, AND THE LAST, PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED IN 1986, CHEUNG HONG ESTATE WILL BECOME A SELF-CONTAINED ENTITY WITH ABOUT 35 000 PEOPLE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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