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WEN ESDAY, MARCH 6, 1985

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HE LISTED OUT THE GOALS FOR PEDESTRIANS AS FOLLOWS :

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TO ENSURE SAFETY BY AVOIDING AS FAR AS POSSIBLE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR CONFLICT;

* TO STEP UP SECURITY SO THAT PEDESTRIANS CAN

MOVE WITHOUT RISK;

* TO MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE BY REDUCING THE

NUMBER OF OBSTRUCTIONS;

* TO ENSURE CONTINUITY IN THE PEDESTRIAN SYSTEMS

AND SEE TO IT THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY LINKED;

* TO ACHIEVE COMFORT BY PROTECTING PEDESTRIANS

FROM THE WEATHER WHEREVER POSSIBLE;

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TO ENSURE COHERENCE SO THAT PEDESTRIANS CAN EASILY FIND THEIR WAY ABOUT; AND

* TO MAKE THE PEDESTRIANWAYS LOOK MORE

ATTRACTIVE.

ALL 5 904 FLATS IN PSPS RICHLAND GARDENS SOLD

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THE SALES EXERCISE FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME RICHLAND GARDENS IN KOWLOON BAY CLOSED TODAY, WITH ALL ITS 5 904 FLATS ON 22 BLOCKS SOLD.

+SINCE THE SALES EXERCISE BEGAN THREE MONTHS AGO UNDER PHASE VIB OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, AN AVERAGE OF SOME 100 FLATS HAD BEEN SNAPPED UP IN EACH WORKING DAY, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

HE SAID THE POPULARITY OF RICHLAND GARDENS SHOWED THAT ASPIRING HOME-OWNERS WERE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME.

+RICHLAND GARDENS, THE LARGEST PSPS DEVELOPMENT, WILL BE FULLY COMPLETED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.

+THE FLATS ARE DESIGNED WITH TWO BEDROOMS OR THREE BEDROOMS, WITH GROSS AREAS RANGING FROM 43.7 TO 57.9 SQUARE METRES, AND THEY ARE PRICED BETWEEN $188 300 AND $337 000.+

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