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NEW MEMBERS GET INSIGHT INTO PUBLIC HOUSING

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NEWLY-APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND COMMITTEES TODAY HAD AN INSIGHT INTO THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME THROUGH PRIEFINGS AND VISITS TO PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS.

THEY HAD A MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR FRED PANG, FOLLOWED BY BRIEFINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER SENIOR HOUSING OFFICIALS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION, ADMINISTRATION, ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS.

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THE GROUP THEN TOURED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S EXHIBITION HALL WHERE THEY WERE SHOWN IN MODELS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S PUBLIC HOUSING SINCE THE EARLY 1950'S.

IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY WENT ON AN INSPECTION VISIT OF THE KWAI FUK ROAD TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA AND THE WANG CHEONG FACTORY ESTATE IN KWAI CHUNG.

THE NEW MEMBERS WERE MR CARLOS CHEUNG, MR NORMAN LEUNG, MISS LEUNG WAI-TUNG, MR CHEUNG KIN-CHUNG, MR PAO PING-WING AND MR FUNG KIN-KEE.

NEW CHAIRMAN FOR CLEAN HK COMMITTEE ******

URBAN COUNCILLOR MR WALTER SULKE TODAY BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S CLEAN HONG KONG COMMITTEE,

THE ELECTION TOOK PLACE AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING WHEN TWO OTHER MEMBERS, MR JOSEPH CHAN AND MR TONG KAM-BIU, WERE ALSO RE-APPOINTED AND MRS MARGARET LI JOINED THE COMMITTEE.

MR SULKE TAKES OVER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE FROM MR HOWARD YOUNG WHO IS NOW CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE.

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