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TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1985

IT WILL ALSO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO ASCERTAIN A NUMBER OF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTOMETRICAL PRACTITIONERS.

THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE SENDING OUT EXPLANATORY LETTERS AND QUESTIONNAIRES TO ALL OPTICAL SHOPS AND PRACTITIONERS IN THE TERRITORY.

+AS THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE USED TO GAIN A DEEPER INSIGHT INTO THE LATEST SITUATION OF THE TRADE, OPTICAL SHOPS AND PRACTITIONERS ARE THEREFORE REQUESTED TO CO-OPERATE BY COMPLETING THE FORMS ACCURATELY,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE ADDED THAT ALL INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT SOME 500 OPTICAL SHOPS EMPLOYING ABOUT 1 600 PERSONNEL WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE SURVEY.

TWO RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES PLANNED

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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PLANS TO BUILD ANOTHER TWO RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, PROBABLY ON LANTAO ISLAND AND CHEUNG CHAU.

TWO POSSIBLE SITES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECTS ON THE ISLANDS.

DURING A TOUR OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT ON PUBLIC HOUSING ON OUTLYING ISLANDS, THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR FRED PANG, HAS INSPECTED THE TWO SITES AT MUI WO ON LANTAO ISLAND AND ON CHEUNG CHAU.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S SECOND RURAL ESTATE, THE NEWLY-COMPLETED CHEUNG KWAI ESTATE, WHICH IS FAST BECOMING A LANDMARK ON CHEUNG CHAU.

DESIGNED TO FIT IN WELL WITH THE LANDSCAPE OF THE ISLAND, CHEUNG KWAI ESTATE PROVIDES 472 MODERN FLATS IN 18 LOW-RISE BLOCKS OF TWO TO FOUR STOREYS HIGH.

THE FIRST RURAL ESTATE, LUNG TIN, WAS COMPLETED IN 1980 AT TAI O ON LANTAO ISLAND, HOUSING 1 300 PEOPLE IN 184 FLATS.

ACCOMPANIED ON THE TOUR BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR (OPERATIONS) MR HAIDER BARMA, MR PANG ALSO VISITED THE MUI WO TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA ON LANTAO, THE FIRST THA FOR OUTLYING ISLANDS.

THE $3.6 MILLION THA PROVIDES SELF-CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION IN 12 BLOCKS OF FULL-CLADDED DUPLEX-TYPE UNITS FOR 111 FAMILIES INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCE ON THE ISLAND.

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