SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1985
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THOSE WHO BENEFITED MOST DIRECTLY FROM LDC PROJECTS WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO HAD HAD TO ENDURE SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS BEFORE REDEVELOPMENT. IT WOULD MEAN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT WHILE PRESERVING THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND BASIC CHARACTER OF OLDER AREAS.
HE ADDED THAT WHERE OWNERS DECLINED TO GIVE UP THEIR PROPERTY THE LDC COULD ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO RESUME PROPERTIES ON ITS BEHALF. HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ONLY DO SO IF THE LDC HAD ALREADY ACQUIRED A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF THE PROPERTY IN THE AREA THROUGH NEGOTIATION.
OFFERS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF AN INDEPENDENT TRIBUNAL.
THE SPOKESMAN COULD NOT SAY EXACTLY WHAT PROPORTION OF PROPERTY THE LDC WOULD NEED TO ACQUIRE BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT AGREED TO A RESUMPTION ORDER. EACH CASE WOULD BE ASSESSED ON ITS MERITS.
FIVE MORE FU POOLS ON THE WAY
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THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS FIVE MORE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES IN THE PIPELINE, FOUR OF WHICH WILL BE BUILT IN KOWLOON AND THE OTHER ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
THEY WILL BE LOCATED AT KOWLOON PARK, HAMMER HILL ROAD, HO MAN TIN, SHEK KIP ME! PARK AND JAVA ROAD,
ALL WILL INCORPORATE THE NEWLY-DESIGNED FUN POOLS, WHICH ARE OF A FREE FORM INSTEAD OF BEING BUILT IN THE USUAL RECTANGULAR SHAPE. SPECIAL FEATURES SUCH AS WAVE-MAKING MACHINES AND WATER SLIDES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE POOL SETTING TO MAKE THE SWIMMING ENVIRONMENT MORE PLEASANT AND RELAXING.
+ IT IS FELT THAT THESE FUN POOLS WILL PROVIDE MORE FUN, EXCITEMENT AND ENJOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC WHO NO LONGER REGARD SWIMMING AS A MERE FORM OF EXERCISE,+ SAID A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN,
THE FIRST FUN POOL IN KOWLOON PARK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN TWO TO THREE YEARS.
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