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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1985

+LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 700 FAMILIES BENEFITED FROM THIS ARRANGEMENT.+

AT THE MEETING, IT WAS AGREED THAT IF THE ADDITIONAL UNIT WAS NOT THE ADJACENT ONE, A FAMILY COULD SWAP HIS UNITS WITH ANOTHER FAMILY UPON MUTUAL AGREEMENT.

MR BARMA SAID THA FAMILIES COULD HAVE VARIOUS WAYS TO MOVE TO PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING.

+APART FROM TRAWLING EXERCISES, THA FAMILIES ARE ASKED TO REGISTER ON THE GENERAL WAITING LIST TO WAIT FOR THEIR TURNS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING.

+ IN ADDITION, A PROGRAMME HAS BEEN DRAWN UP TO CLEAR OLDER THAS WHEREBY ELIGIBLE TENANTS ARE REHOUSED TO ESTATE FLATS.+

+FOR EXAMPLE, A TOTAL OF 1 498 PEOPLE WERE REHOUSED TO PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE RECENT CLEARANCE OF FORTUNE STREET AND CHAL WAN (1) THAS.+

DB MEMBERS ALSO RAISED THE POINT OF TWO FAMILIES SHARING THE SAME UNIT IN THAS, THE DEPARTMENT UNDERTOOK TO CONSIDER WAYS AND MEANS OF RESOLVING THE PROBLEM.

FAREWELL PARADE ***

A PARADE WILL BE HELD AT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO BID FAREWELL TO THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 38 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE.

SEVEN CONTINGENTS, COMPRISING 204 OFFICERS FROM VARIOUS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT, WILL TAKE PART IN THE PARADE, UNDER THE COMMAND OF SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT FRANCIS WONG.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A FLY-PAST BY TWO HELICOPTERS AND THREE FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE.

MR GARNER, WHO HAS BEEN COMMISSIONER FOR 13 YEARS, WILL BE PRESENTING SERVICE MEDALS TO 36 CORRECTIONAL SERVICES STAFF.

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