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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1985

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HOUSING GREEN PAPER FORUMS FOR SHAM SHUI PO

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TWO FORUMS WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 8) IN SHAM SHUT PO FOR RESIDENTS TO AIR THEIR VIEWS ON THE GREEN PAPER ON HOUSING SUBSIDY TO TENANTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING.

THE FORUMS, ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD'S AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON THE GREEN PAPER, ARE PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE CONSULTATION EXERCISE LAUNCHED BY THE BOARD TO COLLECT PUBLIC OPINION ON THE DOCUMENT.

IN SHAM SHUI PO EAST, THE FORUM WILL BE HELD AT 3 PM AT THE WONG TAI SHAN MEMORIAL SCHOOL AND THE FORUM FOR SHAM SHUI PO WEST WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SAME TIME AT THE CHEUNG SHA WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE.

APART FROM BRIEFINGS BY HOUSING DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES, A LECTURER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, MR YEUNG SUM, WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE SHAM SHUI PO WEST FORUM, WHILE A LECTURER OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, MR STEPHEN TANG, WILL BE THE PANELIST IN THE SHAM SHUI PO EAST FORUM.

DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT TO LISTEN TO PUBLIC

COMMENTS.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP MR FUNG KIN-KEE, SAID THAT THIS CONSULTATIVE EXERCISE ON THE GREEN PAPER WAS THE FIRST TO BE HELD ON A LARGE SCALE IN THE DISTRICT.

HE SAID QUESTIONNAIRES HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO MORE THAN 46 000 HOUSEHOLDS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

+ IN ADDITION, MAJOR LOCAL BODIES INCLUDING ALL AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS HAVE RECEIVED A SUMMARY NOTE ON THE CONTENTS OF THE GREEN PAPER AND INVITED TO PASS THEIR VIEWS TO THE DISTRICT BOARD, + MR FUNG SAID.

+THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, WE WOULD HAVE VIRTUALLY CONTACTED ALL THOSE WHO ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GREEN PAPER'S PROPOSALS, HE SAID.

+WE HOPE THAT IT WOULD HELP US GRASP RESIDENTS' FEELING ON THE MATTER, WHICH WILL ENABLE THE DISTRICT BOARD TO MAKE AN IMPARTIAL JUDGEMENT AND AN UNEQUIVOCAL DECISION ON THIS ISSUE, MR FUNG ADDED.

RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME TO GIVE THEIR VIEWS IN WRITING TO THE DISTRICT BOARD THROUGH THE DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT AT 39 TONKIN STREET, SHAM SHU1 PO.

/ALL SUBMISSIONS

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