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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1985

+THE NEXT BATCH OF HARBOUR RECLAMATIONS WILL BE REQUIRED AS

THEIR TIMING MUCH FOR ECONOMIC REASONS AS FOR POUPLATION GROWTH. WILL NOT DEPEND PURELY ON DEMAND FOR HOUSING THEREFORE, HE SAID.

MR EASON SAID THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE DECADE RECLAMATIONS WOULD TAKE PLACE AT KELLETT BAY, ALDRICH BAY AND HUNG HOM BAY.

THE FIRST WOULD BE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, THE SECOND FOR HOUSING AND AN IMPROVED TYPHOON SHELTER AND THE THIRD FOR EXPANDED KCRC OPERATIONS AND FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVED AMENITIES.

WITHIN THE SAME PERIOD, PLANNING FOR RECLAMATIONS BETWEEN KENNEDY TOWN AND GREEN ISLAND, OFF WEST KOWLOON AND ALONG THE CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI WATERFRONTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED. THIS WOULD ALLOW WORK TO BEGIN TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE 1990S.

+LATER ON IN THE DECADE WE WILL BE LOOKING AGAIN AT THE LONGER-TERM CHOICE BETWEEN FURTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE HARBOUR AND AN EXPANSION OF TIN SHUI WAI BEYOND ITS INITIAL PHASE OF ABOUT 140 000 PEOPLE,+ HE SAID.

+ IF THE PLANNING MOMENTUM OF THE PAST YEARS CAN BE MAINTAINED, MANY OF THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY UNPLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH WHICH HONG KONG IS ALL TOO FAMILIAR CAN BE ELIMINATED, HE ADDED.

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$1 MILLION BOOST TO CHARITY FUND

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THE TANG SHIU KIN-HO TIM CHARITABLE FUND HAS RECEIVED A GENEROUS DONATION OF $1 MILLION FROM A COMMUNITY LEADER WHO IS WELL-KNOWN IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY.

THE PHILANTHROPIST HAD ALSO MADE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EDUCATION SECTOR IN THE PAST.

THE FUND, ADMINISTERED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES COPING WITH HARDSHIP BROUGHT ON BY UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES.

GRANTS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE EDUCATION OF A CHILD, TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT OR TO MEET THE HIGH COSTS OF MEDICAL TREATMENT OR OTHER NEEDS ARISING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY OR CHRONIC ILLNESS.

THE FUND, IN PARTICULAR, HELPS VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS, APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND CAN BE MADE TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, PO LEUNG KUK OR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.

/SOCIAL WORKERS