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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1986

FROM CHOI WAN, MR COUCHMAN WENT TO THE SHA KOK CHILDREN'S HOME WHERE RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICE IS PROVIDED FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN THREE AND EIGHT WHO ARE EITHER ABANDONED, ORPHANED, OR FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER CANNOT BE LOOKED AFTER IN THEIR OWN FAMILIES.

MR COUCHMAN NEXT CALLED ON THE TENANTS LIVING IN SHA TIN UNDER THE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY+ SCHEME.

UNDER THE SCHEME THE GOVERNMENT BUYS FLATS IN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS WITH SURPLUS FUNDS FROM SALES OF GOLD COINS TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR ELDERLY PERSONS WHO ARE ABLE-BODIED AND CAPABLE OF LOOKING AFTER THEMSELVES. THE FLATS IN SHA TIN CAN ACCOMMODATE 474 ELDERLY PEOPLE.

MR COUCHMAN WILL MEET THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

VILLAGE LAYOUT PLAN BEING REPLACED

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THE NGAU TAU KOK VILLAGE LAYOUT PLAN, APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL IN MARCH 1965, IS BEING REPLACED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD SAID THE LAYOUT COVERED AN AREA OF ABOUT 11.7 HECTARES BOUNDED BY NGAU TAU KOK AND KWUN TONG ROADS, AND HAD BEEN DEVELOPED GENERALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED PLAN.

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+THE APPROVED PLAN WAS, HOWEVER, DRAWN TO A SCALE AND IN A FORMAT DIFFERENT FROM CURRENT OUTLINE ZONING PLANS. IT IS DESIRABLE THEREFORE THAT IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO LINE WITH OTHER OUTLINE ZONING PLANS, HE SAID.

+THIS WILL ENABLE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE LAYOUT AREA TO BE CONTROLLED IN THE SAME WAY AS ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY STATUTORY TOWN PLANS, HE ADDED.

THE NEW LAYOUT PLAN FOR THIS AREA WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE KWUN TONG OUTLINE ZONING PLAN WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE GAZETTED EARLY NEXT YEAR.

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