XN000022-1986-12-13 — Page 5

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1986

THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO LIVE IN A FAIR SOCIETY.

A LONG-TERM YOUTH POLICY COULD HELP THEM ACHIEVE THOSE AIMS AND ASPIRATIONS, HE ADDED.

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AFTER LISTENING TO THE KEY-NOTE SPEECHES, PARTICIPANTS TOOK PART IN GROUP DISCUSSIONS BEFORE THE SEMINAR ENDED.

FACELIFT FOR SHA TAU KOK WELL UNDERWAY

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THE BORDER TOWN OF SHA TAU KOK WILL BE GIVEN A COMPLETE FACELIFT IN THREE YEARS' TIME, THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SHA TAU KOK REDEVELOPMENT EXHIBITION, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT A $200-MILLION REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WAS WELL UNDERWAY WHICH WOULD, ON COMPLETION, UPGRADE THE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE IN THE AREA.

MR CHEUNG SAID THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WAS INITIATED BY THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT IN YIM LIU HA AND TSOI YUEN KOK SQUATTERS AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE MORE RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES THERE.

IT WAS ALSO IN LINE WITH GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE REMOTER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.

AMONG THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE PROGRAMME ARE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING SCHEME AND THE PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

BUILT BY THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY, THE HOUSING SCHEME WILL COVER AN AREA OF 3.8 HECTARES WITH A DESIGN WHICH WOULD BLEND WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA.

WHEN COMPLETED BY 1989, THE SCHEME WOULD ACCOMMODATE 3 400 PEOPLE IN MODERN LOW-DENSITY HOUSING, MR CHEUNG SAID, ADDING THAT THE INTAKE FOR THE FIRST PHASE WOULD START IN APRIL 1988.

TO MAINTAIN A BALANCED DEVELOPMENT AND TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS, ADEQUATE COMMUNITY FACILITIES WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE HOUSING AREA, HE SAID.

/THESE INCLUDED

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