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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1987

THE VARIOUS

TENCHNO-ECONOMIC

STUDIES

HAVE

HIGHLIGHTED SOME

BY THE WHERE THE

DEFICIENCIES IN THE PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT SERVICES OFFERED

TO INTRODUCE NEW HKPC. SO, THE HKPC INTENDS

SERVICES

POTENTIAL FOR APPLYING THE TECHNOLOGIES INVOLVED IS HIGH.

CHANGE AND INNOVATION, GIVEN THE RAPID PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL

SO THAT THE IDB ALSO AGREED THAT ANNUAL REVIEWS SHOULD BE CONDUCTED EXISTING SERVICES CAN BE RE-APPRAISED AND NEW SERVICES INTRODUCED.

GOVERNOR, CS LOOK AT LIFE IN POPULATED AREAS

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WILSON, AND

THE

CHIEF

DAVID SIR THE GOVERNOR, MR DAVID FORD, PAID AN IMPROMPTU VISIT TO TAI KOK TSUI AND THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING TO LOOK AT ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG'S MOST HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS.

THE

SECRETARY, KWUN

TONG

AND

CONDITIONS LIVING

SIR DAVID

AND

ACCOMPANIED BY SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT STAFF, MR FORD FIRST WENT TO A BEDSPACE APARTMENT IN FUK TSUN STREET,

THEY MET SOME OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE

FLAT CONGESTED

ΤΟ

SEE

HOW THEY COPED WITH THEIR DAILY LIFE.

THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY THEN ESTATE IN KWUN TONG, ONE OF THE OLDEST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN KONG.

то WENT

TSUI

PING

HONG

WAS

THEY WERE TOLD BY HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT THE ESTATE

TOILETS AND BATHROOMS BEING REDEVELOPED AND WERE SHOWN OLD COMMUNAL

SHARED BY WHICH HAD BEEN CONVERTED TO SHOWER-ROOM/TOILET UNITS TO BE TWO FAMILIES.

BEFORE LEAVING THE ESTATE, THE GOVERNOR VISITED HAD A CHAT WITH THE TEACHING STAFF THERE.

A SCHOOL AND

AREAS

MAU HOME ΤΟ HAVE A AND SAW

THE FINAL STOP OF THEIR VISIT WAS THE SQUATTER AREA IN SAU PING. SIR DAVID AND MR FORD WALKED THROUGH THE AREA WHICH IS

WHERE CLEARANCES ABOUT 6,000 RESIDENTS. THEY WERE SHOWN BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO REMOVE HUTS ON OR NEAR DANGEROUS SLOPES NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENT WORKS SUCH AS THE INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS, CONCRETE-PAVING OF FOOTPATHS AND PROVISION OF TOILETS.

SIR DAVID AND MR FORD TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS AND ASPIRATIONS.

SOME OF

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