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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1987

SURVEY OFFICE RECEIVES MORE THAN 120,000 SUBMISSIONS

OFFICE

THE SURVEY

HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 120.000 SUBMISSIONS FROM THE PUBLIC GIVING THEIR VIEWS ON THE GREEN THE REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

WRITTEN PAPER ON

HE

FOR

SAID HSU, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE SURVEY OFFICE, MR ADOLF

BY THE RESPONSE. WAS MUCH ENCOURAGED

HE THANKED THE PUBLIC RESPONDING TO THE CALL BY HIS OFFICE TO SEND IN THEIR VIEWS.

MR HSU SAID THE SURVEY OFFICE WOULD NOW STAGE OF WORK, AS REQUIRED UNDER ITS TERMS OF

AND ACCURATE IMPARTIAL

REPORT AND AN GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER.

PROCEED TO THE NEXT

ΤΟ REFERENCE,

PRODUCE SUBMIT

ΤΟ IT

THE

RECORD

30.

50, WERE

THE INDEPENDENT SURVEY OFFICE WAS SET UP TO RECEIVE AND

WRITING BY SEPTEMBER ALL VIEWS ON THE GREEN PAPER EXPRESSED IN

LI FOOK-KOW AND MR ANDREW TWO INDEPENDENT MONITORS, MR APPOINTED TO OVERSEE ITS WORK.

69 OFFICERS. THE SURVEY OFFICE HAS AN ESTABLISHED STRENGTH OF

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS FROM OTHER TO COPE WITH THE WORKLOAD, SOME 160 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE NOW ATTACHED TO THE OFFICE.

A

OF

OF

SUBMISSIONS

AND

WERE

RECEIVED WERK FROM 1,013 FROM RECEIVED TODAY

UP TO YESTERDAY (SEPTEMBER 29), THE SURVEY OFFICE HAS TOTAL OF 114,967 SUBMISSIONS,

WHICH 109,832

INDIVIDUALS,

FROM GROUPS 4,122

INDIVIDUALS ORGANISATIONS. ABOUT 10,000 (SEPTEMBER 30), THE LAST DAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT THEIR VIEWS.

AND INCLUDING SUBMISSIONS SENT BY POST WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO OCTOBER 3 IF THEY BEAR A POST-MARKED DATE OF SEPTEMBER 30 OR EARLIER.

GOVERNMENT DOES ITS BEST TO MEET HOUSING DEMAND, GOVERNOR

NOW

THE

WITH THE DESIRE FOR HOUSING FOR PURCHASE

INCREASING, GOVERNMENT WAS MAKING A GREAT EFFORT

PROVIDE SUCH HOUSING, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.

TO

OF HIS VISIT TO

ΤΟ PEOPLE TRYING

SHA TIN PURCHASE

ABOUT

15

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE END

THE NUMBER OF DISTRICT, SIR DAVID SAID HOUSING FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS ENORMOUS APPLICATIONS FOR EACH SINGLE APARTMENT.

TSING 'THE MOST RECENT ONE IN MA ON SHAN AND

WAS YI

10 FOR 20 FOR EVERY APARTMENT. SO EVERY APARTMENT, SOME OTHERS HAVE BEEN

FORM OF OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A VERY POPULAR

HOUSING. IT'S A DEMAND WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DO ITS BEST TO MEET."

THE GOVERNOR