XN000022-1988-03-11 — Page 8

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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1988

"WE HAVE ALSO MANAGED TO SET OUT FUTURE PLANS IN THE LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY WHICH IS NOT SO MUCH NEW AS A LOGICAL EXTENSION OF THE EXCELLENT PROGRAMMES WHICH THE DEPARTMENT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE

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YEARS, HE ADDED.

BIDDING FAREWELL ΤΟ MR TODD DEPARTMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR HAD BEEN MANY ACHIEVEMENTS TO MR TODD'S

ON BRHALF OF THE HOUSING FRED PANG, SAID THAT THERE CREDIT.

BEEN THE

"AND PERHAPS OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE HAD INITIATIVE HE TOOK TO REVIEW THE BASIC POLICY OBJECTIVES OF HOUSING, HE SAID.

THE REVIEW CULMINATED IN THE LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY WHICH WAS PUBLISHED AS A POLICY STATEMENT IN APRIL 1987.

THE STRATEGY HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN ENDORSED BOTH BY THE GOVERNMENT R AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS THE PRINCIPAL QUIDELES THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING UP TO THE YEAR 2001.

FOR

OTHER MAJOR POLICIES HAD ALSO BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SCRUTINY REVIEW, AND NEW PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR

SETTING OF DOMESTIC RENTS AND FOR THE PROVISION OF SUBSIDISED HOUSING TO BETTER-OFF TENANTS, MR PANG SAID.

AND

THE

THE

HOUSING

AUTHORITY,

MR

ON

THE STAFF

TURNING TO THE RE-ORGANISATION OF PAND SAID THIS WOULD PLACE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN HIS DEPARTMENT.

"WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE CONFIDENCE WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAS SHOWN IN OUR ABILITY TO COPE WITH THESE CHANGES

HE SUCCESSFULLY,"

SAID.

LATER, MR PANG ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT PRESENTED MR TODD A CHINESE SCROLL AND AN ALBUM CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIS ACTIVITIES DURING HIS TWO-YEAR TERM OF OFFICE AS SECRETARY FOR HOUSING.

STANDING COMMISSION PUBLISHES 7TH PROGRESS REPORT

CIVIL

WHICH

SERVICE SALARIES AND THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CONDITIONS OF SERVICE HAS PUBLISHED ITS SEVENTH PROGRESS REPORT GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF ITS WORK IN 1987.

A

ONE FOR THE COMMISSION. IT THE YEAR WAS ANOTHER ACTIVE

1986 PAY LEVEL SURVEY AND PUBLISHED COMPLETED ITS WORK ON THE REPORT (REPORT NO. 18) IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR.

THE COMMISSION .....