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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988

"WE HAVE CLEARLY GOT TO

AGAIN THINK

AND MORE REALISTICALLY OF ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, OTHERWISE IN THE SPACE OF A FEW YEARS THE EDGE

STAND CHEEK BY JOWL WITH THE NEW TOWNS IN THE NORTH AND WEST WILL SLUMS SIMILAR TO THOSE WE ARE CLEARING FROM THE URBAN AREA.

SOLUTIONS

I NEEDED. ARE

BELIEVE WE SHOULD "MORE RADICAL

HAPPEN. WE ARE RECOGNISE WHAT IS ALREADY THERE AND WHAT IS GOING TO NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO TURN THE CLOCK BACK TO AGRICULTURAL USE.'

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FAIRLY SIR DAVID SAID WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR THE WHOLE AREA WAS A

LOW DETAILED COMPLETE SUBURBAN PLAN INVOLVING A MIXTURE OF MEDIUM AND

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAN. DENSITY THAT WOULD GUIDE DEVELOPMENT

OR

YEARS 20

A SUBURBAN ROAD AND GRADUALLY OVER THE COURSE OF 10 DRAINAGE SYSTEM COULD BE EXTENDED AND DEVELOPED.

TOUCHING ON THE TERRITORY'S HOUSING PROGRAMMES AND HE SAID OUR HOUSING FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS HAD BEEN BUILT TO SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FORCES.

STRUCTURES, IN RESPONSE

IT WAS HE SAID IT WAS OF INTEREST TO SPECULATE AND ANALYSE WHY

FORMER HOUSING THAT THE NORTH POINT AND SO UK ESTATES - BUILT BY THE

MANY OF AUTHORITY HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE ESTATES WHICH HAVE BEEN BUILT SINCE.

YEARS' ADVANCE OF PULLED DOWN SO UK AND JUST A BIT IN ECONOMIC AND

SIR DAVID SAID: "THESE ESTATES ARE, AFTER ALL, ABOUT 30 OLD AND WILL PROBABLY LAST ANOTHER 30 YEARS. THEY WERE IN

BEING THEIR TIME, BUT NOW, WHEN FAR YOUNGER ESTATES ARE AND REBUILT AT VAST EXPENSE AND CONSIDERABLE DISTURBANCE, NORTH POINT SEEM TO PROVE THE REAL VALUE IN BUILDING ADVANCE OF THE MORE PRACTICAL RESOLUTION OF THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL PRESSURES OF THE TIME.

WE ARE BUILDING NOW

"WE SHOULD BE CONSTANTLY EXAMINING WHAT AND MAKING SURE IT, TOO, WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME.

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NEW NURSING SCHOOL OPENS IN KOWLOON HOSPITAL

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OPENED AT HEALTH SERVICES,

A NEW NURSING SCHOOL WAS TODAY (TUESDAY) OFFICIALLY THE KOWLOON HOSPITAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND DR K.L. THONG.

IMPROVISED

THE OLD SCHOOL ESTABLISHED

AT M CLASSROOM

BLOCK OF THE

THE NEW PREMISES, WHICH REPLACES SINCE 1964 IN THE SINGLE HOSPITAL, IS ONE OF THE BEST EQUIPPED NURSING SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG.

THE SCHOOL