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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1988

TO

TO

"THEIR ROLE IN THIS FIELD NEEDS ΤΟ BE STRESSED, FOR IT IS THEIR DEVOTION AND COMMITMENT WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF MANY OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE THE DISABLED, HE SAID.

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MR CHAU PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE DEAF PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES FOR ABOUT 12,000 DEAF PARTIALLY HEARING PEOPLE IN HONG KONG SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1968.

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FURTHER DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN EASTERN DISTRICT

THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN EASTERN DISTRICT WILL BE FURTHER ENHANCED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR PHASE 3 NEXT YEAR.

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, MADE THIS REMARK FOLLOWING A VISIT ΤΟ THE DISTRICT ON WEDNESDAY

(OCTOBER 26).

IS ESSENTIAL

TO THE

"AN EFFICIENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTING LARGE-SCALE HOUSING PROJECTS AND WILL BOOST FUTURE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT IN THE YEARS TO COME," MR LAN SAID.

MR LAN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GARY YEUNG, AND THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, DURING THE VISIT.

HE FIRST VISITED KAM PING STREET, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THREE PRIVATE STREETS ΤΟ BE RESUMED UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S 1988-89 RESUMPTION PROGRAMME. THE OTHER TWO STREETS WERE SHELL STREET AND MERLIN STREET.

MR LAN HOPED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THESE STREETS COULD BE IMPROVED THROUGH JOINT EFFORTS BY GOVERNMENT

DEPARTMENT.

GARDENS

RAILWAY

THE LARGEST CORPORATION.

THE PARTY THIEN PROCEEDED TO KORNHILL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME OF THE MASS TRANSIT IT ACCOMMODATES MORE THAN 35,000 RESIDENTS.

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