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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1988

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PARAGRAPH (C) PROVIDED FOR THE PRESENTATION OF BILINGUAL BILLS SO THAT THEY MIGHT BE ENACTED BILINGUALLY AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 4 OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD SHORTLY BE DROUGHT INTO FORCE.

PARAGRAPH (D) SET OUT THE PROCEDURAL WHICH WERE PRESENTED то THE COUNCIL FOR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE UNDER SECTION 4(3) OF ORDINANCE.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR BILLS ENACTMENT IN ONLY ONE THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

BILLS TOOK

PARAGRAPH (E) ENSURED THAT AMENDMENTS TO BILINGUAL ACCOUNT OF EACH TEXT AND DID NOT RESULT IN CONFLICT OR DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE MEANING OF THE RELEVANT CLAUSES IN BOTH LANGUAGES.

PUBLIC HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ON SCHEDULE

PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE LABOUR SHORTAGE AFFECTED THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR ALL MARK I AND II INCLUDING THOSE IN CENTRAL KOWLOON, AND THE PROGRAMME COMPLETED BY 1990 AS SCHEDULED.

HAS NOT ESTATES,

CAN

BE

THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY), IN REPLYING TO QUESTION FROM THE HON CHENG TAK-KIN.

MR LIAO SAID SATISFACTORY PROGRESS WAS BEING MADE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FOUR ESTATES IN WANG TAU HOM, WONG TAT FU AND TUNG TAU IN CENTRAL KOWLOON.

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IN THE SIN,

LOK

BEEN

BETWEEN 1983 AND 1988, A TOTAL OF 19 BLOCKS HAD REDEVELOPED COMPARED TO 20 BLOCKS REDEVELOPED BETWEEN 1972 AND 1983.

IN THE

CONSTRUCTION OF RECEPTION ACCOMMODATION FOR RESIDENTS REMAINING 34 BLOCKS IN CENTRAL KOWLOON WAS WELL IN HAND, HE ADDED.

MR LIAO POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS NOT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S POLICY TO FORCE TENANTS AFFECTED BY REDEVELOPMENT OUT OF THEIR ORIGINAL DISTRICTS FOR REHOUSING.

ON THE CONTRARY, EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE то ENSURE THAT THEY WERE GIVEN AN ACCEPTABLE RANGE OF CHOICE IN RECEPTION AL COMMODATION.

RECENT EXPERIENCE SHOWED THAT ABOUT 15 PER CENT OF THOSE AFFECTED BY REDEVELOPMENT HAD OPTED FOR HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS, ABOUT 11 PER CENT, OF THEIR OWN VOLITION, HAD

AND BEEN REHOUSED OUTSIDE THEIR ORIGINAL DISTRICTS.

THE OTHERS HAD BEEN REHOUSED IN THE VICINITY.

TO

MERT "MK REMAINING

THERE SHOULD BE ADEQUATE LECEPTION ACCOMMODATION ASPIRATIONS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THE ELBARANCE OF THE MARK I AND 11 BLOCKS IN CENTRAL KOWLOON, MR LIAO ADDAD,

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