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THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1989

HOUSING

NOW

THAT'S THE

"WE HAVE TO IMPROVE THE STANDARDS OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND

BY BEING BUILT BEEN GOING UP THE WHOLE TIME. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS OF A MUCH HIGHER STANDARD THAN THE OLDER HOUSING. 11 SIR DAVID GRADUALLY WE HAVE TO RE-DEVELOP THOSE OLD HOUSING BLOCKS,

SAID.

LOOK FOR

TO "WE HAVE

RECREATIONAL GREATER THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE HAVE OPEN AREAS, HE ADDED.

AND FACILITIES LAND RECLAMATION 80 WE CAN

TRANSPORT INCLUDED

FACILITIES,

OTHER AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT EDUCATION, LAW AND ORDER AND THE ENVIRONMENT, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CHANGE ITS POLICY FOLLOWING DETAINEES ASKED TO BE AN INCIDENT ON GREEN ISLAND WHERE VIETNAMESE

SIR DAVID SAID: "THOSE TREATED SIMILARLY TO VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE,

BEING SETTLED PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME HERE FROM CHINA AFTER MUST GO BACK TO CHINA.

IN

CHINA,

"THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN SETTLED MUST GO BACK TO CHINA AGAIN.

SOMEWHERE ELSE AND SO

THEY

"AND THAT'S THE POLICY WHICH

HAS TO

BE

EXPLAINED TO

THESE

+

PEOPLE.

BETTER ENVIRONMENT IN STORE FOR YAU TSIM

* * *

THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN YAU TSIM DISTRICT

MADE IMPROVED AS A RESULT OF JOINT EFFORTS BEING AND THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID (THURSDAY).

WOULD BE GREATLY BY THE GOVERNMENT WILSON, SAID TODAY

THE

DISTRICT,

THE

IN

THE DETERMINATION

HIS VISIT TO SPEAKING IMMEDIATELY AFTER GOVERNOR NOTED THAT THESE JOINT EFFORTS UNDERLINED OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RESIDENTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THE DISTRICT.

LAND

THE

LACK

"I AM VERY PLEASED THAT PLANS ARE IN HAND TO RECLAIM MORE IN WEST KOWLOON TO RELIEVE THE PROBLEMS OF OVERCROWDING AND OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE OLDER PARTS OF YAU TSIM DISTRICT.

THE EFFORTS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS "I AM ALSO IMPRESSED BY

BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THEIR IMPROVE THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH BUILDINGS," SIR DAVID SAID.

TO

DISTRICT

THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON, ACCOMPANIED BY YAU TSIM OFFICER MR WONG HON-HO, STARTED THEIR TOUR OF THE DISTRICT BY VISITING THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE CLEARANCE OF DWELLING BOATS THERE.

PLANNED

/SIR DAVID