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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1989

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"THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY HAS BEEN BUILDING PUBLIC HOUSING IN HONG KONG FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

IN 1948,

HAS

NEEDS OF

THE SOCIETY "SINCE

BEGAN IT

TO OPERATE CONTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF NEARLY 34,000 FLATS TO HELP MEET THE LOWER INCOME FAMILIES," HE SAID.

THE

GOVERNOR

SAID THAT

THE CLAGUE SIGNIFICANT NEW VENTURE FOR THE SOCIETY, PROVIDE A MIX OF FLATS FOR SALE AND FOR RENT IN THE SAME DEVELOPMENT.

RESPONDS

TO

WAS GARDEN ESTATE BEING THE FIRST ESTATE

A

TO

IN DESIRE

THE

A GROWING "THIS NEW APPROACH COMMUNITY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP AS WELL AS HOME RENTAL.

"THIS IS A TREND WHICH DESERVES TO BE

SAID.

"

ENCOURAGED, SIR DAVID

ALSO

PROVIDED 77

FLATS

ESPECIALLY

DESIGNED FOR

ELDERLY

TO LIVE ON HAVE ACCESS

THE ESTATE ELDERLY PEOPLE.

PEOPLE

"THESE WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN IN SELF-CONTAINED UNITS AND, AT THE SAME TIME. TO WARDEN SERVICES AS WELL AS SOME COMMUNAL FACILITIES.

FOR ELDERLY "THE SOCIETY HAS BEEN PROVIDING SHELTERED HOUSING

FIFTH IN THE

OF ITS SCHEME PEOPLE SINCE 1977 AND THESE NEW FLATS

OF SOURCE

SHELTERED ADDITIONAL A PROVIDE KIND

VALUABLE

THE GOVERNOR SAID. ACCOMMODATION FOR SOME OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS,

WILL

SAID SIR YEARS, MADE

THE GOVERNOR DOUGLAS CLAGUE, PAYING TRIBUTE TO SIR DOUGLAS AS CHAIRMAN OF HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY FOR 28 A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC HOUSING IN HONG KONG.

THE IMPORTANCE OF IN RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

"FROM THE VERY EARLY DAYS, SIR DOUGLAS SAW

AND PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY THE SOCIETY'S ESTATES.

"HE ALSO SAW THE NEED FOR BETTER

LANDSCAPING AS A MEANS OF

HE ADDED.

IMPROVING LIVING CONDITIONS IN A CONGESTED URBAN AREA,

"THIS ESTATE, NAMED AFTER SIR DOUGLAS, IS

A FITTING MEMORIAL

TO HIS VISION AND DEDICATION,

HE SAID.

PARTICULAR

SIR DAVID SAID THAT IT WAS A

PLEASURE THAT THREE

HER SON JONATHAN,

PRESENT TO

CLAGUE, FAMILY-LADY GENERATIONS OF THE CLAGUE DAUGHTER ISOLIN AND GRANDCHILDREN EMMA AND GEORGINA, WERE CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE ESTATE BEARING THEIR FAMILY NAME.

"THEIR PRESENCE MAKES THIS A DOUBLY AUSPICIOUS

GOVERNOR SAID.

"

OCCASION, THE

DAVID CONGRATULATED THE CONTRACTOR AND ALL THOSE ON THE SUCCESSFUL

LOOKING AT THE IMPRESSIVE NEW ESTATE, SIR THE HOUSING SOCIETY, THE ARCHITECTS, ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF CLAGUE GARDEN COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.

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