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SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1989

MORE SERVICES TO MEET ESTATE RESIDENTS' NEEDS * * * *

THE COMMITTEE ON NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL COMMUNITY

SHOULD PROJECTS (NLCDP'S) HAS AGREED THAT NLCDP SERVICE

VI PUBLIC TO COVER MARKS III

HOUSING ESTATES то BE REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

DEVELOPMENT

EXTENDED

BE

AFFECTED

BY

UP

BY THE

-

VI

PUBLIC

THE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BY A WORKING GROUP SET

III COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS IN MARKS

BY HOUSING ESTATES AFFECTED

REDEVELOPMENT AND TO EXAMINE WHETHER NLCDP SERVICE SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THESE ESTATES.

A

THE STUDY FOUND THAT EIGHT OUT OF THE 14 ESTATES STUDIED HAD

EXTRA SERVICES ON HIGH PROPORTION OF VULNERABLE GROUPS AND REQUIRED

A SPOKESMAN FOR TOP OF NORMAL PROVISION TO MEET THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS, THE COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

"FURTHERMORE, THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF SERVICES PROCESS OF REDEVELOPMENT WOULD RESULT IN THE REQUIREMENT OF REPLACEMENT SERVICES.

DURING THE

TEMPORARY

"THE WORKING GROUP CONSIDERED THAT NLCDP, GIVEN ITS OBJECTIVE SPECIAL NEEDS AND FLEXIBILITY, WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE MEANS TO MEET OF THE VULNERABLE GROUPS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS,

EXPLAINING THE NATURE OF NLCDP'S,

SUCH PROJECTS WERE CARRIED OUT

BY

THE COMMITTEE AREAS IDENTIFIED BY FACILITIES AND WELFARE SERVICES WAS

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID SUBVENTED

PRIORITY AGENCIES IN WHERE THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL NON-EXISTENT OR INADEQUATE.

SUCH AREAS INCLUDE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, SQUATTER AREAS, COTTAGE AREAS, MARKS I AND II PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND BOAT SQUATTER AREAS ALL OF THEM ARE COMMUNITIES OF A TRANSIENT NATURE.

—

EXTENSION TO IMPLEMENT THE

OF SERVICES,

THE COMMITTEE

HAS

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OF KONG COUNCIL

SOCIAL THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND

INVITED NOMINATIONS FOR PRIORITY AREAS FOR NLCDP SERVICE IN MARKS

THE - VI PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES FROM

HONG SERVICE, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE DISTRICT OFFICES.

"DISTRICT BOARDS AND INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ALSO

ΤΟ INVITED

A GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON WHETHER THERE IS

NEED FOR NLCDP SERVICE IN

THESE

IN THEIR DISTRICTS

THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT OFFICES BEFORE JULY 20," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THROUGH

ESTATES PUBLIC HOUSING

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THE COMMITTEE WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THESE COMMENTS SELECTING NEW PROJECT AREAS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

WHEN

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