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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1994

SAID TODAY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH

ATTRACTED A CONSIDERABLE (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE PROPOSED SCHEME HAD

ITS ANNOUNCEMENT LAST AMOUNT OF COMMENTS FROM ALL QUARTERS SINCE MONTH.

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IN THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC INTEREST

THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"WE APPRECIATE THE KEEN PROVIDING FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR THE AGED,'

PUBLIC, THE "THE LEAFLET IS AIMED AT PROVIDING MEMBERS OF THE

SCHEME

THE HOPE IN

THAT PROPOSED THE ON NECESSARY INFORMATION

HE STRESSED. DISCUSSION ON THE ISSUE WILL BE CONSTRUCTIVE,

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ALTOGETHER, 200,000 CHINESE AND 100,000 ENGLISH COPIES

LEAFLET HAVE BEEN PRINTED.

OF THE

ALL

THESE COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT

OF THE CITY AND NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE OFFICES, DISTRICT OFFICES

AND THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION

POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT

ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE GENERAL PLACE, HONG KONG.

IN ADDITION, COPIES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY MONG KOK STATIONS IN CENTRAL, CAUSEWAY BAY, KWUN TONG, WONG TAI SIN, AND TSUEN WAN BETWEEN 4.30 PM AND 7 PM TOMORROW,

BE COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED SCHEME ARE MOST WELCOME AND SHOULD SENT TO THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH, 38TH FLOOR, EXCHANGE SQUARE II, 8 CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

GOVERNOR SEES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL KOWLOON

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(WEDNESDAY)

TO

THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY SAW PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL KOWLOON DURING HIS VISIT UPPER WONG TAI SIN, CHUK YUEN SOUTH AND NORTH ESTATES.

WERE THE VISITING SHADOW VISIT ACCOMPANYING HIM ON THE

AFFAIRS, DR JACK SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH

WONG, AND CUNNINGHAM, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, MS ROSANNA DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR FUNG TUNG.

TAI SIN

THE PARTY FIRST TOURED THE RELATIVELY OLD UPPER WONG ESTATE TO SEE THE MARK I AND FORMER GOVERNMENT LOW COST HOUSING BLOCKS BUILT BETWEEN 1958 AND 1965.

6,325 FLATS

THEY WERE TOLD THAT ALL THE 20 BLOCKS CONTAINING HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR REDEVELOPMENT IN TWO PHASES, THE FIRST PHASE OF WHICH INVOLVING 13 BLOCKS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN 1994/95.

A HOUSING SPOKESMAN SAID THE AFFECTED 3,200 FAMILIES WOULD REHOUSED TO NEW FLATS ACROSS THE ROAD IN LOWER WONG TAI SIN ESTATE.

BE

/THE PARTY

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