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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1994

TOURED

THE PARTY THEN DEPARTED FOR CHUK YUEN SOUTH ESTATE AND THE SHOPPING CENTRE WHICH SERVED 13,400 FAMILIES OF BOTH THE CHUK YUBN SOUTH AND NORTH ESTATES.

KINDS

AT THE FIVE-STOREYED SHOPPING CENTRE, THEY SAW DIFFERENT OF GOODS AVAILABLE FROM THE 45 SHOPS AND 180 MARKET STALLS, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS, SUPERMARKETS AND COOKED FOOD STALLS.

GAMES HALL,

THE GROUP THEN DROPPED INTO THE CHUK YUEN INDOOR

A WIDE RANGE OF ONE OF THE SOCIAL FACILITIES PROVIDED FOR TENANTS. COMMUNITY, WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WERE ALSO PROVIDED IN ESTATES.

THE

A

THEY THEN CAME TO A CHINESE-STYLE CARP GARDEN WHICH PROVIDED PLEASANT

AS A MAJOR AREA FOR THE ESTATE COMMUNITY AS WELL RESTING

OPENING IN VISITING SPOT FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS VISITORS SINCE ITS EARLY 1991.

THE PARTY THEN WENT TO THE ROOF TOP OF A BLOCK FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.

THEY WERE BRIEFED THAT AT PRESENT THERE WERE ONLY 13,700 PEOPLE MANY YEARS LIVING IN THE DIAMOND HILL SQUATTER AREAS, WHICH RAD FOR

LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF BERN THE SITE OF ONE OF THE TERRITORY'S SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS.

THIS

MAJOR

WAS ACHIEVED AFTER THREE

OPERATIONS CLEARANCE

FOR 1987 AND 1992 TO MAKE WAY CARRIED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN

AND A PUBLIC THE TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL, THE FUNG TAK ROAD EXTENSION TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

REHOUSING PLANS FOR THE REMAINING SQUATTER POPULATION WERE PROGRESS, HE ADDED.

IN

MR PATTEN AND THE PARTY THEN VISITED A FAMILY OF FOUR LIVING IN A 36.5-SQUARE-METRE FLAT IN WAI YUEN HOUSE, CHUK YUEN NORTH ESTATE.

FROM

DAUGHTER HAD THEY LEARNED THAT THE COUPLE AND THEIR SON AND MOVED INTO THE FLAT FOUR YEARS AGO THROUGH AN EXTERNAL TRANSFER KAI YIP ESTATE IN NGAU CHI WAN.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE HEARING POSTPONED

*

HEARING SCHEDULED FOR WILL BE POSTPONED AS FORMER DIRECTOR OF IMPORTANT WITNESS IN THE WILL BE UNABLE TO TURN UP AT

THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE'S PUBLIC TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 9 AM BUILDINGS AND LANDS, MR CHAU CHAM-SON, AN SALE OF A COMMERCIAL SITE IN GARDEN ROAD, THE MEETING.

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