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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1994

THAN 300

HE SAID IN PHASE I, APPROVAL HAD BEEN GIVEN TO MORE APPLICANTS TO BUY THEIR FLATS.

THE REMAINING PRE-QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, SELECTED FROM AMONG THE 3,500 APPLICANTS, ARE BEING PROCESSED BY THE HOUSING SOCIETY.

TO ALL GIVEN IT IS EXPECTED THAT APPROVAL WILL BR QUALIFIED APPLICANTS TO BUY THEIR FLATS BEFORE THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR.

MR EASON SAID WORK WAS ALSO PROGRESSING WELL ON THE SCHEME TO BUILD FLATS FOR SALE BELOW THE MARKET RATE TO THE CLASS.

FULLY CURRENT

LONG-TERM SANDWICH

ON SHAN AND MONTH FOR

IT IS EXPECTED FIVE SITES (ON TSING YI, AT MA TSEUNG KWAN O) WILL BE ALLOCATED TO HOUSING SOCIETY NEXT PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 5,000 FLATS,

PRESALE OF THESE FLATS IS PLANNED TO BEGIN IN EARLY 1995.

BE READY FOR

THE

UNITS

ON TSING YI WILL FIRST TOWARDS THE END OF 1995.

OCCUPATION

MORE SITES ARE BEING IDENTIFIED FOR PRODUCTION OF FLATS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO COME ON STREAM BY 1997.

5,000 MORB

ON PUBLIC HOUSING, MR EASON SAID AN ADDITIONAL 49 HECTARES

TO MID-1993 LAND WERE ALLOCATED TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN SHORTFALLS IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

OF

MEET

THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO IDENTIFIED TWO MORE HECTARES OF LAND IN ORDER ΤΟ THE URBAN AREA FOR ALLOCATION TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN REDUCE THE WAITING TIME OF ELDERLY SINGLE PERSONS.

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MR EASON SAID WORK WAS ALSO PROGRESSING WELL IN SETTING TASK FORCE TO DEAL WITH DEGRADATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE CONVERSION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND INTO OPEN STORAGE YARDS FOR BOXES,

CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND CAR STRIPPING.

PREPARATORY WORK IS ALREADY BEING UNDERTAKEN BY A CORE POSTS WILL BE CREATED FOR THE FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TASK IN APRIL.

GROUP.

FORCE

PRIORITY

GIVEN BY THE

TASK

FORCE

SURVEYING

UP

BE WILL

TO PROBLEMATIC AREAS IN THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES AND TO DRAWING ACTION PLANS TO CLEAR OR RELOCATE ACTIVITIES FROM THEM.

HAND TO

ESTABLISH

WORK IS

IN

A ALSO

SPECIAL CONSISTING MAINLY OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS TO MONITOR THE WORK TASK FORCE.

ENVIRONMENTAL

COMMITTEE OF THE

PROTECTION,

MR

ON GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMMES ON EASON SAID 1993 HAD BEEN A VERY FRUITFUL AND REWARDING YEAR.

THE SECOND REVIEW OF THE "OUR NEW INITIATIVES ARE OUTLINED IN

COMPREHENSIVE 1989 WHITE PAPER ON THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH ALSO GIVES A REVIEW OF THE VARIOUS PROGRAMMES UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT.

THE PUBLIC

THOUGH,

"IN GENERAL, THE REPORT HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY INCLUDING GREEN GROUPS, DISTRICT BOARDS AND INDUSTRIALISTS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THERE ARE THOSE WHO WISH TO DO MORE AND GO FASTER,

/"WE HAVE