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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1994

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DURING TODAY'S LAUNCHING CEREMONY, MRS WONG AWARDED CERTIFICATES TO MORE THAN 30 REPRESENTATIVES COMPANIES.

OF

PARTICIPATING

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR IAN STRACHAN, ALSO PRESENTED THE FIRST SENIOR CITIZEN CARD TO AN ELDERLY WOMAN.

CS VISITS HOUSING HEADQUARTERS AND ESTATES

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, WAS BRIEFED ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC HOUSING ALLOCATION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING ESTATES IN KOWLOON CENTRAL DURING HER VISIT TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY).

ACCOMPANYING HER ON THE VISIT WERE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, MS ROSANNA WONG, AND DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR FUNG TUNG.

MRS CHAN FIRST TOURED ROUND THE APPLICATIONS SECTION IN THE AUTHORITY'S HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, INCLUDING THE INTERVIEW ROOMS AND THE PRIORITY SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY.

SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE SECTION HAD TO REGISTER ON AVERAGE 1,240 NEW RENTAL HOUSING APPLICATIONS MONTHLY, ΤΟ VET APPLICANTS' ELIGIBILITY AND TO ALLOCATE FLATS WITH A VIEW TO OPTIMISING THE USE OF HOUSING RESOURCES.

IN THE PRIORITY SERVICES CENTRE, SHE WAS TOLD THAT ABOUT 25 ELDERLY APPLICANTS WERE ENTERTAINED EACH DAY AND THAT GUIDED TOURS TO SHELTERED HOUSING WERE ORGANISED ONCE A MONTH.

MRS CHAN THEN MET SENIOR DIRECTORATE STAFF FOR A CHAT, DURING SHE PRESENTED A 30-YEAR LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE CERTIFICATE AND A COMMEMORATIVE GOLD PIN TO MR FUNG.

WHICH

SHE THEN DEPARTED THE HOUSING HEADQUARTERS FOR TSZ MAN ESTATE TO SEE THE LATEST HARMONY BLOCKS COMPLETED AFTER REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ESTATE.

INSIDE A SAMPLE FLAT IN THE ESTATE, SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE MODULAR CONCEPT ADOPTED IN THE HARMONY DESIGN WOULD ALLOW FOR GREATER STANDARDISATION AND QUALITY CONTROL. SHE ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE OVERALL FLAT SIZE AND UPGRADED FINISHES IN COMMON AREAS AND CORRIDORS.

TSZ

THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO THE ROOFTOP OF A NEARBY BLOCK WHERE MRS CHAN WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF REDEVELOPMENT IN WAN SHAN AREA WHILE HAVING A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE DISTRICT.

/SHE LEARNT