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establishment of a Country Parks Service
with the necessary equipment to administer
and protect the countryside, presided over
by an Authority and a Board; the establishment
and funding by Government and private subscription
of the Jubilee Sports Centre at Shatin; the
opening of an Arts Centre and the funding of a
Conservatory of Music. Two large indoor
stadia, a sports centre on the Wanchai
reclamation, and several swimming pool
complexes are all under construction.
To make life in a better environment possible,
the population must be spread out into completely
new towns. For this, improved communications,
in both city and New Territories are essential.
Rapid progress was made during the year in a
large number of projects including the Mass
Transit Railway, many flyovers in the city, new
road tunnels out of it, and new highways in the
New Territories. Double tracking of the Kowloon/
Canton Railway is proceeding, and a consultancy
on its electrification has been let.
New sites and widespread developments in the
New Territories require a different sort of
administration to that of the more picturesque
and less crowded past. The administration was
reformed last ar by the appointment of Town
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