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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1974.
GOVERNOR INSPECTS TUEN MUN DEVELOPMENT -
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SPENT THIS CTHURSDAY) AFTERNOON TOURING THE TUEN MUN AREA OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONĖS, AND THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. DAVID LAN, THE GOVERNOR WAS SHOWN THE VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN HUN NEW TOWN.
TUEN MUN AT PRESENT HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 40,000, BUT SHOULD REACH 500,000 BY 1983 WHEN THE NEW TOWN SHOULD BE FULLY DEVELOPED.
THE FIRST STAGE SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOME TIME NEXT YEAR. UP TO NOW 200 ACRES OF LAND HAVE BEEN FORMED AND PARTIALLY DEVELOPED WITH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOUSING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
A TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT MORE PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE AREA WAS EXPECTED FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS GOING AHEAD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIX-LANE SUPER HIGHWAY TO TUEN MUN.
DESIGN WORK ON THE SECOND STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT HAS ALREADY STARTED AND WORK SHOULD BEGIN TOWARDS THE LATTER PART OF NEXT YEAR.
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AN ENGINEERING STUDY HAS ALSO BEGUN ON STAGE THREE AND ACTUAL WORK SHOULD START IN LATE 1976.
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