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IDIOWY, JULY 15, 1974,
PUBLIC COHEUT VITED
ON TUCH KUN NEU TOUN DEVELOPMENT
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MR. DAVID LAN, DISTRICT OFFICER OF TUEN HUN, TODAY INVITED HENDERS OF THE PUCLIC TO GIVE THEIR VIEUS OR SUGGESTIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN KU, NEU TOII.
SPEAKING AT THE NEW TERRITORIES ROTARY CLUB IEETING AT THE PENINSULA HOTEL, IR. LAN SAID IT WAS THE COVERNKENT'S AI THAT THE AVERAGE HONG KONG RESIDENT SOULD FIND LIFE +VERY WHOLESOME IN THE KEU TOUN.
UP TO THIS MOMENT, HE SAID, PROGRESS ON DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN TUEN HUN HAD BEEN PROCEEDING QUITE SATISFACTORILY AND SOME 200 ACRES OF LAND HAD ALREADY DZEN FORILD AND RECLAIMED.
HE RECALLED THE RECENT SIGNING OF A CONTRACT TO BUILD A SUPER HICHWAY LINKING TUEN KUN VÍTH TOUCH LAN, AND SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK ON STAGE 1 OF THE ROAD COULD START LATER THIS YEAR AFTER THE RAINY SEASON.
+THIS ROAD WILL DEFINITELY PROVICE A GREAT IMPETUS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEV TOUN, AS IT VILL CCJUSTEDLY GIVE INDUSTRIALISTS AND PRIVATE DEVELOPERS FULL CO..PIDELICE TO PROCEED WITH THOSE DEVELOPIENT PLANS,+ SAID 12. LAN.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER ADDED THAT A WHOLE SERIES OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES HAD ESEN PLANNED TO MAKE THE NEW TOWN A COMFORTABLE AND ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE IN.
THE WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLANNED INCLUDES SHOPS, MARKETS, HAUKER BAZAARS, PARKS, PLAYCECUNDS AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THERE WILL ALSO DE CIVIC AND COMMUNITY CENTRES AS WELL AS POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS.
ON THE SALE OF LAND, MR. LAN SAID THAT CVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS NEARLY ONE MILLION SQUARE FEET OF INDUSTRIAL
ANOTHER 250,000 SQUARE LAND HAD BEEN SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION.
FEET WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR SALE BETWEEN NOU AND MARCH NEXT YEAR.
NOTE TO EDITORS: COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. LAN'S SPEECH
ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
M.