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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1975
THE SECRETARY ALSO DISCLOSED THAT NEXT YEAR SOME 400,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL LAND WOULD BE OFFERED TO HOLDERS OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS, AND IN ADDITION, THERE WERE AREAS OF INDUSTRIAL AND LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND WHICH MAY BE EXCHANGED.
MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THAT LAST YEAR HIS DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN HANDLING PROPOSALS TO BUILD A 40-STOREY WAREHOUSE, AN AERIAL ROPEWAY, A 200-FOOT HIGI BUDDHA AND A SAFARI PARK.
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+IF WE CAN FIND A SUITABLE AREA OF LAND, I DO NOT SEE WHY WE CANNOT COPE WITH A ZOO IF THAT IS THOUGHT TO BE A USEFUL AND INTERESTING ADDITION TO THE SCOPE OF LIFE IN HONG KONG,+ HE ADDED.
TURNING TO THE CRIME SITUATION, MR. AKERS-JONES
SAID THAT BY AND LARGE THE NEU TERRITORIES, APART FROM TSUEN WAN, HAD NOT BEEN INFESTED WITH THIS PROBLEM AND THE PEOPLE OF THE MARKET TOWNS AND VILLAGES WERE DETERMINED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
THE SECRETARY DESCRIBED AS UNNECESSARY AND ALARMING PRESS. REPORTS WHICH SAID THAT HE WAS ORGANISING 'POSSES OF VIGILANTES'.
HE SAID THE HEUNG YEE KUK, THE DISTRICT FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEES, THE POLICE AND THE NTA WERE RE-EXAMINING THE FUNCTION OF THE WELL-ESTABLISHED RURAL SYSTEM OF VILLAGE GUARDS, WHICH HAD ALL ALONG DEEN, AND IS STILL MAINTAINED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO SEE HOW THE SYSTEM COULD BE ADAPTED AND IMPROVED TO HELP IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
+IN TOWN AND COUNTRY, THE PEOPLE ARE ORGANISING THEMSELVES TO ASSIST THE POLICE TO DRIVE OUT THIS THREAT TO OUR SOCIETY AND WE WILL DO SO, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID.
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