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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1976
MR. DON ADDED THAT PLANS FOR THE DREDGING AND REALIGNMENT OF THE SHING MUN RIVER THROUGH THE CENTRE OF THE NEW TOWN WOULD TRANSFORM IT FROM ITS PRESENT POLLUTED STATE INTO A BROAD AND PLEASANT WATERWAY AND RECREATION AREA BORDERED BY PARKLANDS,
MR. DON TOLD SIR MURRAY THAT AS A FURTHER STEP TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE NEWCOMERS TO THE TOWN, LARGE AREAS OF OPEN SPACE BOTH WITHIN THE TOWN ITSELF AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREA WERE BEING RESERVED TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
IN THE SECTION OF THE EXHIBITION TITLED +A PLACE TO WORK+, THE GOVERNOR QUESTIONED MR. DON ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW TOWN, AND WAS TOLD THAT PWD PLANNERS HAD ALLOWED FOR INDUSTRIAL LAND AND COMMERCIAL GROWTH ON A SCALE TO ENSURE THAT THERE WOULD BE JOBS FOR ALL BY THE TIME THE NEW TOWN WAS COMPLETED IN 1985.
AT THE END OF THE TOUR, SIR MURRAY MET THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. NG CHAN-LAM, AND THE TWO VICE- CHAIRMEN, MR. LAM PING-SANG AND MR. TSANG TAK-HING.
THE GOVERNOR WAS ACCOMPANIED ON HIS TOUR OF THE ESTATE BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR. D.1. MCINTOSH, AND THE CHIEF ARCHITECT, P.W.D., MR. JOSEPH LEI.
DURING HIS VISIT TO SHA TIN, THE GOVERNOR WAS INTRODUCED TO MEMBERS OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BY ITS CHAIRMAN, MR, BARRIE WIGGHAN, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (DEVELOPMENT).
EARLIER, AT TAI PO, SIR MURRAY MET THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES (GENERAL), MR. JOHN CHAMBERS, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. CLIVE OXLEY, WHO BRIEFED HIM ON THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SCHEME, DEVELOPMENTS IN TAI PO TOWN ITSELF AND ON THE SHEK WU HUI/FANLING LAY-OUT PLAN. PRESENT AT THE BRIEFING WERE THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, P.W.D., MR. J.R. WHITAKER AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE P.W.D. AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
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