K 香港政府
GIS
新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1977
PRH 7
GOVERNOR TO OPEN EXHIBITION ON TUEN MUN
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DETAILS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR THE $3,500 MILLION TUEN MUN NEW TOWN SCHEME WILL GO ON PUBLIC SHOW FOR THE FIRST TIME NEXT MONTH AT A MAJOR EXHIBITION TO BE STAGED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE GOVERNOR, 31R MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE EXHIBITION AT THE HOH FUK TONG SECONDARY SCHOOL IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TUEN MUN ON APRIL 6.
IT WILL THEN BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10 A.M. TO 7 P.M. EACH DAY FROM APRIL 7 TO 16.
THE EXHIBITION WILL COVER ALL FACETS OF THE NEW TOWN PROJECT FROM THE PLANNING STAGE TO WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN COMPLETED.
ON DISPLAY WILL BE MODELS, MAPS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, FILMS AND COMPREHENSIVE LAYOUT PLANS DETAILING HOW THE ONCE QUIET FISHING PORT WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A THRIVING MODERN METROPOL IS OF SOME 500,000 PEOPLE BY THE MID-EIGHTIES.
THE EXHIBITION IS THE SECOND TO BE STAGED BY THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (N.T.D.D.) WHICH WAS SPECIALLY SET UP IN 1973 TO BUILD HONG KONG'S THREE NEW TOWNS AT TUEN MUN, SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN.
THE FIRST EXHIBITION, HELD IN MARCH LAST YEAR, FOCUSSED ON SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND ATTRACTED MORE THAN 70,000 VISITORS.
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THE P.W.D.'S DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR. J.R. WHITAKER, SAID TODAY THE FIRST EXHIBITION NOT ONLY ATTRACTED AIDE INTEREST BUT ALSO LED TO MANY REQUESTS FOR SIMILAR EXHIBITIONS THE OTHER NEW TOWNS.
+TO MEET THIS GROWING INTEREST WE ARE NOW GOING TO SHOW WHAT IS BEING PLANNED FOR TUEN MUN AND HOW THESE PLANS ARE TO BE TRANSLATED INTO REALITY,+ HE SAID.
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MR. WHITAKER SAID THAT TUEN MUN WAS BEING DEVELOPED IN A SERIES OF BALANCED PACKAGES DESIGNED TO BE SELF-CONTAINED, ITH ALL THE NECESSARY FACILITIES SUCH AS SCHOOLS, CLINICS, OPEN SPACES AND PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES TO CATER FOR ITS POPULATION AT EACH STAGE OF ITS GROWTH.
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