SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1377
TUEN MUN NEW TOWN EXHIBITION HAILED A SUCCESS
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TUEN MUN COMMUNITY LEADERS TODAY GREETED THE SUCCESS OF THE P.W.D.'S TUEN MUN NEW TOWN EXHIBITION WHICH ENDED THIS EVENING AS CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE GROWING INVOLVEMENT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THEIR NEW TOWN.
MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE FILED THROUGH THE EXHIBITION AT THE HOH FUK TONG COLLEGE DURING THE TEN DAYS SINCE IT WAS OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AND A GROUP OF LOCAL LEADERS AT A JOINT CEREMONY ON APRIL 6.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. LAU WONG-FAT, SAID THAT THE EXHIBITION STAGED BY THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAD GIVEN THE PEOPLE OF TUEN MUN THEIR FIRST REAL CHANCE TO SEE IN DETAIL WHAT THE GOVERNMENT PLANNED FOR THEIR FUTURE.
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+AND I MUST SAY THAT AFTER STUDYING THE EXHIBITION THE PLANS FOR NEW HOUSING, ALL THE SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, THE PROPOSALS FOR SO MANY NEW SCHOOLS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES 1 AM NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW TOWN WITH A GROWING FEELING OF EXCITEMENT, HE SAID.
+THE MODELS AND PLANS WE HAVE SEEN MAKE IT CLEAR JUST HOW MUCH CAREFUL PLANNING AND RESEARCH ARE GOING INTO THE WHOLE SCHEME, AND I HOPE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP US INFORMED OF ITS PLANS SO AS TO KEEP FOSTERING THIS FEELING OF UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.+
MR. LAU SAID HE WAS PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE KEEN INTEREST SHOWN BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR NEW TOWN, AND HE HOPED THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WOULD CONSIDER STAGING SIMILAR DISPLAYS IN FUTURE TO STIMULATE EVEN GREATER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE GROWTH OF TUEN MUN.
+ I WAS ALSO VERY GLAD TO SEE THE GREAT CARE BEING TAKEN BY THE PLANNERS TO PRESERVE SUCH IMPORTANT LOCAL FEATURES AS THE TIN HAU TEMPLE, YEUNG STU HANG VILLAGE, MAJOR FUNG SHUI FEATURES AND THE TSING SHAN MONASTRY WHICH DATES BACK 1,500 YEARS.
+THESE MEAN A GREAT DEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF TUEN MUN, AND THEIR PRESERVATION WILL ENSURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THE NEW TOWN WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN CLOSE LINKS WITH THEIR CULTURAL PAST,+ SAID MR. LAU.
THE P.W.D.'S PROJECT MANAGER FOR TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, MR. NICKY CHAN SAID THE EXHIBITION HAD CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THE VAST INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
+WE'VE HAD THOUSANDS OF VISITORS NOT ONLY FROM TUEN MUN ITSELF, BUT FROM THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES AND KOWLOON.
/+HE' RE