FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1977
NEW LOOK PLANNED FOR TOWN SQUARES IN TSUEN WAN
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RESIDENTS OF TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN WILL BE ABLE TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT NEXT WEEK ON HOW THEY FEEL THEIR TOWN CAN BE BEAUTIFIED.
THE TSUEN WAN RECREATION AND AMENITIES (ADVISORY) COMMITTEE WHICH HAS A MAJORITY OF UNOFFICIALS DRAWN FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, IS PLANNING TO GIVE A NEW LOOK TO EACH OF THE FIVE TOWN SQUARES IN TSUEN WAN AS PART OF THE LONG-TERM PLAN TO IMPROVE THE TOWN'S ENVIRONMENT.
A SIX-DAY EXHIBITION STARTING NEXT TUESDAY (JUNE 21) WILL SHOW A NUMBER OF PROPOSED DESIGNS AND MODELS FOR THE TOWN SQUARES AND PEOPLE ATTENDING WILL BE INVITED TO COMMENT.
THE IR SUGGESTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR INCORPORATION INTO FUTURE IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES PLANNED FOR TAI PEI SQUARE, YI PEI SQUARE, SAM PEI SQUARE, HAU TEI SQUARE AND LO TAK COURT.
THE DESIGNS AND MODELS HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY A GROUP OF THIRD-YEAR ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS FROM THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THEIR DEPARTMENT HEAD, PROF. K.C. LYE.
THE EXHIBITION, ENTITLED +TSUEN WAN -- OLD AND NEW+, WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED ON MONDAY (JUNE 20) BY THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES, PROF. LYE, AND THE TSUEN WAN RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR. PETER YEUNG.
MR. HAYES SAID TODAY THE EXHIBITION AIMS AT INVOLVING MORE PEOPLE OF TSUEN WAN IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR NEW TOWN,
HE SAID THE EXHIBITION WOULD GIVE LOCAL PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY OF EXPRESSING THE IR VIEWS ON HOW THEY FEEL THEIR TOWN SQUARES SHOULD LOOK IN FUTURE.
+ I HOPE THEY WILL TAKE A KEEN INTEREST IN THE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME AND THEIR SUGGESTION WOULD BE MOST WELCOME, + HE SAID.
MR. HAYES SAID SUGGESTION BOXES WOULD BE PROVIDED TO COLLECT IDEAS DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF THE EXHIBITION.
THE EXHIBITION IS A JOINT VENTURE BY THE TSUEN WAN RECREATION AND AMENITIES (ADVISORY) COMMITTEE, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY.
APART FROM THE DESIGNS AND MODELS, IT WILL DISPLAY PHOTOGRAPHS OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND MEASURED DRAWINGS OF SOME OF THE PLACES IN TSUEN WAN SAM TUN UK, WO YI HOPE VILLAGE, HOI PA OLD VILLAGE AND TIN HAU TEMPLE.
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