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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1977
TURNING TO TSUEN WAN, MR. CHAN SAID THAT SINCE THE DECISION IN 1973 TO EXPAND IT TO A NEW TOWN OF 900,000 PEOPLE, A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PROJECTS HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
THESE INCLUDED THE DIVISIONAL POLICE STATION AND THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX IN KWAI CHUNG.
HE SAID WORK ON MANY MORE HAD BEGUN. AMONG THEM WERE FIVE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL AT HA KWAI CHUNG.
IN ADDITION, 18 MORE SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND 16 PRIMARY SCHOOLS WERE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME AND WERE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN BATCHES BEFORE 1981.
MR. CHAN FELT SURE THAT A MAJOR FACILITY WHICH THE POPULATION OF TSUEN WAN WOULD TAKE PRIDE IN WAS THE MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITOR FUM NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED NEAR TSUEN WAN MAGISTRACY.
HE SAID THAT THE AUDITORIUM WAS SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
WHEN COMPLETED IN LATE 1979, IMPORTANT CONCERTS, OPERAS, PLAYS AND STAGE SHOWS COULD BE HELD LOCALLY IN TSUEN WAN.
ON COMMUNICATION, MR. CHAN SAID THAT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROAD SYSTEM BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLYOVERS AND PEDESTRIAN GRADE-SEPARATIONS WERE BEING PURSUED ACTIVELY.
AND HE WAS SURE THAT THE DECISION TO EXTEND THE MASS TRANS IT RAILWAY TO TSUEN WAN WAS WELCOMED BY THE EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN.
MR. CHAN SAID: +SOMEWHAT LIKE SHA TIN, TUEN MUN IS BEING DEVELOPED MAINLY BY RECLAMATION, OBTAINING THE FILLING MATERIAL FROM THE HILLSIDES,
+ IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE NOW LIVING IN IT, THE TOWN IS STILL SMALL.
BUT, HE ADDED THAT MUCH LAND WAS BEING FORMED AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WAS PROGRESSING AT A GRATIFYING SPEED TOWARDS THE TARGET OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE FOR THE NEW TOWN.
ALSO MAKING GOOD PROGRESS IS THE WORK ON SEVERAL MAJOR RECLAMATION CONTRACTS.
MR. CHAN SAID THAT THE FUTURE TOWN CENTRE WOULD BE LOCATED AT THE MAIN BAY IN TUEN MUN WHICH WAS NOW ABOUT HALF FILLED.
IT WOULD CONSIST OF A SERIES OF BUILDINGS, HOUSING A PUBLIC LIBRARY, A STUDY CENTRE, A THEATRE, ART GALLERY AND AN AUDITORIUM. ́A MAGISTRACY AND A GOVERNMENT OFFICE BLOCK WOULD ALSO BE BUILT THERE.
/ON HOUSING,