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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1977
COMPREHENSIVE EFFORTS BEING MADE IN N.T. DEVELOPMENT ******
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE HON. DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY NAMED A LONG LIST OF COMMUNITY PROJECTS TO SHOW THE SCALE AND COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
AND HE DESCRIBED THAT LONG LIST AS ONLY A +SAMPLE+ HE HAD CHOSEN TO ILLUSTRATE THE COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT NOW BEING MADE.
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL POLICY DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. AKERS-JONES POINTED OUT THERE WAS NOW A MUCH MORE CONSCIOUS AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT AND TO THE NEEDS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ON EDUCATION, HE SAID 21 NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS WOULD BE BUILT IN TUSEN WAN, EIGHT IN SHA TIN AND SIX IN TUEN MUN IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THREE YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR ALL PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVERS.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE ADDED, TAI PO, SAI KUNG AND LANTAU WILL EACH HAVE A NEW SCHOOL AND YUEN LONG WILL HAVE TWO.
THESE NEW SCHOOL PROJECTS ARE ADDITIONAL TO A NUMBER OF OTHERS WHICH WERE BUILT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OR WHICH ARE DUE TO OPEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID.
IN THE FIELD OF MEDICAL FACILITIES, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THERE WERE PLANS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION OF HOSPITALS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
APART FROM THE CLINICS AND HOSPITALS MENTIONED BY THE GOVERNOR, HE SAID THE POK OI HOSPITAL HAD BEEN UPGRADED TO A DISTRICT HOSPITAL PROVIDING A 24-HOUR CASUALTY SERVICE.
PLANS ARE WELL IN HAND TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE HOSPITAL BY 200 BEDS, HE SAID, AND THE HOSPITAL HAS ALSO NOW BEEN PLACED ON A DEFICIENCY GRANT ÉASIS.
OTHER IMPROVEMENT PLANS INCLUDE AN INCREASE OF 50 BEDS EACH IN THE FANL ING HOSPITAL AND THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL IN TSUEN WAN.
AS REGARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HALLS IN EACH OF THE THREE NEW TOWNS, MR. AKERS-JONES DESCRIBED IT AS +A DEVELOPMENT OF FAR-REACHING SIGNIFICANCE, NOT ONLY IN THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES BUT FOR THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG.+
IN ADDITION TO THE TOWN HALLS, HE SAID, COMMUNITY CENTRES ARE TO BE PROVIDED IN EACH OF THE NEW TOWNS FOR EACH 100,000 PEOPLE AND ALMOST EVERY HOUSING ESTATE WILL HAVE A SMALLER COMMUNITY HALL.
OUTSIDE. THE NEW TOWNS, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS EXAMINING THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING AN IMPROVED AIR-CONDITIONED AUDITORIUM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUILDING OF A SECONDARY SCHOOL IN YUEN LONG, AND IN SHEUNG SHUI, PLANS WERE WELL ADVANCED FOR A COMMUNITY CENTRE.
/REGARDING