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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1977
PLANS WERE DRAWN UP PROGRESSIVELY, FIRSTLY, TO LINK THE OLD URBAN AREA TO AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN WHICH MORE SPACIOUS AND MORE THOROUGHLY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
SECONDLY, IN THE OLD URBAN AREA ITSELF, THERE WERE PLANS TO BUILD A BASIC NETWORK OF NEW MOTOR ROADS TO FREE TRAFFIC FROM THE OLD CONGESTED STREETS AND PROMOTE A MORE EFFICIENT PUBLIC BUS SERVICE.
THIS WOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH AN UNDERGROUND MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY WHICH WOULD RELIEVE PRESSURE ON SURFACE TRANSPORT, SIR MURRAY SAID.
+SO WE HAVE RUN THE FULL COURSE FROM THE 50S, WHEN PLANNING WAS CONFINED TO THE BAREST NECESSITIES AND DIRECTED TO THE CROWDED HARBOUR AREA, TO THE PRESENT PROCEDURE OF BUILDING NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES PLANNED TO PROVIDE ALL THAT IS NECESSARY FOR A COMPLETE COMMUNITY, AND WITH THESE ELEMENTS BEING BUILT TOGETHER, FROM THE START, BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUILDING INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND A PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE SAME PLAN, ON LAND PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT.+
+WHILE THE METHODS WE HAVE ADOPTED ARE OUTWARDLY THOSE OF THE ENGINEERS, THE ARCHITECTS AND THE TOWN PLANNERS, THE BASIC PROBLEM AND OBJECTIVE REMAINS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WITHIN WHICH THE PEOPLE CAN LIVE AN ACCEPTABLE AND SATISFYING LIFE, SIR MURRAY SAID,
FIRST MEETING OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD
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THE NEWLY-ESTABLISHED TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD HELD ITS FIRST MEETING TODAY.
BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, ADDRESSED THE BOARD MEMBERS AND PRESENTED TO THEM LETTERS OF APPOINTMENT SIGNED BY SIR DENYS ROBERTS IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF SECRETARY.
THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANGER, MR. JAMES HAYES.
IN HIS OPENING SPEECH TO THE GATHERING, MR. HAYES PRAISED MEMBERS OF THE RECREATION AND AMENITIES COMMITTEE -- THE FORERUNNER OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK THEY HAD DONE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
+ THE COMMITTEE'S TERMS OF REFERENCE INCLUDED ALL ASPECTS OF PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF RECREATIONAL AMENITIES FOR THE NEW TOWN AND THE PROMOTION OF THE PRIVATE BODIES ENGAGED IN THIS FIELD, HE SAID.
/IN THE