MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1978
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GOVERNOR OPENS $4 MILLION YUEN LONG SPORTS CLUB ******
THE GOVERNOR. SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IS TO ENCOURAGE THROUGH PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-CONTAINED TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND MEETING ALL OTHER SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS.
SIR MURRAY WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE $4 MILLION YUEN LONG DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION CLUBHOUSE AT TAI YUK ROAD.
+YUEN LONG IS TYPICAL, WORK HAS STARTED ON THE SHUI PIN WAI ESTATE, WHICH WILL HOUSE 11,000 PEOPLE BY 1981.
+THE RUNNING TRACK AT THE STADIUM HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND THE YUEN LONG SWIMMING POOL WILL OPEN IN 1980.
+PLANS FOR ANOTHER PRIMARY SCHOOL, TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND A MARKET ARE WELL ADVANCED- AN EXTENSIVE INDUSTRIAL AREA. IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A FURTHER INDUSTRIAL ESTATE,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.
SIR MURRAY ADDED THAT DEVELOPMENT ON THE SAME SCALE WAS ALSO UNDERWAY AT SHEUNG SHUI AND TAI PO.
SIR MURRAY EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF RESIDENTS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THESE RAPID PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS. BEING PUSHED FORWARD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+TO THIS END THERE ARE NOW ADVISORY BOARDS IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS, TO BRING TOGETHER AND BUILD ON THE COMBINED EXPERIENCE AND ENTHUSIASM OF LOCAL LEADERS, OLD AND NEW, REPRESENTATIVE ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.
IN YUEN LONG. THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD HAS ALREADY VOTED A TOTAL OF $415,000 FOR CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS PROJECTS IN THIS FINANCIAL YEAR AND $85,000 FOR MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING RENOVATION OF LOCAL PLAYGROUNDS.
SIR MURRAY SAID: THE INDICATION THAT ABOUT DOUBLE THIS YEAR'S ALLOCATION WILL BE REQUIRED TO REALISE THE AMBITIONS OF THE BOARD IN THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR IS IN ITSELF A TRIBUTE TO THE HIGHLY DEVELOPED SENSE OF LOCAL INVOLVEMENT AND COMMITMENT THAT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF YUEN LONG.+
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