WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 137-
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AUSTRIAN ARCHITECTS AND TOWN PLANNERS IMPRESSED WITH HONG KONG DEVELOPMENTS
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A GROUP CF 27 AUSTRIAN ARCHITECTS, TOWN PLANNERS AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS, NOW VISITING HONG KONG, CALLED AT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS IN MURRAY BUILDING THIS MORNING,
DURING THEIR HOUR-LONG STAY, THEY HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH OFFICIALS OF THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE ON TOWN PLANNING TRENDS IN HONG KONG WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE INSTANT CITIES+ WHICH HONG KONG IS PIONEERING IN ITS RAPID PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ITS NEW TOWNS AND SATELLITE MARKET TOWNS.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT AT THE DISCUSSIONS WERE THE GOVERNIENT TOWN PLANNER HR. J.Z. WIGGLESWORTH- CHIEF TOWN PLANNER (CUTLINE PLANNING), MR. K.S. PUN AND TOW!! PLANNER (ADMINISTRATION), IR. P.C. CHAN.
AFTER THE MEETING, THE PARTY PAID A VISIT TO THE P.w.D.'S
SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
THERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY MR. ALLEN CROSBY, CHIEF TOWI PLANNER (SHA TIN), AND WERE TAKEN ON A TOUR OF VARIOUS ENGINEERING AND HOUSING PROJECTS IN SHA TIK.
THE LEADER OF THE AUSTRIAN GROUP, DR. OTTO J. GOLGER, OF THE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, SAID HE WAS AMAŽED AT THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE HERE.
DR. GOLGER, WHO WAS HERE BETWEEN 1965 AND 1968 AS A LECTURER IN ARCHITECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, SAID THAT THE MANY NEW ROADS, FLYOVERS, AND BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS HERE WERE A CONSIDERABLE CHANGE AND HE LIKED HAT HE SAW.
CTHER VISITORS ACCOMPANYING DR. GOLGER MERE IMPRESSED IN GENERAL BY THE CLEANLINESS OF THE VARIOUS PLACES THEY SA....
THE VISITORS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE CAMERAVEN FROM THE AUSTRIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, ARRIVED HERE YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) ON THEIR WAY HOME AFTER A VÍSIT TO CHINA,
THEY WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON SATURDAY.
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