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THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1978
AUSTRIAN ARCHITECTS AND TOWN PLANNERS VISIT THE NEW TERRITORIES
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SEVE VISITING AUSTRIAN ARCHITECTS AND TOWN PLANNERS SAID TODAY THEY WERE IMPRESSED.ITH THE MAGNITUDE AND DRAMATIC PROGRESS OF THE NEW TOWNS AND MARKET TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE REMARK WAS MADE AFTER THEY TOOK A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENTS IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN, TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN AND TAI PO MARKET TO...A AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE GROUP, HEADED BY MR. EUGENE A. GROSS, STARTED THE IR DAY-LONG PROGRAMME WITH A BRIEFING BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, NR. JOHN TODD, AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE DE. TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (DEVELOPMENT), MR. RCEERT UPTON, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (DEVELOP! ENT), MISS FRANCESCA SIDNEY, THE GROUP DROVE TO A VANTAGE POINT IN SHA TIN WAI TO HAVE A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN KEN TOWN.
THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. GERRY HIGGINSON, AND THE DISTRICT'S CHIEF ENGINEER, MR. KwEI SEE-KAN, ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO TURI! THE NEW TOWN INTO A BALANCED, SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITY OF HALF-A-MILLION PEOPLE BY ::ID-1980S.
THE GROUP THEN WENT TO TAI PO WHERE THEY WERE MET BY THE TAI PC DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. CLIVE CXLEY, AND THE DISTRICT'S ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER, MR. EOSCO KEOWN. THEY WERE TOLD THAT MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN TAI PO WOULD EVENTUALLY SWELL THE TOWN'S PRESENT POPULATION OF 32,000 TO 220,323.
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OFFICE AND WERE BRIEFED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT. OFFICER (DEVELOPMENT), R. JAMES BLACK, Me The Tous, AN PROJECT MANAGER, .R. F.E. SHORT.
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ITSUEN WAN, THE GROUP TOURED SAP TUNG UK VILLAGE, ITS MANY FACTORIES AND A TEMPORARY MARKET SITE. THEY ALSO INSPECTED WORK
THE NEW TOWN CENTRE AND NEW HOUSING ESTATES IN SHEK WAI KOK AND LET MUK SKUE.
THEY ALSO FOUND OUT FOR THEMSELVES THE LIVING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENTS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE OLD VILLAGE AND THE NEW ESTATES WITH THE MANY MODERN FACILITIES.
THE PARTY THEN SCARDED THE GOVESTMENT LAUNCH THE +TIN HAU+ TO SAIL BACK TO QUEEN'S PIER IN CENTRAL.
THE ARCHITECTS AND TOL PLANNERS ARE AMONG A GROUP OF 27 WHO ARRIVED IN HONG KONG ON TUESDAY AFTER A VISIT TO CHINA.
A VISIT TO CHINA, THEY WILL LE-VE HONG KONG C SATURDAY (JUNE 17).
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