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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1978
CHINA WATER AGREEMENT ******
AND THE
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS MR. DAVID MCDONALD PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT WATER ENGINEER MR. TOM TOMLINSON, LEFT FOR CANTON TODAY (TUESDAY) TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT REACHED RECENTLY FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES OF WATER TO HONG KONG BY CHINA,
MR. MCDONALD AND MR. TOMLINSON ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO HONG KONG LATER IN THE WEEK.
COLOUR BOOKLET ON MARKET TOWNS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLISHED A 36-PAGE FULL COLOUR BOOKLET ON MARKET TOWNS.
THE PUBLICATION DETAILS THE DEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR TAI PO, FAN LING, SHEUNG SHUI, SHEK WU HUI, AND YUEN LONG.
MAINLY PICTORIAL AND DIAGRAMMATIC IN CONTENT, THE BOOKLET HAS 48 COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS, SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE AÈRIAL.
PRICED AT $10 PER COPY, THE PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG.
COMMENTING ON THE NEW PUBLICATION, MR. EDDIE SHORT, ACTING DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, SAID THAT MUCH PUBLIC ATTENTION WAS NOW FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND IT WAS HIS DEPARTMENT'S INTENTION TO PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE ON THESE ACTIVITIES.
*THE MARKET TOWNS, WHICH HAVE HISTORICALLY PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE LIFE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, ARE BEING EXPANDED AND DEVELOPED AS BALANCED TOWNSHIPS, AS SELF-CONTAINED AS POSSIBLE, WITH ALL MODERN BASIC AMENITIES, HE SAID.
+WITH THE DRAWING UP OF THE LATEST PLANS, AND WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF MANY ENGINEERING PROJECTS, THE SCOPE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREAS HAS GREATLY INCREASED, TO MATCH THIS INCREASE, A NEW PROJECT TEAM HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED TO OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TAI PO AND FAN LING/SHEUNG SHUI,
MR. SHORT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT A BOOKLET ON THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN BROUGHT OUT A FEW YEARS AGO WAS NOW BEING REVISED AND WOULD BE PUBLISHED NEXT YEAR.
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