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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1979
MR. HAYES POINTED OUT THAT SINCE SIR PAUL'S LAST VISIT TO TSUEN WAN IN SEPTEMBER, 1976:
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TWO SPORTSGROUNDS, ONE A FOUR-HECTARE COMPLEX, HAVE BEEN OPENED AND WORK HAS STARTED ON A 1,500-SEAT TOWN HALL AND CULTURAL COMPLEX AND AN INDOOR SPORTS STADIUM.
* FIVE NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND ANOTHER FIVE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WORK IS ALSO
IN PROGRESS ON A LARGE NEW POLYCLINIC.
* PUBLIC HOUSING HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR MORE THAN 60,000 PEOPLE WITH ACCOMMODATION READY FOR ANOTHER 52,000 BY MARCH, 1981.
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TWO HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME PROJECTS TO PROVIDE 1,000 FLATS BEFORE 1981 HAVE STARTED.
* THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION TO TSUEN WAN IS
NOW UNDER WAY TOGETHER WITH AN AMBITIOUS REDEVELOPMENT AND URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMME IN NORTH TSUEN WAN ON BOTH SIDES OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD.
+WORK IS GOING AHEAD FULL STEAM ON ALL MANNER OF PROJECTS EVERYWHERE IN THE TOWN, MR. HAYES SAID. + IN SHORT, TSUEN WAN THROBS WITH ENERGY.+
SIR PAUL, WHO IS ON A PRIVATE VISIT, ALSO TOOK TIME OUT OF HIS MORNING SCHEDULE TO HAVE A LOOK AT ANOTHER OF THE GOVERNMENT'S KEY PROJECTS -- THE COUNTRY PARKS PROGRAMME.
WITH LADY BRYAN AND SIR MURRAY, HE FLEW FROM TSUEN WAN TO LEADMINE PASS TO INSPECT THE FACILITIES AT THE SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK, ONE OF THE 19 WHICH WILL COVER ABOUT HALF THE TERRITORY BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.
THEY WERE MET BY MR. MARTIN LEWIS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CONSERVATION AND COUNTRY PARKS) OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, WHO GAVE A BRIEFING ON THE PROGRAMME AS THE PARTY STROLLED THROUGH SOME OF THE PARK'S PICNIC AND BARBECUE AREAS WHERE FAMILIES AND GROUPS OF YOUNGSTERS WERE ENJOYING A SATURDAY MORNING BREAK+
MR. LEWIS SAID THAT WITH HONG KONG BEING SO HEAVILY URBANISED IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDE AND PRESERVE A COUNTRYSIDE +LUNG+,
ALL THE DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE POINTED OUT, WOULD BE SURROUNDED BY COUNTRY PARKS, GIVING RESIDENTS SATISFYING AND WELL-MANAGED RECREATIONAL OUTLETS +ON THE IR OWN DOORSTEPS+.
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