SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1980
GOVERNOR OPENS TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NEW TOWNS HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONURBATION OF TUSEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING | WHICH HAS A TOTAL POPULATION OF ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION,
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE SECOND TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS CONCERNED THAT IN THE HASTE TO PROVIDE HOMES AND JOBS WE SHOULD NOT REPEAT IN THE NEW TOWNS THE MISTAKES IN THE OLD.
THE GOVERNOR SAID: THEY MUST HAVE THEIR OWN FOCUS FOR ADMINISTRATION AND UNOFFICIAL PARTICIPATION, THEIR OWN RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES.
+ONLY IN THIS WAY CAN THEIR INHABITANTS HAVE PRIDE IN THEIR CITIES AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT INTO THE PLACES FOR A FINE NEW LIFE THEY ARE INTENDED TO BE.+
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH:
+IT GIVES ME ENORMOUS PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING TO ATTEND THE OPENING OF THE SECOND TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL.
+THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NEW TOWNS HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY YOU ALREADY HAVE A POPULATION OF CLOSE ON THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION IN THE CONURBATION OF TSUEN WAN/KWAI CHUNG/TSING I
1 AM CONCERNED THAT IN THE HASTE TO PROVIDE HOMES AND JOBS WE SHOULD NOT REPEAT IN THE NEW TOWNS THE MISTAKES IN THE OLD. THEY MUST
HAVE THEIR OWN FOCUS FOR ADMINISTRATION AND UNOFFICIAL PARTICIPATION, THEIR OWN RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES, ONLY IN THIS WAY CAN THEIR INHABITANTS HAVE PRIDE IN THEIR CITIES, AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT INTO THE PLACES FOR ́A FINE NEW LIFE THEY ARE INTENDED TO BE.
+1 CONGRATULATE_THE_PEOPLE +I THEREFORE CONGRATULATE THE PEOPLE OF TSUEN WAN, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THEIR ACTIVE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, ON THE WAY THEY ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP A SEPARATE AND DISTINGUISHED IDENTITY. THE ENTHUSIASM OF THEIR WORK HAS BEEN APPLIED TO A WIDE FIELD, BUT ITS STRENGTH WAS WELL DEMONSTRATED IN THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST ARTS FESTIVAL LAST YEAR,
+MUCH MUST BE DONE BEFORE TSUEN WAN BECOMES THE CITY WE WANT IT TO BE, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS FINE HALL IN RECORD TIME, AND WITH THE GENEROUS HELP OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, IS AN EARNEST OF YOUR GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO RESPOND IN THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY TO YOUR WISH THAT TSUEN WAN SHOULD HAVE A CIVIC LIFE OF ITS OWN.
+THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL THUS TAKES PLACE IN MUCH GRANDER AND MORE CONVENIENT SURROUNDINGS AND THE FESTIVAL ITSELF IS CONCEIVED ON A BOLDER SCALE, I WISH IT EVERY SUCCESS AND HAVE MUCH PLEASURE IN DECLARING OPEN THE SECOND ARTS FESTIVAL OF TSUEN WAN .+
/SPEECH BY HAYES