THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1980
3
SIR PAUL BRYAN VISITS NEW TERRITORIES
******
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANGLO-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP SIR PAUL BRYAN, WHO IS ON A PRIVATE VISIT TO HONG KONG, TODAY SAW DEVELOPMENTS IN SHA TIN AND TAI PO NEW TOWNS.
SIR PAUL, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LADY BRYAN, FIRST HAD A MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY, MR AUGUSTINĖ CHUI KAM, EEFORE TRAVELLING TO SHA TIN.
ACCOMPANIED BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, DEVELOPMENT, MR JOSEPH WONG, THE VISITORS WERE TAKEN TO A VANTAGE POINT OVERLOOKING THE NEW TOWN FOR A BRIEFING ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER SHA TIN, DR PATRICK HASE.
FULL DETAILS OF PLANS TO DEVELOP SHA TIN INTO A BALANCED AND SELF-CONTAINED CITY OF 750 000 PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE DECADE WERE OUTLINED.
THEY WERE THEN DRIVEN TO TAI PO WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICHOLAS NG, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR JEFF THOMAS.
RECLAMATION PROJECTS WHICH WILL PRODUCE NEW LAND FOR TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENTS WERE POINTED OUT TO THEM. THEY WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THE TOWN WOULD BE LINKED TO SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND KOWLOON BY A NEW COASTAL TRUNK ROAD, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BE EXTENDED TO YUEN LONG.
AFTER LUNCH AT ISLAND HOUSE SIR PAUL AND HIS WIFE TRAVELLED TO INTERNATIONAL BUILDING WHERE THEY HAD A MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY.
SIR PAUL BRYAN AND LADY BRYAN ARRIVED IN HONG KONG LAST SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 28) FOR A ONE-WEEK VISIT.
TOMORROW THEY WILL MEET OFFICIALS OF THE IMMIGRATION AND TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENTS, UMELCO MEMBERS AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN.
-
FIRE PATROLS FORMED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
*****
THE FIRE WATCH SCHEME INTRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR IS GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, AS 26 MORE PATROL TEAMS WERE INAUGURATED TODAY TO HELP PROTECT THE LIFE AND PROPERTY OF SQUATTERS AND VILLAGERS AGAINST FIRE.
THESE NEW TEAMS ARE MADE UP OF VOLUNTEERS FROM SEVEN URBAN AND 19 NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGES, INCLUDING THOSE ON THE OFF-SHORE ISLANDS OF CHEUNG CHAU AND PO TOI.
THEY ARE THE THIRD BATCH OF FIRE WATCH TEAMS FORMED UNDER THE SCHEME IMPLEMENTED BY THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THE IR TRAINING IS PROVIDED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
ÚSINCE THE