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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1980
EFFORTS TO MAKE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN AN IDEAL PLACE
TO LIVE IN
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC FACILITIES AND BUILD A COMMUNITY SPIRIT TO MAKE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN AN IDEAL PLACE TO LIVE IN, TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR H.T. LUI, SAID TODAY,
ADDRESSING 250 GRADUATES AT THE ST FRANCIS XAVIER'S SCHOOL SPEECH DAY, MR LUI OUTLINED THE MAJOR PROJECTS FOR THE NEW TOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL AND SATELLITE TOWN IN HONG KONG.
ON TRANSPORT, MR LUI SAID TRAFFIC IN TSUEN WAN WOULD BE GREATLY IMPROVED IN 1982 WHEN THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION WAS OPENED,
THE COASTAL ROAD, WHEN COMPLETE, WOULD RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ALONG CASTLE PEAK AND KWAI CHUNG ROADS.
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ON HOUSING BESIDES MASSIVE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THERE HAD BEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE NEW TOWN.
UNITS IN CHEUNG SHAN ESTATE WERE FULLY OCCUPIED AND RESIDENTS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE.
SPEAKING OF SOCIAL SERVICES, MR LUI SAID THE ONLY SUBVENTED HOSPITAL IN TSUEN WAN - YAN CHAI HOSPITAL - WOULD UNDERGO EXPANSION, RELIEVING THE GREAT PRESSURE ON PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL.
A NUMBER OF SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS KINDERGARTENS WERE BEING BUILT.
A SUB-OFFICE HAD BEEN SET UP BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IN THE NEW TOWN TO CO-ORDINATE WELFARE SERVICES.
ON RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, MR LUI SAID THE CHAI WAN KOK RECREATION CENTRE RUN BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE WOULD BE PULLED DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR TUEN MUN HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT. A NEW CENTRE WOULD BE BUILT NEAR GRANTHAM CLINIC AS A REPLACEMENT.
TURNING TO COMMUNITY BUILDING, MR LUI SAID APART FROM THE ANNUAL ARTS AND SPORTS FESTIVALS, CAMPAIGNS ON ROAD SAFETY, FIRE PREVENTION AND CLEAN HONG KONG WERE HELD TO CULTIVATE A SENSE OF BELONGING AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL AFFAIRS BY RESIDENTS.
ST FRANCIS XAVIER'S SCHOOL, BUILT IN 1963, HAS 24 CLASSES AND 1 000 STUDENTS.