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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1980
BEFORE WINDING UP THE VISIT, SIR MURRAY HAD INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH LOCAL LEADERS AT THE SHAM SHUI PO CITY DISTRICT OFFICE. THE DISCUSSIONS COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS CONCERNING HONG KONG GENERALLY AND THE DISTRICT ITSELF.
EARLIER IN THE MORNING, THE GOVERNOR TOURED THE SUNG
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DYNASTY VILLAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FAR EAST GROUP OF COMPANIES. MR DEACON CHIU. HE ALSO PAID A VISIT TO THE SHAM SHUI PO POLICE STATION.
ROLE OF NTA IN NEW TOWNS DEVELOPMENT OUTLINED
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ONE OF THE ROLES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IS TO ANTICIPATE PROBLEMS WHICH COULD ARISE WHEN SIX NEW TOWNS ARE BUILT BEFORE THE END OF THE DECADE, AND PLAN TO OVERCOME THEM.
THIS WAS SAID TODAY BY DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, IN AN ADDRESS TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG ISLAND EAST.
MR CHUI SAID THE NTA HAD, UP TO THE MID-60'S, ADMINISTERED A LARGELY RURAL AREA WITH WELL UNDER ONE MILLION PEOPLE.
BUT, BY THE END OF THE 80'S, THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL HAVE 2,5 MILLION PEOPLE IN SIX OR SEVEN NEW TOWNS - AND THE NTA WILL BE FACED WITH A WHOLE HOST OF NEW CHALLENGES BROUGHT BY URBANISATION.
SAID.
+WE ARE ALREADY GEARING UP TO FACE THESE CHALLENGES, MR CHUI
+WE RECOGNISE THAT PEOPLE CANNOT SIMPLY BE LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES AFTER HAVING BEEN UPROOTED FROM THEIR HOMES ON HONG KONG
ISLAND OR IN KOWLOON.
*WE MUST HAVE THE ORGANISATION TO ENSURE THAT THEY QUICKLY BECOME PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND IDENTIFY WITH THE NEW TOWN, WHICH THEY ARE LIVING.
IT IS IN THIS AREA OF COMMUNITY BUILDING+ THAT THE MOST EXCITING CHALLENGES LIE, HE SAID.
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IN THE NTA, AND IN OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WITH RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THERE IS AN ACUTE AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO BUILD HOMOGENEOUS COMMUNITIES IF THE NEW TOWNS ARE TO BE THE HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL PLACES WE WANT THEM TO BE, MR CHUI SAID.
IN NTA HEADQUARTERS AND IN THE DISTRICT OFFICES, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS STAFF ARE LOOKING HARD AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW TOWNS ARE A SUCCESS.
+WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE FRAGMENTED SOCIETIES IN OUR NEW TOWNS, HE SAID.
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