THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1981
CONSULS VISIT TUEN MUN NEW TOWN
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CONSULS OF 12 COUNTRIES IN HONG KONG VISITED TUEN MUN TODAY (THURSDAY) TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GROWING NEW TOWN.
THE VISIT WAS ARRANGED BY THE PROTOCOL SECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
TAKING PART IN THE VISIT WERE THE CONSUL AND ECONOMIC OFFICER OF USA, THE HONORARY CONSUL FOR LUXEMBURG, THE COMMISSIONERS FOR NEW ZEALAND, INDIA AND NIGERIA, CONSUL-GENERALS OF MEXICO, GERMANY, PAKISTAN, THAILAND, SWEDEN AND BELGIUM AND THE ACTING CONSUL-GENERAL OF KOREA. THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR WIVES.
THE GROUP WAS MET ON ARRIVAL AT TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM, WHO BRIEFED THEM ON HOW THE LOCAL POPULATION HAD IN THE LAST FEW YEARS GROWN TO OVER 120 000 FROM THE ORIGINAL FISHING AND FARMING COMMUNITY OF 30 000.
THIS YEAR WOULD SEE THE DISTRICT TAKING MAJOR STEPS TOWARDS BECOMING A SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE DECADE, THE VISITORS WERE TOLD.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR LAM AND TUEN MUN PROJECT MANAGER, MR NG TECK-SHENG, THE GROUP LATER WENT TO A PAVILION AT CASTLE PEAK FOR A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE TOWN.
MAJOR PROJECTS IN PROGRESS, INCLUDING THE TYPHOON SHELTER, TAP SHEK KOK POWER STATIONS, PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENTS, WERE EXPLAINED TO THE VISITORS.
THEY ALSO VISITED ON TING AND YAU OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, WHERE THEY WERE SHOWN ROUND THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX AND THE FUTURE TOWN PARK SITE NEARBY.
THE GROUP WAS THEN JOINED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU WONG-FAT, FOR A VEGETARIAN LUNCH AT CHING CHUNG KOON TAOIST MONASTERY BEFORE RETURNING TO KOWLOON.
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