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MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1982
UK BUSINESSMEN VISIT NEW TOWNS
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EIGHT CHIEF EXECUTIVES FROM BRITISH COMPANIES, ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY, NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, VISITED TAI PO AND SHA TIN NEW TOWNS TODAY (MONDAY).
THEY ARRIVED IN HONG KONG LAST FRIDAY FOR A NINE-DAY VISIT TO ACQUA INT THEMSELVES WITH INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
FOLLOWING A BRIEFING BY THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THEY WENT TO THE LIONS CLUB PAVILION ABOVE SUI WO COURT FOR A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR KENNETH KWOK, BRIEFED THE VISITORS ON PLANS TO BUILD A NEW TOWN OF 750 000 PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE DECADE.
LATER, THEY WENT TO TAI PO FOR A BRIEFING BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICKY LO- THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR JEFF THOMAS AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR VIC MILLER.
AFTER LUNCH AT ISLAND HOUSE HOSTED BY MR AND MRS AKERS-JONES, THE GROUP LEFT FOR TSIM SHA TSUI TO MEET OFFICIALS OF THE TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
FIRST TUEN MUN MARKET OPENS TOMORROW ****
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST MODERN MARKET AT TUEN MUN TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE INCREASING POPULATION IN THE NEW TOWN HAS COMPLETED.
COSTING $4-MILLION, THE TWO-STOREY KWONG CHOI MARKET AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD, NEAR SAN HUT, WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF TUEN MUN. MR BILLY LAM, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF TUEN MUN FURAL COMMITTEE, MA LAU WONG-FAT, WILL PERFORM A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY AT THE MARKET PREMISES AT 10 AM.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY.