THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1982
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INDUSTRIALISTS URGED TO HELP SOLVE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
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TSUEN WAN INDUSTRIALISTS WERE TODAY (THURSDAY) CALLED UPON TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND LORRY PARKING, WHICH ARE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO LOCAL INDUSTRY.
IN A LUNCHEON SPEECH TO THE FEDERATION OF TSUEN WAN INDUSTRIES, THE TOWN MANAGER, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID HE WOULD WELCOME A CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH THE FEDERATION, AND A WIDENING OF DISTRICT OFFICE CONTACTS TO INCLUDE MORE INDUSTRIALISTS AND BUSINESSMEN,
HE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE MOST USEFUL TO DEVELOP SUCH AN EXISTING CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION AS THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD'S INDUSTRIAL SUB-COMMITTEE.
+WE ARE OF COURSE ALREADY AWARE OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO INDUSTRY, AND ARE INVOLVED IN TRYING IN CONCERT WITH RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TO RESOLVE THEM, HE SAID.
MR MACLEOD POINTED OUT THAT SOME IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS WERE ON THE WAY, EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT ENTIRELY RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS.
THESE WOULD INCLUDE THE OPENING OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TSUEN WAN EXTENSION NEXT MONTH, THE THREE PER CENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BUSES SERVING THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR, THE COMPLETION OF THE SECOND STAGE OF TSUEN WAN BY-PASS LINKING SOUTH TSUEN WAN RECLAMATION WITH THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAY, AND THE BUILDING OF A SECOND TSING YI BRIDGE.
ON OTHER PROBLEMS, MR MACLEOD SAID: +WE STILL HAVE A CONSIDERABLE WAY TO GO TO BRING UP TO STANDARD THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE OPEN SPACE WHICH IS SO BADLY NEEDED IN TSUEN WAN.
+ THE FACT THAT PARTS OF TSUEN WAN ARE LIKE A VAST BUILDING SITE IS A HOPEFUL SIGN OF IMPROVEMENTS TO COME LIVING NEAR A BUILDING SITE IS NOT VERY COMFORTABLE.
BUT MEANWHILE
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT TSUEN WAN WAS MORE HIGHLY INDUSTRIALISED THAN OTHER PARTS OF HONG KONG -- THE WORKING POPULATION IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WAS 55 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH THE OVERALL 41 PER CENT; AND, AT 3.6 PER CENT, TSUEN WAN HAD A SLIGHTLY LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE THAN THE OVERALL AVERAGE OF 3.7 PER CENT.
ON HOUSING, HE SAID TSUEN WAN BENEFITED FROM AN UNUSUALLY HIGH PROPORTION OF PUBLIC HOUSING ABOUT 70 PER CENT IN THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, RISING TO A STAGGERING 83 PER CENT IN KHAI CHUNG.
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