WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1982
CALL FOR GOVERNMENT-COMMUNITY CO-OPERATION
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CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS ON TSING YI NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED FOR THE SMOOTH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ISLAND'S DEVELOPMENT PLANS THE DISTRICT OFFICEF, M TAM WING-PONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAYS.
IN A SPEECH TO THE TSING YI TRADE ASSOCIATION AT ITS THIRD SWEAR ING-IN CEREMONY, MR TAM POINTED OUT THAT TSING YI'S POPULATION WOULD GROW BY FOUR TIMES TO 200 000 WITHIN 10 YEARS.
+MANY PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES ARE LIKELY TO ARISE FROM SUCH A DRASTIC POPULATION GROWTH AND DURING THE PROCESS OF A NEW TOWN'S DEVELOPMENTS, HE SAID.
AS AN EXAMPLE, MR TAM CITED THE TWO MAJOR CLEARANCES AT TSING YE OLD TOWN AND MOON TSAI TONG WHICH WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN DUE COURSE.
AT TSING YI OLD TOWN, THE CLEARANCE WOULD COVER AN EXTENSIVE AREA AND INVOLVE LARGE SUMS OF COMPENSATION.
+FOR THIS REASON, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN MAKING VERY CAREFUL STUDIES AND DECISIONS ARE EXPECTED SHORTLY, HE SAID.
+ IT IS A PITY THAT WE CANNOT RETAIN THE OLD TOWN WHICH USED TO BE A CENTRE FOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.
+BUT GOVERNMENT WILL TRY ITS BEST TO ENSURE THAT THE CLEARANCE WILL NOT POSE TOO MUCH HARDSHIP ON THE PEOPLE
INVOLVED.+
ON THE MOON TSAI TONG CLEARANCE, MR TAM SAID HE SYMPATHISED WITH THE GROUP OF SHIPYARD OPERATORS WHO, OPERATING ON SHORT TERM TENANCIES, WOULD NOT BE OFFERED ANY COMPENSATION OR RESITE.
BUT HE ASSURED THAT HE WOULD LOOK INTO ANY POSSIBLE MEASURES TO HELP EASE THE SITUATION,
+THESE ARE BUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE CAN EXPECT IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY MUST THEREFORE WORK HAND IN HAND TO ENSURE THAT DEVELOPMENTS COULD BE CARRIED OUT SMOOTHLY, HE ADDED.
THE CHAIRMAN, MR WONG TAK-YAN, AND THE TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN, MR TANG LEUNG AND MR LAI CHI-MOU, RAVE BEEN RE-ELECTED FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS.