WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1982
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DR OWEN CALLS SHA TIN NEW TOWN A TOWN PLANNER'S DREAM'
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VISITING BRITISH MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. DR DAVID OWEN, TODAY DESCRIBED WORK BEING CARRIED OUT IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN AS A TOWN PLANNER'S DREAM.+
DR OWEN, WHO ARRIVED LAST NIGHT ON A THREE-DAY VISIT, SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE TREMENDOUS PACE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN.+
HE MADE THE COMMENTS DURING A VISIT TO SHA TIN NEW TOWN THIS MORNING, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MR JOHN DON. HE HAD FLOWN INTO THE TOWN AFTER A HELICOPTER TOUR OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
DR OWEN WAS MET ON ARRIVAL AT SHA TIN NEW TOWN BY THE PROJECT MANAGER OF SHA TIN, MR KEITH AUSTIN, AND THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER, MR FRANK HO-ASJOE.
DR OWEN WAS THEN TAKEN TO A LOOKOUT POINT AT SUI WO COURT WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE GROWTH, PROGRESS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN WHICH IS NOW HOME FOR ABOUT 180 000 PEOPLE.
HE ALSO SAW THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL WHICH WILL BE OPENED IN NOVEMBER.
LATER, DR OWEN SPENT THE AFTERNOON LOOKING OVER VARIOUS PROJECTS AND LOCATIONS IN ABERDEEN, ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR GRAHAM BARNES,
THE VISITS STARTED WHEN HE BOARDED A MARINE LAUNCH AT SHEK PAI WAN GOVERNMENT PIER FOR A CRUISE OF THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER TO LOOK OVER ACTIVITIES THERE. GOING ALONG ALSO WERE THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT, MR K.C. KWONG, AND THE CHIEF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICER, MR C.K. LAM, AS WELL AS THE SENIOR FISHERIES RESEARCH OFFICER, DR K.C. LEE AND MARINE OFFICER, MR GEORGE KWOK.
ON RETURNING TO THE PIER, DR OWEN AND PARTY PROCEEDED TO THE ROOFTOP OF LEI NING HOUSE, IN AP LEI CHAU ESTATE. HERE, DR OWEN WAS BRIEFED ON THE LATEST HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.
AFTERWARDS, DR OWEN VISITED A FAMILY IN THE ESTATE, AND THEN CONCLUDED HIS AFTERNOON'S TOUR WITH A VISIT TO OCEAN PARK.
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