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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1982
NEW TOWNS NEED SERVICE
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AN APPEAL WAS MADE BY MRS IAN MACPHERSON, WIFE OF THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL ANCILLARY SERVICES, SUCH AS PRIMARY SCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN AND NURSERY, IN THE FAST GROWING NEW TOWNS.
MRS MACPHERSON MADE THE APPEAL TODAY (MONDAY) WHEN SHE OPENED THE CHING CHUNG WU KING KINDERGARTEN AT TUEN MUN'S NEWEST LARGE HOUSING ESTATE, WU KING ESTATE, WHERE 200 TO 300 PEOPLE ARE MAKING THEIR NEW HOMES EVERYDAY.
NOTING THAT TUEN MUN'S POPULATION WILL BE INCREASED BY 70 000 ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, MRS MACPHERSON SAID: →IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THAT ADEQUATE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED IN GOOD TIME TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE INCOMING RESIDENTS.+
+ IN THIS REGARD, AND ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH PROPORTION OF YOUNG FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AMONGST THE NEW SETTLERS, SERVICES SUCH AS PRIMARY SCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN AND NURSERY ARE MOST IN DEMAND, SHE SAID.
SHE CALLED UPON VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO FILL THE GAP BY PROVIDING MUCH-NEEDED FACILITIES IN TUEN MUN AS WELL AS OTHER NEW TOWNS.
THE WU KING KINDERGARTEN IS PART OF A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES OFFERED BY THE CHING CHUNG KOON IN TUEN MỤN, THE KOON, A LOCALLY-BASED TAOIST ORGANISATION, ALSO RUNS A HOME FOR THE AGED, TWO FREE MEDICAL CLINICS, A KINDERGARTEN AND ORGANISES AN ANNUAL BONSAI SHOW.
+THE KOON IS A TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION FULFILLING A MOST COMMENDABLE MODERN ROLE IN THE FAST GROWING NEW TOWN, MRS MACPHERSON SAID.
SCHEMES OF CONTROL PUBLISHED
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY PUBLISHED IN FULL ALL THE SCHEMES OF CONTROL.
THEY APPLY TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES: CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY LIMITED; KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY (1933) LIMITED; CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY LIMITED; HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY LIMITED; HONG KONG AIR CARGO TERMINALS LIMITED; HONG KONG AIR TERMINAL SERVICES LIMITED AND THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED.
COPIES OF A BOOKLET CONTAINING THE SCHEMES IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT $25 EACH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
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