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HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE PRIME PURPOSE OF NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT WAS TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THE GROWING AND GENERALLY OVER-CROWDED POPULATION OF HONG KONG, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT WAS NOT MERELY A PROGRAMME TO BUILD HOUSES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN, BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THE COMPREHENSIVE AND ADEQUATE PROVISION OF RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE. SUPPORTING SERVICES AND VARIOUS COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND AMENITIES ESSENTIAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BALANCED COMMUNITY.
+FOR THE FUTURE, DEVELOPMENT OF TSING YI, BALANCED DEVELOPMENT, THEREFORE, IS A MAJOR OBJECTIVE, MR TAM SAID.
HE SAID THAT DETAILED PLANNING WORK WAS BEING UNDERTAKEN ON THE PROVISION OF NECESSARY COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE AREA, INCLUDING SCHOOLS, MARKETS AND OTHER SHOPPING FACILITIES, YOUTH CENTRES, OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION FACILITIES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HONG KONG PLANNING STANDARD AND GUIDELINES. EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD NOT FIND THEMSELVES SHORT OF SUCH FACILITIES WHEN THEY MOVED INTO THE NEW HOUSING ESTATES.
+A HAPPY COMMUNITY CANNOT BE BUILT FROM RELUCTANT RESIDENTS, AND IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT PEOPLE DO NOT MERELY MOVE TO A NEW TOWN THROUGH LACK OF ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION IN THE URBAN AREA. THEY SHOULD BE ATTRACTED BY IT, HE SAID.
+THROUGH THE CAREFUL PLANNING OF THE TOWN PLANNERS IN THE INITIAL PLANNING STAGE AND THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORT OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED IN BUILDING UP THE COMMUNITY, TSING YI HOLDS GREAT PROMISE TO BECOME THE IDEAL HOME FOR MANY.+
GOVERNOR OPENS CHINESE ART EXHIBITION
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AN EXHIBITION, FEATURING SOME OF THE RAREST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF CHINESE ART, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (MONDAY).
IT IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG IN COMMEMORATION OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, SAID THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF ART HAS BEEN HOLDING REGULAR EXHIBITIONS FROM LOCAL AND OVERSEAS SOURCES WITH A VIEW TO ENCOURAGE THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF VISUAL ART AMONG HONG KONG PEOPLE.
+BUT THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS THE LARGEST CHINESE ART EXHIBITION IN TERMS OF SIZE AND SCOPE EVER HELD BY THE URBAN COUNCIL AND IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR CENTENARY PROGRAMME, HE SAID.
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