FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1983
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DURING THE PERIOD, FOUR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, TWO HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME ESTATES AND THREE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS WERE COMPLETED.
THE NUMBER OF FACTORIES IN THE DISTRICT HAS RISEN FROM 1 155 TO 1 563 AND THE NUMBER OF WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES FROM 17 851 TO NEARLY 21 000.
AT THE SAME TIME 11 INDUSTRIAL SITES, SEVEN RESIDENTIAL SITES, A LARGE TOWN CENTRE SITE AND THE SO KWUN WAT MARINA PROJECT WERE SOLD.
SIR JOHN WAS TOLD THAT SOME $1.2 BILLION HAD BEEN EARMARKED FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE PHASE 1 CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUEN MUN TOWN PARK TO START IN AUGUST, A FERRY PIER WITH A RESTAURANT NEAR THE BUTTERFLY ESTATE, A CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX COMPRISING AN AUDITORIUM AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES AT THE TOWN CENTRE, A DISTRICT HOSPITAL TO BE READY BY THE END OF 1987, AND A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 27 CIVIL ENGINEERING AND 18 BUILDING CONTRACTS GOING ON, AND 15 CIVIL ENGINEERING AND SEVEN BUILDING CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE LET.
THE PARTY THEN WENT UP TO THE ROOF OF OL HEI HOUSE IN YAU OF ESTATE WHERE THEY HAD A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN.
SIR JOHN STOPPED BRIEFLY AT A PLASTIC TOY FACTORY BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE YAN OI TONG COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE.
THE CENTRE, BUILT AT A COST OF $45 MILLION, WILL BE IN FULL OPERATION IN NOVEMBER.
FACILITIES IN THE CENTRE INCLUDE A 25-METRE HEATED SWIMMING POOL, A CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, SQUASH AND BADMINTON COURTS, STUDY ROOMS AND A NURSERY.
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