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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1983
TSUEN WAN DEVELOPMENTS CONTINUING
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ALTHOUGH TSUEN WAN HAS TRANSFORMED FROM A RURAL VILLAGE INTO A MODERN TOWNSHIP, VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE STILL FORGING AHEAD TO ENSURE THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE FACILITIES, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
+LARGE SCALE RECLAMATION WORK IS NOW GOING ON AT THE SEA FRONT OF TSUEN WAN AND THE NORTHERN PART OF TSING YI TO PROVIDE MORE LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT TO COPE WITH THE PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH TO ONE MILLION BY THE EARLY 1990S, HE SAID.
+OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF TSUEN WAN TOWN, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TSING YI NORTH BRIDGE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHAM TSENG INTO A TOWNSHIP WITH 60 000 PEOPLE.+
ON TRANSPORT, MR HSU ADDED THAT CONSIDERATION WOULD ALSO BE GIVEN TO EXPANDING THE TSUEN WAN TRUNK ROAD NETWORK IN ORDER TO COPE WITH FUTURE NEEDS AND TO LINK UP WITH OTHER NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS.
MR HSU WAS SPEAKING AT A SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF OFFICE- BEARERS OF THE 6TH TERM OF THE TSUEN WAN TRADE ASSOCIATION. HE ALSO PRAISED THE ASSOCIATION'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISTRICT.
REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS VISIT PRISONS
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR MICHAEL THOMAS
MR MICHAEL THOMAS, AND SIX OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW ON LONG TERM PRISON SENTENCES TODAY VISITED THREE INSTITUTIONS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO LOOK OVER THE FACILITIES AND CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES PROVIDED FOR PRISONERS.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. MR THOMAS GARNER, THE PARTY FIRST VISITED THE PIK UK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.
THERE THEY SAW SOME YOUNG MEN ATTENDING EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, AND OTHERS BEING GIVEN VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN VARIOUS TRADES, INCLUDING TELEVISION AND RADIO REPAIR, CARPENTRY AND BOOK-BINDING.
THE INSTITUTION HAS A DUAL FUNCTION AS A PRISON AND A TRAINING CENTRE FOR THE MORE INTRACTABLE YOUNG MALE OFFENDERS. IT ALSO CATERS FOR YOUNG PRISONERS ON REMAND AWAITING TRIAL, OR THOSE REMANDED BY THE COURTS FOR REPORTS ON SUITABILITY FOR TRAINING AND DETENTION CENTRES.
THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO THE ADJACENT PIK UK PRISON FOR ADULT MALES,
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