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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1983
THE WINNER IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL SECTION WAS HAU KWOK-YUEN, WHO ATTENDS HO KAI SCHOOL.
THE FIRST AND SECOND RUNNERS-UP WERE 10-YEAR-OLD KWONG KIT-BING FROM THE LITTLE FLOWERS SCHOOL AND 11-YEAR-OLD KWAN YUE-ON FROM LOK SIN TONG CHAN CHO CHAK PRIMARY SCHOOL.
THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR BRYAN O'RORKE, SAID THE STANDARD THROUGHOUT THE COMPETITION HAD BEEN VERY HIGH AND THE ADJUDICATORS HAD HAD A DIFFICULT TASK JUDGING THE ENTRIES. +WE HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY AND ENJOYED THE WAY THE CHILDREN HAVE SEEN THE NEW TOWNS WITH THEIR NEW EYES'.
+I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE COMPETITION HAS MADE THE NEW TERRITORIES CHILDREN MORE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS, HE SAID.
MR O'RORKE WELCOMED THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN LIVING IN THE NEW TOWNS AS PIONEERS AND SAID PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN LIVING IN THEM FOR SOME TIME WOULD BE AWARE OF THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
+FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS YOU WILL ALREADY SEE SOME OF THE NEW TOWNS MATURING NOT ONLY ARE SKYLINES CHANGING RAPIDLY BUT THE COMPLETION OF SUCH MAJOR PROJECTS AS THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, THE TUEN MUN ROAD AND THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY HAVE HAD A DRAMATIC IMPACT,+ HE SAID.
+PARENTS WILL PROBABLY APPRECIATE THAT THE CHANGES WHICH HAVE BEEN GOING ON DURING THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES IN THE NEW TOWNS ARE THE RESULT OF AN ON-GOING MAJOR BUILDING PROGRAMME WITH FEW PARALLELS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. I SINCERELY HOPE THAT EVERYONE LIVING IN THE NEW TOWNS FINDS BENEFITS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE FROM DOING SO.+
THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING SEVEN NEW TOWNS AND A NUMBER OF RURAL TOWNSHIPS.
SINCE THE START OF THE NEW TOWNS PROGRAMME IN 1973, THE POPULATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAS INCREASED FROM 680 000 TO 1.6 MILLION.