SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1983
GOVERNOR OPENS TWO 'FIRSTS' IN TAI PO
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (SATURDAY) STRESSED GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION OF PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSMEN TO ENJOY THEIR DAILY LIVES AND CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS WITHIN NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+AND THERE MUST BE GOOD TRANSPORT FACILITIES TO PROVIDE EASY MOVEMENT TO AND FROM THE HUB OF HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
CITING TAI PO AS AN EXAMPLE, SIR EDWARD SAID: WHAT USED TO BE A QUIET, RURAL MARKET CAN NOW BE REACHED IN COMFORT IN LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR BY ELECTRIFIED TRAIN FROM THE HEART OF KOWLOON.
+WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THE PRESENT BUSY WORK SITES IN TAI PO WILL HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A MODERN TOWN CENTRE LINKED BY A NETWORK OF PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES AND A LANDSCAPED RIVERSIDE PROMENADE.
+IN ABOUT A YEAR'S TIME, THE TRUNK ROAD TO KOWLOON WILL BE COMPLETED.
+A FULL RANGE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED IN TAI PO IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO CATER FOR ITS GROWING POPULATION WHICH WILL RISE FROM THE PRESENT FIGURE OF 100 000 TO 280 000 BY 1990 ON FULL DEVELOPMENT.
SIR EDWARD WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF TAI PO'S FIRST SPORTS FESTIVAL AND THE TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION LI FOOK LAM INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE, THE FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT SPORTS CENTRE IN THE DISTRICT.
HE SAID THESE TWO FIRSTS+ DEMONSTRATE VIVIDLY THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN TAI PO.
EXACTLY FOUR WEEKS AGO, THE GOVERNOR OPENED A COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE AT TUEN MUN.
+THE OPENING OF THIS CENTRE TODAY IS A FURTHER INDICATION OF THE PACE OF CHANGE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, SIR EDWARD SAID.
+IT SHOWS WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH CLOSE COOPERATION AND ENTHUSIASM AMONGST ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY+
REFERRING TO THE DISTRICT BOARD-SPONSORED SPORTS FESTIVAL, HE SAID IT AIMED AT STIMULATING LOCAL INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS AND PHYSICAL RECREATION ON THE PART OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
+AGAIN, THIS FESTIVAL PROVIDES YET ANOTHER CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF COOPERATION AMONGST VARIOUS LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN BUILDING A HAPPY AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY SPIRIT.+
/THE TWO-WEEK