WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1934
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MP'S TOUR YUEN LONG DISTRICT
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THREE LABOUR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT VISITED YUEN LONG THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON TO LISTEN TO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS' VIEWS ON THE WHITE PAPER ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE, AND TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, THE MP'S, MR IAN MIKARDO, MR BARRY SHEERMAN AND MS JO RICHARDSON, TOURED THE WORK SITES OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM AND THE TIN SHUI WAI DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON, BRIEFED THE VISITORS ON THESE PROJECTS.
+WORK ON THE LRT, WHICH WILL SERVE YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN, IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MID-1985, WHILE PREPARATORY WORK ON ITS CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS, AND THE TENDERING PROCEDURES HAVE STARTED, + MR WILSON SAID.
+ THE TIN SHUI WAI AREA WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A NEW TOWN TO HOUSE 135 000 PEOPLE, HE ADDED,
THE MP'S ALSO VISITED LOK MA CHAU TO SEE THE SITE FOR THE SECOND BORDER ROAD LINK WITH CHINA AND WERE BRIEFED ON ITS CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME.
AT THE LOK MA CHAU POLICE STATION, THE MP'S WERE BRIEFED ON FRONTIER ACTIVITIES AND THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER IN THE AREA.
THE VISITORS WERE TAKEN TO AN OLD-STYLE PAWNSHOP IN GAU HUI, ONCE A BUSTLING MARKET VILLAGE IN YUEN LONG, WHERE THEY WERE TOLD OF HOW THE CHINESE BANKING PROFESSION OPERATED IN THE OLD DAYS.
RESIDENTS TO SPEAK UP ON WHITE PAPER
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RESIDENTS IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GIVE THE IR VIEWS ON THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AT A SEMINAR TOMORROW.
MEMBERS OF AREA AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATIONS, AS WELL AS HEADMASTERS AND TEACHERS, HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR.
DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN SAID FORMAL DISCUSSIONS ON THE WHITE PAPER HAD TAKEN PLACE AT REGULAR MEETINGS OF AREA COMMITTEES HELD OVER THE PAST TEN DAYS.
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