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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1984
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE SHENG KUNG HUI TANG SHIU KIN SECONDARY SCHOOL SPORTS COMPLEX IN MORRISON HILL, WAN CHAI.
+COMPLETION OF THIS COMPLEX WILL ENABLE THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE AN ALL-ROUND EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS, WHICH WILL EMPHASISE NOT ONLY ACADEMIC LEARNING BUT ALSO MORAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENTS' INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES,+ HE ADDED.
+THE BUILDING OF THIS COMPLEX IS SIGNIFICANT IN ANOTHER WAY BECAUSE IT DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVATE GENEROSITY AND PUBLIC EFFORT,+ HE SAID.
+PRIVATE GENEROSITY IN EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES BY THE GOVERNMENT, + MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
SHA TIN ROAD OPENED ***
SHA TIN ROAD, THE FIRST SECTION OF A TRUNK ROUTE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY LINK THE NEW TOWNS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, WAS OPENED TODAY BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, MR CHEN SHOU-LUM,
THE ROAD, WHICH TOOK THREE YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE, STARTS FROM LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD, SWEEPS ALONG THE SOUTH-EASTERN OUTSKIRTS OF SHA TIN AND BRIDGES SHING MUN RIVER BEFORE REACHING TAI PO ROAD - A DISTANCE OF 3.1 KILOMETRES.
THE NEW CARRIAGEWAY, PARTLY FOUR LANES AND PARTLY SIX LANES, WILL CARRY THROUGH TRAFFIC AWAY FROM THE TOWN CENTRE WHILE MAINTAINING ACCESS TO PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL, THE SHA TIN CITY ONE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX AND ALSO THE RACECOURSE.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, MR CHEN SAID SHA TIN ROAD REPRESENTED ANOTHER STRIDE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD COMMUNICATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THIS PIECE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS CERTAINLY NOT JUST ANOTHER FIGURE IN LOCAL ROAD STATISTICS, BUT HAS GREATER SIGNIFICANCE IN PROVIDING AN INITIAL LINK FROM KOWLOON TO THE EMERGING SHA TIN-TAI PO COASTAL ROAD AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO THE NORTH, HE SAID.
+THIS ROAD ALSO HAS PROVISION FOR FUTURE CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER TRUNK ROADS TO TSUEN WAN, NORTHWEST KOWLOON AND MA ON SHAN. +
/MR CHEN
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