SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1984
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THE WORKING GROUP NOTED THAT LONG DELAYS HAD OCCURRED IN THE ISSUE OF PERMITS BECAUSE OF THE PRACTICE OF STOCKPILING APPLICATIONS BEFORE SUBMITTING THEM TO THE STANDING CONFERENCE ON ROAD USE FOR APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE. THIS PRACTICE WILL BE DISCONTINUED AND IN FUTURE, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL ISSUE PERMITS ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS UP TO THE LIMIT OF A 10 PER CENT ANNUAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NEW PERMITS.
THE WORKING GROUP'S RECOMMENDATIONS HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AND ENDORSED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD BEFORE BEING SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
SHA TIN LIGHTS UP FOR FESTIVE SEASON
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CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND A SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS DISPLAY LIT UP SHA TIN NEW TOWN THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING, HERALDING THE FESTIVE SEASON.
MRS JANE AKERS-JONES, WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, OFFICIATED AT THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY ON SAND MARTIN BRIDGE.
AT THE FLICK OF A SWITCH, THE 200-METRE BRIDGE ACROSS SHING MUN RIVER, WAS LIT UP WITH A DAZZLING DISPLAY OF DECORATIVE CHRISTMAS LIGHTINGS.
THE LIGHTS INCLUDE SANTA CLAUS AND HIS SLEIGH BEING PULLED BY REINDEERS, CHRISTMAS TREES AND A SPECIAL DESIGN IDENTIFYING SHA TIN - AMAH ROCK.
THIS CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS DISPLAY MARK ING THE OPENING OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN PLAZA COMMERCIAL COMPLEX.
THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, AND LADY HADDON-CAVE JOINED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WATCHING THE COLOURFUL DISPLAY.
AT A BRIEF CEREMONY HELD AT THE SHA TIN JOCKEY CLUB TO MARK THE OCCASION, SIR PHILIP SAID THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY MARKED AN
IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE GROWTH OF THE NEW TOWN TEN YEARS AFTER DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN BEGAN.
SIR PHILIP SAID: +IN ITS LONG HISTORY SHA TIN HAS BEEN FAMOUS FOR MANY THINGS: FOR ITS RICE, ITS SPLENDID NATURAL SETTING IN A RING OF HILLS, AND NOT LEAST ITS ROAST PIGEON AND BEAN CURD.
+NOW THE NEW TOWN, WHICH ALREADY HAS A POPULATION OF 300 000, WITH ITS SPACIOUS LAYOUT, RIVERSIDE PARKS, ITS RACECOURSE AND ITS
IMAGINATIVE TOWN CENTRE IS BECOMING A NEW CENTRE OF ATTRACTION FOR HONG KONG'S PEOPLE AND OVERSEAS VISITORS ALIKE.
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