WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1935
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SHA TIN GETS TIMELY+ NEW TOWN PLAZA
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THE COMPLETION OF THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN PLAZA WAS A TIMELY ADDITION TO THE DISTRICT. WHICH HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A BOOMING NEW TOWN OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, AND WAS STILL GROWING, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
+THE PLAZA HAS PROVEN TO BE A MAJOR ATTRACTION FOR SHOPPERS NOT ONLY FROM SHA TIN, BUT ALSO FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AS WELL AS KOWLOON, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW TOWN PLAZA,
MR AKERS-JONES SAID: THE COMPLETION OF THE PLAZA MARKS A MAJOR STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE.+
+STANDING IN THIS MODERN AND IMPRESSIVE SHOPPING COMPLEX, IT IS NOT EASY TO RECOLLECT THAT LESS THAN A DECADE AGO, ON THIS VERY SITE, STOOD THE OLD SHA TIN MARKET, HE SAID.
+THE OLD MARKET COMPRISED OF ROWS OF SIMPLE STRUCTURES AND WAS THEN THE HEART OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES FOR THE RURAL MARKET TOWN OF SHA TIN, SERVING A SMALL SCATTERED POPULATION OF LESS THAN 30 000 IN 40 ODD VILLAGES, HE SAID.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID THAT IN THE PAST TEN YEARS, THE POPULATION IN SHA TIN HAD INCREASED TENFOLD TO 300 000 RESIDENTS AND WAS STILL GROWING.
THE PLAZA, HE SAID, FORMED AN INTEGRAL AND IMPORTANT PART OF THE SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE AND WAS THE BIGGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+ITS ARCADES, UNIQUE MUSICAL FOUNTAIN, COLOURFUL SHOPS AND DEPARTMENT STORE TOGETHER WITH ITS RECREATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES ALL ADD TO THE COLOUR AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN SHA TIN,+ HE SAID.
OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS IN THE TOWN CENTRE AREA INCLUDED THE CENTRAL TOWN PARK SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR, AND THE CULTURAL COMPLEX DUE FOR COMPLETION IN MID-1986.
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