AY, MARCH 1, 1985
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TUEN MUN FAST BECOMING POPULAR AMONG HOME-SEEKERS ******
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE MODERN HOMES IN THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN TO KEEP PACE WITH THE POPULATION, WHICH WILL GROW TO 500 000 IN THE MID-1990'S.
THIS WAS SAID TODAY BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S HOME OWNERSHIP COMMITTEE, MR CHARLES C.C. SIN, AT A TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME PRIME VIEW GARDEN IN TUEN MUN.
UNDER THE RECENT SPATE OF DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID, THE POPULATION IN TUEN MUN HAD JUMPED FROM 20 000 PEOPLE IN 1971 TO 100 000 PEOPLE IN 1981, AND AGAIN TO THE PRESENT'S 270 000 PEOPLE.
+THE POPULATION GROWTH, ESPECIALLY DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS, CLEARLY INDICATES THE GREAT POPULARITY OF THE NEW TOWN AS AN IDEAL HOME FOR MANY PEOPLE, HE ADDED.
MR SIN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT MORE THAN 160 000 PEOPLE, OR 60 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION IN TUEN MUN. WERE LIVING IN EIGHT RENTAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WHILE ANOTHER 45 000 PEOPLE WERE WELL SETTLED IN THREE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME ESTATES AND TWO PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME DEVELOPMENTS.
+AMONG ALL THE NEW TOWNS, TUEN MUN ALSO HAS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF HOS FLATS MORE THAN 11 000 UNITS ALTOGETHER.
*THE RELATIVE EASE WITH WHICH HOS FLATS WERE MARKETED IN TUEN MUN SHATTERED TO PIECES PREVIOUS RUMOURS OF SLUGGISH HOS FLAT SALES THERE.
+EVEN WITH SIU HONG COURT IN NORTHERN TUEN MUN, THE LARGEST HOS PROJECT EVER DEVELOPED, ITS SOME 4 600 FLATS WERE ALL SOLD OUT WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. A RECORD OF 196 FLATS SOLD IN A SINGLE DAY WAS ONCE CHARTED.
+PLANS ARE ALREADY IN HAND FOR A NUMBER OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS WHICH INCLUDE A CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX, TOWN SQUARE AND TUEN MUN REGIONAL HOSPITAL. WORKS ON THE PROPOSED LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM WILL ALSO COMMENCE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
+ALL THESE MODERN FACILITIES WILL SURELY BRING GREATER CONVENIENCE AND ENJOYMENT TO RESIDENTS IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING IN TUEN MUN WHICH WILL HAVE A NEW LOOK IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS.+
/PRIME VIEW