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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1985
SIR PHILIP SAID TUEN MUN WAS A NEW TOWN FAST GROWING IN POPULARITY.
+IN ADDITION TO THE WIDE-RANGING FACILITIES ALREADY AVAILABLE. PLANS ARE ALSO IN HAND FOR A REGIONAL HOSPITAL, A TOWN PARK AND A CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX AND LATER THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM WILL COME ON STREAM. ALL OF THIS MAKES TUEN MUN A VERY ATTRACTIVE AND ENJOYABLE PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE.+
DURING THE CEREMONY, SIR PHILIP ALSO PRESENTED A SOUVENIR TO THE 40 000TH HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLAT OWNER, MR AND MRS YIP HO-KAY AND VISITED THEIR FLAT. THE FOUR-PERSON FAMILY BOUGHT THEIR THREE-BEDROOM FLAT OF 63.7 SQUARE METRES LAST YEAR
FOR #182 700 BY USING THE WHITE APPLICATION FORM IN THE FOURTH PHASE OF SIU HONG COURT.
EARLIER, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DAVID FORD, SAID IT WAS VERY FITTING THAT SIR PHILIP OFFICIATED AT THE CEREMONY BECAUSE HE WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORIGINAL WORKING PARTY ON HOME OWNERSHIP.
+THIS GROUP MET AT FREQUENT INTERVALS FROM 1976 TO 1979 TO MAP OUT A POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR A SCHEME DESIGNED TO FIT THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF HONG KONG.
+NINE YEARS HAVE PASSED, AND THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME WHICH WAS A GERM OF AN IDEA IN 1976 HAS SPROUTED, GROWN FIRM AND EXTENSIVE ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND FLOURISHED. THIRTY ESTATES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND MORE ARE IN THE PIPELINE.
+I HOPE THAT SIR PHILIP WILL SHARE OUR SENSE OF PRIDE AND ACHIEVEMENT IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT AND HAS PROVED VERY POPULAR WITH LOWER MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES.+
GOVERNOR TO INSPECT CSD PARADE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL INSPECT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ANNUAL PARADE TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON AT THE PARADE GROUND OF THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY,
HE WILL PRESENT COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDALS TO 40 STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR 18 YEARS' EXEMPLARY SERVICE.
/THE INSPECTION