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FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1985
+THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD. THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE BUS COMPANY, THE SITUATION ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS MUCH BETTER NOW THAN A FEW YEARS AGO, AND THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BE BUILT LATER THIS YEAR, WILL ALSO PROVIDE A FAST AND POLLUTION-FREE INTERNAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM LINKING YUEN LONG.
+THE ROAD SYSTEM, CHARACTERISED BY FLYOVERS AND PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGES, LOOKS VERY GENEROUS BY HONG KONG STANDARDS, AND WILL SURELY PROVIDE EXCELLENT LINKS FOR GOODS VEHICLES AND PRIVATE MOTORISTS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME,+ HE ADDED,
TURNING TO MEDICAL FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT, MR FUNG NOTED THAT TUEN MUN WILL HAVE A 1 600-BED, FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED REGIONAL HOSPITAL, COMPLETE WITH THE LATEST EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES IN THREE YEARS' TIME.
+A CHILDREN'S DENTAL CLINIC IS BEING BUILT, AND, AT PRESENT, THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC CLINICS PROVIDING BASIC HEALTH CARE,+ HE CONTINUED.
MR FUNG SAID THAT WITH A FAST-GROWING AND YOUNG POPULATION, THERE WILL INEVITABLY BE PROBLEMS IN PROVIDING ENOUGH SCHOOL PLACES.
HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT SINCE THE MID-70S THE GOVERNMENT HAD PROVIDED 22 PRIMARY SCHOOLS, 13 SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND THREE PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS CATERING FOR ABOUT 60 000 CHILDREN. A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
+ JOBS IN TUEN MUN ARE PROVIDED MOSTLY BY INDUSTRIES, AND HAVE ABOUT 3 000 FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS, PRODUCING A WIDE RANGE OF GOODS.
+ IN 1980, ABOUT 26 PER CENT OF THE NEW TOWN WORKFORCE WAS EMPLOYED LOCALLY, AND BY 1984 THIS HAD INCREASED TO OVER 40 PER CENT,+ MR FUNG SAID.
TURNING TO RECREATION, HE SAID: THIS YEAR, THE FIRST PHASE OF THE TUEN MUN TOWN PARK WILL BE OPENED, AND CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE A SECOND MAJOR RECREATION AREA AT BUTTERFLY BEACH, A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, TWO INDOOR GAMES HALLS AND A LARGE AUDITORIUM.
+ THE NEW TOWN CENTRE, COMPRISING MAJOR CIVIC FACILITIES AS WELL AS A PRESTIGIOUS COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHEAST ASIA'S LARGEST DEPARTMENT STORE, WILL PROVIDE A NEW FOCUS TO THE NEW TOWN, HE SAID.
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