WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985
THE SCHEME WAS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE ONE OF THE MOST CONGESTED AREAS OF HONG KONG BY PROVIDING LARGER SITES - THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF 365 PROPERTIES - FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES WHICH HAD BEEN LACKING IN THE DISTRICT.
AFTER THE TOUR, SIR EDWARD MET MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD AT AN INFORMAL GATHERING.
SIR DAVID TOURS ISLANDS DISTRICT
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOURED THE ISLANDS DISTRICT TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON LANTAU AND CHEUNG CHAU ISLANDS.
SIR DAVID FIRST CALLED AT THE LANTAU TOWNSHIP OF MUI WO WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM YAP, AND THE GOVERNMENT ENGINEER (NT), MR NG YEE-YUM.
THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO CHUNG HAU WHERE SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF THE MUI WO PACKAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.
HE WAS TOLD THAT THE PROGRAMME FOR MUI WO INCLUDED A RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR WHICH CONSTRUCTION WORK WOULD START NEXT YEAR - THE THIRD IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT AFTER TAI O AND CHEUNG CHAU -- WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 400 FAMILIES BY 1988.
SIR DAVID ALSO TOURED THE MUI WO TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA, WHICH PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE WHO USED TO LIVE IN HOUSES ON STILTS AT CHUNG HAU.
AFTER AN HOUR-LONG STAY IN MUI WO, THE PARTY LEFT LANTAU AND PROCEEDED TO CHEUNG CHAU BY THE GOVERNMENT LAUNCH CLEMENTI+.
SIR DAVID TOURED THE CHEUNG KWAI ESTATE, A RURAL HOUSING ESTATE COMPLETED LAST YEAR WHICH IS CHARACTERISED BY ITS LOW-RISE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.
AFTER THE TOUR, SIR DAVID WENT TO A NEARBY VANTAGE POINT FOR A BRIEF ING ON THE LAYOUT PLAN FOR CENTRAL CHEUNG CHAU, THE MOST DENSELY-POPULATED AREA OF THE ISLAND, WHICH WAS RECENTLY ENDORSED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD.
ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSALS, THERE WILL BE SITES IN THE AREA FOR VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, NEW VILLAGE LOTS, A MARKET COMPLEX AND AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE.
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