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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1985
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CS LOOKS INTO TSING YI WORKS
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (THURSDAY) SAW WORK BEING CARRIED OUT ON THE TSING YI NORTH BRIDGE, WHICH COSTS $200 MILLION, AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1987.
THE BRIDGE WILL BE A TWO-LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY, WITH CAPACITY FOR 3 000 VEHICLES AN HOUR IN EACH DIRECTION.
SIR DAVID WAS MAKING A TOUR OF TSING YI ISLAND TO LOOK INTO GENERAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
SIR DAVID FIRST ARRIVED AT THE TSING YI PUBLIC SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS MET BY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (TSUEN WAN), MR CHAN SUI- JEUNG, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK, AND PROJECT MANAGER (TSUEN WAN), DR E.G. PRYOR.
AT THE SCHOOL, SIR DAVID INSPECTED A DISPLAY OF MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF TSING YI, AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
HE THEN PROCEEDED TO THE ROOF-TOP OF THE SCHOOL FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF NORTH-EAST TSING YI.
IN THE EXTREME NORTH-EAST END OF TSING YI, NEAR NGA YING CHAU, EXTENSIVE RECLAMATION AND FORMATION WORK IS BEING CARRIED OUT TO PROVIDE LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES.
TSING YI ISLAND IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY, AND BY EARLY 1990, THE POPULATION WILL TREBLE FROM THE EXISTING 62 000 TO 220 000.
SIR DAVID LATER TOURED THE CHEUNG HONG PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.
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DURING HIS VISIT TO TSING YI, SIR DAVID ALSO MET COMMUNITY LEADERS AND DISCUSSED LOCAL AFFAIRS WITH THEM.
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GENERAL SATISFACTION WITH ELECTION, AG SAYS *****
THERE WAS GENERAL SATISFACTION WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS, AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM WORKED, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR MICHAEL THOMAS, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
ADDRESSING THE ZONTA CLUB OF KOWLOON AT A LUNCHEON MEETING ON +LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS+, MR THOMAS SAID THE ELECTORAL SYSTEMS DID NOT COME IN +NICELY PREPARED PACKAGES+.
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