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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1985
INTRODUCING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN CENTRE, MR SELBY SAID THERE ARE SEVEN SITES IN THE TOWN CENTRE WHICH HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED FOR PRIVATE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
+THESE SITES, WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED BY 1990, WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 5 500 HOMES FOR A PLANNED POPULATION OF ABOUT 17 000,+ HE SAID.
THE CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX CONSTITUTED THE MAJOR PART OF THE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT FOR THE TOWN CENTRE OF TUEN MUN.
+THE COMPLEX, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO COST MORE THAN $345 MILLION, WILL COMPRISE A GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, AN AUDITORIUM, A BUS TERMINUS, A COURT, A LIBRARY AND A POST OFFICE, + MR SELBY SAID.
+IN VIEW OF THE URGENT NEED FOR A STANDARD PUBLIC LIBRARY AND A NEW DISTRICT POST OFFICE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS UPGRADED THE PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK TO START IN 1986-87 AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF ABOUT $40 MILLION,+ HE CONTINUED.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAU WONG-FAT, SAID: +I HOPE THE TV PROGRAMME WILL GIVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC A CLEAR PICTURE OF TUEN MUN AND AROUSE A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS.+
+GOOD MORNING, TUEN MUN+, WHICH FEATURES INTERVIEWS, DISTRICT HISTORY, DISTRICT AFFAIRS, AND A PADDLING BOAT RACE, WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 1) MORNING ON TVB JADE CHANNEL.
BOARD TO DISCUSS DRAFT NATIONALITY ORDER
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CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THE WHITE PAPER ON THE DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986 AT THE MEETING ON THURSDAY (OCTOBER 31) AFTERNOON.
THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MRS REGINA IP, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION (PERSONAL DOCUMENTATION), MR STEPHEN K.C. KUO, WILL BE PRESENT TO EXPLAIN DETAILS OF THE WHITE PAPER.
THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, WILL ALSO ATTEND THE MEETING,
AT THE MEETING, BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS A PROPOSED ELEVATED WALKWAY NETWORK LINKING ADMIRALTY STATION, CHATER GARDEN AND HUTCHISON FOOTBRIDGE.
/THEY WILL