THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1985
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+BUT THE PROBLEMS OF THE WALLED CITY ARE WELL KNOWN. VERY CROWDED CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE WALLED CITY ARE WELL KNOWN, HE ADDED.
ASKED WHETHER THIS ISSUE WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, SIR DAVID SAID: +1 REALLY CAN'T DISCUSS THE AGENDA OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.+
SIR DAVID OPENS TUEN MUN GOVT BUILDING
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TUEN MUN HAS GROWN IN 20 YEARS FROM A FISHING VILLAGE AND SMALL LOCAL MARKET INTO A MAJOR CONURBATION LINKED BY MOTORWAYS TO KOWLOON AND OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAK ING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TUEN MUN GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, SIR DAVID SAID THAT PEOPLE SOMETIMES FORGOT THAT TUEN MUN WAS 32 KILOMETRES FROM THE CENTRE OF HONG KONG AND THAT, AS A NEW TOWN, IT HAD TO DEVELOP ITS OWN IDENTITY.
+THIS GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN THE HEART OF THE TOWN EMPHASISES GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO BUILD UP THIS IDENTITY AND TO PROVIDE THE TOWN AND ITS PEOPLE WITH A FULL RANGE OF FACILITIES, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID THE COMPLETION OF THE TOWN HALL AND MAGISTRACY, NEXT YEAR, WAS AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THESE FACILITIES, BUT TUEN MUN'S DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT STOP THERE.
+MORE SCHOOLS ARE NEEDED: THEY ARE BEING BUILT. TUEN MUN NEEDS A HOSPITAL: IT IS BEING BUILT. TUEN MUN NEEDS AN IMPROVED TRANSPORT LINK TO THE NEIGHBOURING TOWN OF YUEN LONG: THIS IS BEING BUILT, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD ASSUMED A VITAL ROLE IN MANAGING THE TOWN AND IN ENSURING THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS FULLY AND PROPERLY ADVISED OF THE NEEDS OF ITS CITIZENS.
+THE DISTRICT BOARD'S LINK WITH THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE IR WORK TO BUILD A BETTER TUEN MUN, SIR DAVID SAID.
BEFORE THE OPENING CEREMONY, SIR DAVID, ACCOMPANIED BY TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN SELBY, AND PROJECT MANAGER (TUEN MUN), MR S.K. KWEI, INSPECTED VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TUEN MUN.
SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR LEUNG KING AND TIN KING ESTATES IN THE NORTH-WEST OF THE NEW TOWN HAD ALREADY BEGUN AND WOULD BE COMPLETED BY LATE-1987.
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