TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1936
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FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO NT WAY OF LIFE
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INITIATIVES WERE BEING TAKEN TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS ROADS, DRAINAGE AND SERVICES TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE URBAN FRINGE AREAS AND IN THE RURAL NEW TERRITORIES, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE HEUNG YEZ KUK AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, SIR DAVID SAID THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW PROGRAMME WOULD BEGİN IN 1987-88.
WITH THE RAP ID DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOWNS IN RECENT YEARS CAME LARGESCALE MIGRATION OF PEOPLE FROM THE OLD URBAN AREAS AND THIS RESULTED IN A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON BOTH THE LANDSCAPE AND THE WAY OF LIFE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID.
+NEW RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN FORMED AND NEW ORGANISATIONS CREATED TO MEET THIS SITUATION, BUT IN THIS PERIOD OF CHANGE, THE HEUNG YEE KUK HAS CONTINUED TO FULFIL ITS OBJECTIVES BY REFLECTING THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLE, HELPING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS WHICH INEVITABLY ARISE IN THE COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT, AND BY EXPLAINING THESE DEVELOPMENTS TO THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE AFFECTED BY THEM,+ HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT IN THE PAST THREE DECADES THE POPULATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD RISEN FROM A QUARTER-OF-A-MILLION PEOPLE TO ALMOST TWO MILLION AND WAS CONTINUING TO INCREASE RAPIDLY.
HE POINTED OUT THAT KUK LEADERS WERE NOT CONFING THEMSELVES TO REPRESENTING ONLY THE INTERESTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE BUT ALSO PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF NEWCOMERS BY UNDERTAKING AND SPONSORING COMMUNITY PROJECTS OF ALL KINDS.
+SIXTY YEARS HAVE SEEN MANY CHANGES AND THERE WILL BE GREAT CHANGES IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+WE MUST LEARN FROM THE PAST AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE WITH VISION AND IMAGINATION, HE SAID.
EXTRA FUNDING SOUGHT FROM FINANCE COMMITTEE
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THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE ASKED TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) TO APPROVE AN INCREASE IN COMMITMENT OF $3.786 MILLION TO ASSIST THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY (HONG KONG BRANCH) TO BUILD AND EQUIP THE NEW PRINCESS ALEXANDRA RED CROSS RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL IN KWUN TONG.
THE COMMITMENT OF $4.64 MILLION APPROVED IN JUNE 1980 FOR BUILDING AND EQUIPPING THE 18-CLASSROOM SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IS INADEQUATE DUE TO RISES IN PRICES.
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