FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1988
NORTH DISTRICT: A SLEEPING GIANT WITH VAST POTENTIAL
AND
NORTH DISTRICT, WHICH COMPRISES SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING, KOK AND TA KWU LING, IS A SLEEPING GIANT, A DEVELOPING
VAST AREA WITH
POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE DISTRICT MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SHA TAU PULSATIVE OFFICER,
SPEAKING
MR
AT THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF THE SHA TAU
SCHOOL. GOVERNMENT SECONDARY
CHEUNG REVIEWED THE DISTRICT'S OVERALL DEVELOPMENTS, AND LOOKED AHEAD INTO THE FUTURE.
KOK
HONG KONG. "NORTH DISTRICT IS FAR FROM BEING THE BACKWATER OF
AWAY TUCKED
AT THE IS
COMMUNITY RURAL IT SIMPLY A QUIET RELATIVELY INACCESSIBLE BORDER AREA,
NOR
-
HE STRESSED.
'INDEED, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN AND
HAS OF DEVELOPMENT THRUST LESS COMPLETED, THE ALONG THE RAIL LINE TO NORTH DISTRICT,'
.
HE SAID.
TA] PO MORE OR SHIFTED NORTHWARDS
OUTLINING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BORDER TOWNSHIP OF
AND
SHA TAU HE SAID A LOW DENSITY RURAL LOW-COST PUBLIC
KOK WITHIN THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA, TOWNSHIP COMPLETE WITH DECENT AMENITIES AND FACILITIES WAS TAKING SHAPE.
HOUSING,
MODERN
"THE $200 MILLION
THE
FACELIFT 3,900
WILL SUBSTANTIALLY UPGRADE PEOPLE
IN LIVING LIVING CONDITIONS OF SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS OF YIM LIU HA AND TSOI YUEN KOK,
THE TWO
HE ADDED.
THE SHANTY
SHA
KOK
RURAL PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION AT
THE OF 1
TAL! CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE HOUSING WILL BE COMPLETED IN JUNE, PROVIDING DECENT A VERY LOW RENTAL FOR 1,500 PEOPLE FROM YIM LIU HA.
1990
IN DECEMBER, WHILE THE PHASE II IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION REMAINING TWO PHASES WILL COME ON STREAM IN MARCH 1989 AND EARLY RESPECTIVELY.
A $11 MILLION CENTRAL
PRIMARY
MARKETING
SCHOOL. EQUIPPED WITH MODERN
CATER TO
FOR PUPILS FROM THE SCHOOL AND FOUR ORGANISATION
FACILITIES, WOULD OPEN IN SEPTEMBER EXISTING SHA TAU KOK
FISH
RURAL SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA, MR CHIBUNG SAID.
BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR "TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES WILL BE PROVIDED
IN LINE PUPILS LIVING OUTSIDE THE CLOSED AREA TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL,
SCHOOLS IN REMOTER WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY FOR CENTRAL PRIMARY PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES,
*
HE ADDED.
COMMUNITY HALI. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN AIR-CONDITIONED PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE IN SHA TAU KOR TOWN BY THE END YEAR.
A WITH OF THIS
THE HALL WOULD PROVIDE A BASE FOR THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE
RESIDENT'S WITHIN DOORSTEPS TO
OF THE
THE BRING ITS SERVICE FRONT LER CLOSED AREA AND I ITS NEIGHBOURING ISLANDS, HE NOTED.
TO
THE
/TO RELIEVE