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THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988
AFTERWARDS, HE INSPECTED THE SITE OF A SEVEN-STOREY NORTH DISTRICT GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING ADJACENT то THE TEMPORARY DISTRICT OFFICE PREMISES.
HE LEARNT THAT THE $52-MILLION BUILDING, WHEN COMPLETED IN MID- 1990, WILL BE THE NERVE CENTRE OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE DISTRICT.
MR SUEN THEN VISITED THE SHA TAU KOK TOWN WITHIN THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA. HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE $300-MILLION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE BORDER TOWNSHIP, WHICH COVERED AN AREA OF 3.8 HECTARES.
HE WAS TOLD THAT THE PROJECT INCLUDES A RURAL ESTATE, A CENTRAL, PRIMARY SCHOOL, A COMMUNITY HALL, AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
PUBLIC HOUSING
INFRASTRUCTURE
MR SUEN TOURED THE SHA TAU KOK RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE PHASE I, WHICH IS UNDERTAKEN BY THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN JULY AND WILL BE HOME TO 1,500 PEOPLE.
THE RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING SCHEME AIMS TO MEET THE DEMAND FROM PEOPLE IN THE TOWN FOR IMPROVED HOUSING CONDITIONS, WHILE PRESERVING THE STRUCTURE OF THE EXISTING COMMUNITY BY ACCOMMODATING ALL THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CLEARANCE OF THE TWO SHANTY SQUATTER AREAS OF YIM LIU HA AND TS01 YUEN KOK.
MR SUEN THEN WENT TO THE BORDER CONTROL POINTS AT SHA AND MAN KAM TO.
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TAU KOK
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HE TRAVELLED TO FANLING AND VISITED THE KOON, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1929 AND HAS NOW BECOME A REGISTERED NON-PROFIT MAKING CHARITABLE ORGANISATION.
THE KOON PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, NOTABLY THE OPERATION OF STUDY ROOMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
IN CHOI YUEN ESTATE, SHEUNG SHUI AND A SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN CHEUNG WAH ESTATE, FANLING.
LATER, MR SUEN PROCEEDED TO THE ROOFTOP OF CHEUNG CHI HOUSE IN CHEUNG WAH ESTATE FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE FANLING-SKEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS.
MEMBERS,
WELL
BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS VISIT, MR SUEN ATTENDED A TEA RECEPTION AT THE CHEUNG WAH COMMUNITY HALL WHERE HE MET DISTRICT BOARD RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN, AS PERSONALITIES DRAWN FROM A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE AS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, ORGANISATIONS.
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