FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988
5
LORD GLENARTHUR LOOKS OVER NEW TOWN
MINISTER
WITH TURN MUN NEW RAIL TRANSIT
FOREIGN THE
AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG, LORD GLENARTHUR, VISITED TOWN THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING AND ALSO INSPECTED THE LIGHT SYSTEM WHICH WILL SOON GO INTO OPERATION THERE.
A LARGE HOUSING
THE FIRST STOP FOR LORD GLENARTHUR WAS SIU HONG COURT,
SCHEME DEVELOPMENT HOME OWNERSHIP
AND COMPLETED IN 1980 17,400 PEOPLE.
MR
FOR A
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MICHAEL SUEN, HE WENT TO THE ROOF OF A 25-STOREY HOUSING „BLOCK PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN.
HE
WAS
BRIEFED
BY
THE
PROJECT
TERRITORIES/NORTHWEST) OF THE
TERRITORY
SIU
CHUEN,
ON VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS AND MAJOR UNDERTAKEN IN TUEN MUN.
MANAGER DEPARTMENT, DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS
(NEW MR
BRING
TSZ WAI CHI LORD GLENARTHUR AND HIS PARTY THEN LEFT FOR TUEN
BY THE TONG, AN ANCESTRAL HALL OF THE TO FAMILY, WHERE THEY WERE MET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR LAU TUEN MUN RURAL
WONG-FAT, AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES, MR TO KAM-CHOW AND MR TO
FUK-TIM.
YEARS OLD, AND HAS A CHI TONG WAS COMPLETED IN
TUEN TSZ WAI VILLAGE IS MORE THAN 200 POPULATION OF ABOUT 2,500. THE EXISTING 1971 TO ACCOMMODATE THE ANCESTRAL SHRINES OF THE TO FAMILY.
SURVEYOR OF THE DISTRICT LANDS AT THE CHI TONG, THE ESTATE
OPPORTUNITY TO OFFICE, MR JOHN MARSHALL, TOOK THE
то EXPLAIN
LORD WHICH SURROUNDING GLENARTHUR A $36-MILLION IMPROVEMENT SCHEME UNDER RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS WILL BE UPGRADED.
AN AREA
OF 51 HECTARES INCLUDING THREE SAN HENG TSUEN, TUEN TSZ WAI AND TING CHUEN WAI.
THE SCHEME COVERS
VILLAGES
IMPROVE THE INFORMAL, UNPLANNED
ENVIRONMENT IN AREAS WHERE SETTLEMENTS AND WHERE
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO THERE ARE EXISTING GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO UNDERTAKE LARGE-SCALE REDEVELOPMENT.
THE
BASIC
INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES
AS SUCH FACILITIES WILL BE
ROADS, SBWERS, PROVIDED FOLLOWING
PARKING AREAS AND ANCILLARY
LAND RESUMPTION AND CLEARANCE PROCEDURES,
LORD
GLENARTHUR LATER
PROCEEDED TO THE BEING
BUTTERFLY BEACH DEVELOPED BY THE
RECREATION AREA, A 9 HECTARE SITE, WHICH IS REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT INTO A SCENIC SPOT FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
LUNG MUN SYSTEM WHICH
ROAD WILL
LORD GLENARTHUR AND HIS PARTY THEN VISITED THE OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SERVE THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES.
/ACCOMPANYING THE