THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1988
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REGIONAL SECRETARY IMPRESSED WITH WAN CHAI'S RAPID DEVELOPMENTS
THE NEW REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN HONG-TSUEN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENTS WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE IN THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS.
SPEAKING AFTER A VISIT TO THE DISTRICT, MR LAN SAID: "COMPARED WITH WHAT WAS BASICALLY A RESIDENTIAL AREA FOR THE MIDDLE-INCOME GROUP 10 YEARS AGO, WAN CHAI TODAY IS BECOMING A COMMERCIAL CENTRE WITH NEW OFFICE COMPLEXES, SUCH AS SUN HUNG KAI BUILDING, CHINA RESOURCES CENTRE, GREAT EAGLE CENTRE AND SHUI ON CENTRE, ETC.
"WAN CHAI NOW PROVIDES SOME 23 PER CENT OF THE OFFICE ACCOMMODATION IN HONG KONG, AND THIS 19 INDEED AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD."
MR LAN POINTED OUT THAT THE PLANNED RECLAMATION STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL DISTRICT ACROSS WAN CHAI WOULD PROVIDE, IF PROCEEDED AS PROPOSED, A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER EXPANSION OF FIRST CLASS OFFICE ACCOMMODATION IN WAN CHAI DISTRICT то MERT THE TERRITORY'S LONG-TERM NEEDS.
"THESE CHANGES WILL PROVIDE CHALLENGES NOT ONLY FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BUT ALSO FOR THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD WHICH IS SERVING THE NEEDS OF 200,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE DISTRICT," HE NOTED.
"THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, PROVIDING EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE FACILITIES FOR 8,000 AND 3,000 PEOPLE RESPECTIVELY, TOGETHER WITH THE OPENING OF HOTELS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL FACILITIES IN THE COMPLEX, WILL CERTAINLY BE A BOOST FOR WAN CHAI AS A GROWING COMMERCIAL CENTRE," HE ADDED.
DURING TODAY'S
VISIT, MR LAN MET STAFF OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, MRS PEGGY LAM.
AFTER THE MEETING, MR LAN, ACCOMPANIED BY MRS LAM AND THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALLAN CHOW, PROCEEDED TO THE ROOFTOP OF HOPEWELL CENTRE FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE DISTRICT.
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MR LAN WAS TOLD THAT HOPEWELL CENTRE REPRESENTED THE FIRST STAGE OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REDEVELOP THE AREA BETWEEN QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND KENNEDY ROAD.
THE SECOND STAGE, A JOINT DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND HOPEWELL HOLDINGS, INVOLVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 39-STOREY TOWER BLOCK. WORK ON THIS STAGE BEGAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1990.
THE INSPECTION WAS FOLLOWED BY VISITS ΤΟ THE ST JAMES SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY CENTRE AND THE NEARLY COMPLETED HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.
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