MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1988
JUNK BAY NEW TOWN TO HAVE MODERN FACILITIES
RESIDENTS OF JUNK BAY NEW TOWN CAN LOOK FORWARD TO ENJOYING IN THE NEAR FUTURE SOME OF THE MOST MODERN AND ATTRACTIVE NEW TOWN FACILITIES IN THE TERRITORY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID DURING A VISIT TO THE NEW TOWN TODAY (MONDAY).
SIR DAVID SAID THAT IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOOLS, KINDERGARTENS AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES WHICH HAD ALREADY OPENED, THERE WOULD BE EXTENSIVE SHOPPING AND MARKET FACILITIES, AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE, AN OPEN-AIR THEATRE AND NUMEROUS OPEN-AIR RECREATION FACILITIES.
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THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS AWARE THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME INITIAL DIFFICULTIES IN THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT AND MARKET FACILITIES AT THE TSUI LAM ESTATE. THESE WERE CAUSED BY DELAY IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX AND BUS TERMINUS IN THE ESTATE.
THE FACILITIES WERE NOW DUE TO BE COMPLETED AROUND FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR, SIR DAVID SAID. IN THE MEANTIME, TEMPORARY MARKET
FACILITIES AND BUS STOPS WERE BEING PROVIDED.
ACCOMPANIED BY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAL KUNG DISTRICT BOARD, MR WILLIAM WAN, THE GOVERNOR STARTED OFF HIS TOUR OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BY VISITING TSAM CHUK WAN.
HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRISTOPHER MUNN, ON HOW A LOCAL POLLUTION PROBLEM THERE WAS BEING DEALT WITH THROUGH THE CO-OPERATION AND INITIATIVE OF VILLAGERS.
SIR DAVID THEN WENT TO TAI MONG TSAI TO SEE THE NEWLY OPENED CYCLE PARK.
AFTER A TOUR OF SAI KUNG TOWN, SIR DAVID VISITED PAK KONG VILLAGE, WHERE A VILLAGE EXPANSION PROJECT WAS IN PROGRESS.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS ΤΟ VILLAGE FACILITIES HAD BEEN MADE THROUGHOUT SAI KUNG AND OTHER DISTRICTS THROUGH THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS AND URBAN FRINGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES.
"MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSALS ARE NOW BEING WORKED OUT THROUGH THE RURAL PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY (RPIS). IN THIS WAY PLANNING AND LAND USE CONTROL CAN BE IMPROVED SO AS TO PROVIDE BASIC AMENITIES IN ALL PARTS OF THE RURAL NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID.
VILLAGE EXPANSION PROGRAMMES, DESIGNED TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR SMALL HOUSE SITES FOR INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS, ARE ALSO BEING CONSIDERED BY THE RPIS AS ONE POSSIBLE METHOD OF PRODUCING BETTER CONDITIONS IN THE VILLAGES, IIF ADDED.
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