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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989
FROM A VANTAGE POINT NEAR HONG SING COURT,
LORD GLENARTHUR HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE AREA INCLUDING THE JUNK BAY TUNNEL PROJECT WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENTS OF JUNK BAY BY THE PROJECT MANAGER (NEW TERRITORIES/SOUTH) MR CHOW CHE-KING.
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LORD GLENARTHUR WAS TOLD THAT JUNK BAY NEW TOWN WAS BEING PLANNED TO ENSURE A BALANCED AND LARGELY SELF-SUFFICIENT COMMUNITY WITH A TARGET POPULATION OF 440,000 WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
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THE POPULATION WOULD BE SERVED BY SCHOOLS, MARKETS, TRANSPORT SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES WITHIN THE ESTATES AND BY MORE LARGE-SCALE FACILITIES WHICH WOULD SERVE THE ENTIRE NEW TOWN.
THESE INCLUDE A TOWN HALL, COMMUNITY CENTRES, LIBRARIES, SPORTS CENTRES, THEATRES, CLINICS, POLICE STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS, PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
EMPLOYMENT FOR THE MAJORITY OF JUNK BAY'S WORKING POPULATION WOULD BE PROVIDED IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF THE NEW TOWN AND CONSIDERATION WAS BEING GIVEN ΤΟ DEVELOPING HONG KONG'S THIRD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AT JUNK BAY.
THE AREA'S MAIN LINK WITH KOWLOON WOULD BE A TWIN-TUBE ROAD TUNNEL, SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN OCTOBER 1990, AND DISCUSSIONS WERE CURRENTLY BEING UNDERTAKEN TO PROVIDE FOR A POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TO JUNK BAY.
LORD GLENARTHUR WAS TOLD THAT THE CURRENT POPULATION OF THE NEW TOWN WAS ABOUT 33,000 WHICH INCLUDED 9,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING IN VILLAGES AND OTHER SETTLEMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT MANY YEARS.
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TRAVELLING BY CAR TO PO LAM ESTATE, LORD GLENARTHUR VISITED THE PO LEUNG KUK YICK CHARK FUNG KINDERGARTEN WHERE HE LOOKED IN ON CHILDREN ENGAGED IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
AT A NEARBY HOUSING BLOCK, LORD GLENARTHUR VISITED A FAMILY LIVING IN A FLAT IN PO TAI HOUSE.
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DURING A WALK THROUGH THE ESTATE, MARKET WHERE HE STOPPED TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE STALL OPERATORS.
FROM JUNK BAY, LORD GLENARTHUR WENT TO THE SITE FOR THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT CLEARWATER BAY, SAI KUNG WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HKUST COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG.
LORD GLENARTHUR WAS BRIEFED ON THE CONSTRUCTION VARIOUS OTHER PLANS FOR HONG KONG'S THIRD UNIVERSITY.
PROGRESS AND
THE UNIVERSITY
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