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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989
REGIONAL SECRETARY SEES NORTH DISTRICT PROGRESS
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(THURSDAY)
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR
TO MORNING TOURED THE NORTH DISTRICT THIS LATEST DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
ADOLF LOOK AT
HSU,
THE
HE ALSO MET LOCAL PERSONALITIES AND DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF.
THE ACTING NORTH
DISTRICT ACCOMPANIED BY MILNES, MR HSU FIRST VISITED THE TEMPORARY PREMISES OFFICE AT JOCKEY CLUB ROAD, FANLING.
OFFICER, MR TIM OF THE DISTRICT
THE CONSTRUCTION
BUILDING OFFICES
HE INSPECTED AFTERWARDS, SEVEN-STOREY FANLING GOVERNMENT TEMPORARY DISTRICT OFFICE PREMISES.
SITE
OF A THE
TO ADJACENT
WHEN COMPLETED IN IN ACTIVITIES
HE WAS TOLD THAT THE $67 MILLION BUILDING,
OF GOVERNMENT JUNE NEXT YEAR, WOULD BE A FOCAL POINT THE DISTRICT ACCOMMODATING OVER 10 DEPARTMENTS.
CEMETERY
MR HSU LATER PROCEEDED TO THE TOP OF WO HOP SHEK A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS.
FOR
(NAMELY LUEN WO HUI AND SHEK INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS.
790 HECTARES, COMPRISES A THE NEW TOWN, COVERING AN AREA OF
CORES VILLAGES,
COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL TWO MIXTURE OF TRADITIONAL
PUBLIC HUI), WU
ESTATES AND HOUSING
SHUI HAS UNDERGONE SIGNIFICANT HE NOTED THAT FANLING/SHEUNG DEVELOPMENT IN HOUSING, TRANSPORT, RECREATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES SINCE IT WAS DESIGNATED AS A NEW TOWN IN JANUARY 1979.
OUT
ROAD AND DRAINAGE
ΤΟ
ITS ENHANCE
MR HSU ALSO TRAVELLED TO LUEN WO HUI WHERE
CARRIED WORKS ARE BEING IMPROVEMENT INFRASTRUCTURAL CAPACITY FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT.
THE PROJECT, WHICH STARTED LAST MONTH, WILL BE 15 STAGES AND TAKE 19 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
IMPLEMENTED IN
MR HSU THEN VISITED THE ON LOK TSUEN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN.
IN THE
16
WHICH PROVIDES A TOTAL OF HE WAS TOLD THAT THE ESTATE,
WITHI 2,100 EMPLOYEES HECTARES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND, HAS 115 FACTORIES NOW. THIS IS ABOUT SEVEN PER CENT OF THE TOTAL POTENTIAL EMPLOYMENT OF 32,000 PEOPLE ON FULL DEVELOPMENT.
EARLIER TODAY, MR HSU VISITED THE SHA TAU KOK TOWN FRONTIER CLOSED AREA, WHICH IS UNDERGOING A $300 MILLION FACELIFT.
WITHIN THE
SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP, HOUSING UNITS, MODERN
AMENITIES
AND
HE SAW FOR HIMSELF HOW A LOW-DENSITY, COMPLETE WITH LOW-COST PUBLIC RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, IS TAKING SHAPE.
MR HSU