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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1990
PARTICIPATION IN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT ENCOURAGED
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE POTENTIAL OF NORTH DISTRICT COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND
SIR DAVID
WILSON,
SAID
PRIVATE
TODAY
SECTOR NOW AND IS ACTIVELY
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT,
DURING (THURSDAY)
A
REALISES THE FULL PARTICIPATING IN ITS THE GOVERNOR, VISIT
TO THE
DISTRICT.
THE
"IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN
ΤΟ POLICY DEVELOPMENT BY
SIR DAVID ADDED.
ENCOURAGE PROVIDING
GOVERNMENT'S NEW TOWN PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE AND BASIC FACILITIES,
THE FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI THE GOVERNOR HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF
TIN PING ESTATE, AND NEW TOWN FROM THE ROOFTOP OF TIN MEI HOUSE IN
EXPECTED WAS TOLD THAT THE FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN POPULATION 18 TO REACH 250,000 BY THE LATE 1990'S.
TO PROVIDE A
"WITH THE STEADY BUILD-UP IN POPULATION, WE AIM BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING, INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES THE DISTRICT," HE SAID.
FOR
A
EARLIER, SIR DAVID VISITED SHA TAU KOK TOWN
UNDER LOOK AT
PROVIDED SOME OF THE FACILITIES REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WHICH COMMENCED IN 1986 AND IS COMPLETION IN 1991.
IN
A FIRST-HAND $300 MILLION SCHEDULED FOR
HOUSING SOCIETY'g SHA THE GOVERNOR ALSO TOURED THE HONG KONG
000 PEOPLE TAU KOK RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, WHICH HOUSES ALMOST 4, AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE OF TWO NEARBY VILLAGES, AND THE SHA TAU CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL PEMOTE VILLAGES.
WHICH HAS
REPLACED
FIVE
RURAL
KOK
SCHOOLS
IN
WAS AT THE SHEUNG SHUI FLOOD PROTECTION SCHEME SITE, SIR DAVID
$20 OF THIS OPERATION BRIEFED ON THE DESIGN AND
MILLION PROJECT. IN SHEUNG SHUI VILLAGE THE SCHEME IS AIMED AT PREVENTING FLOODING
AFTER HEAVY WHICH MAY RESULT FROM THE OVERFLOWING OF THE RIVER INDUS RAIN.
THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT
OF A THE SCHEME CONSISTED
FROM THE RIVER INDUS FLOOD PROTECTIVE BUND SEPARATING THE VILLAGE
RUNOFF DURING PLAIN,
A FLOOD STORAGE POND FOR STORING THE CUMULATIVE SEVERE STORMS, AND A STORMWATER PUMPING STATION.
BEFORE WINDING UP
HIS
PING
VISIT, INDOOR
THE GOVERNOR ATTENDED
CENTRE WHERE RECREATION
A
TEA
HE
MET
RECEPTION AT THE TIN MEMBERS OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD AND DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, AND LOCAL PERSONALITIES.
BIR DAVID
ACCOMPANIED WAS
ON
HIS
VISIT BY
THE REGIONAL BOARD SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU; NORTH DISTRICT CHAIRMAN, MR RAYMOND PANG; AND NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM HUI.
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