5
GOVERNOR ON LIBRARIES
*
*
FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1993
TO THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, THE PROVISION LIBRARIES IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT ANYONE CAN PROVIDE.
OF
"I LOVE BOOKS AND THEREFORE I LOVE LIBRARIES.
"BOOKS EDUCATE, BOOKS INFORM, BOOKS GIVE HOPE, BOOKS GIVE COMFORT, BOOKS INSPIRE, MR PATTEN SAID, WHEN OPENING THE TSUEN WAN CENTRAL LIBRARY THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
HE SAID WHOEVER INVENTED THE, IDEA OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
"A SPECIALLY ELEVATED PLACE IN HEAVEN".
DESERVED
STROLLING DOWN THE MEMORY LANE, MR PATTEN SAID HE COULD STILL REMEMBER AS A CHILD GOING EVERY SATURDAY MORNING TO THE NEAREST PUBLIC LIBRARY.
"I CAN REMEMBER THE EXCITEMENT OF THAT.
"I CAN REMEMBER THE DIFFICULTY OF CHOOSING WHICH THREE WE WERE ONLY ALLOWED THREE BOOKS TO TAKE OUT OF THE SCORES WANTED TO READ.
HE SAID LIBRARIES HAD A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ENCOURAGING AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO READ.
BOOKS, THAT
I
CHILDREN
"AND IF I MAY SAY SO THEY ALSO HAVE A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ENCOURAGING ADULTS TO GO BACK TO BOOKS AND TO START READING AGAIN.
11
HE ALSO PRAISED THE REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR SETTING UP A NETWORK OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACROSS THE NEW TERRITORIES.
LDC DEVELOPMENT SCHEME APPROVED
TOWN PLANNING
THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED UNDER THE ORDINANCE FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LDC) TO REDEVELOP AN OLD AREA IN THE HEART OF MONG KOK WITH A PACKAGE OF COMPREHENSIVE FACILITIES.
THE AREA, FOR WHICH THE LDC HAS MAPPED OUT A DEVELOPMENT PLAN UNDER ITS URBAN RENEWAL SCHEME, COVERS AN AREA OF 1.59 HECTARES BOUND BY ARGYLE STREET, RECLAMATION STREET, SHANTUNG STREET AND PORTLAND STREET.
THE "ARGYLE STREET/SHANGHAI STREET DEVELOPMENT SCHEME PLAN" PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK TO RESTRUCTURE THE EXISTING LAND USE PATTERN OF THE OLD AREA AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS.
/AT THE