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Monday, April 9, 1973
TAI O HOUSING SCHEME
More than 3,000 people will be provided with self-contained housing
in Tai O with the completion of the proposed Government Low Cost Housing
Estate at Yin Tin.
This was revealed today by Mr. D.C. Bray, District Commissioner,
New Territories, at the opening ceremony of the Tai O Rural Committee Office.
He said that workshop areas would also be formed to enable the
development of light industry.
In recent years, Tai O had undergone "a new phase of development"
from an isolated fishing port into a well-equipped town with the provision
of new roads, water treatment works, a town hall, and sites for a first
secondary school and a playground.
Mr. Bray said that with this fast pace of development "the burden
on the shoulders of the Rural Committee is heavy", but he was confident
that the Committee would be fully capable of meeting the challenge with the
support of the local people.
The building cost of the new Rural Committee Office exceeded $100,000,
with the greater part contributed by local residents.
Note to Editors:
Copies of the full text of Mr. Bray's speech are distributed separately in the G.I.S. Press boxes this evening.
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