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Monday, March 18, 1974

DISTRICT OFFICERS APPOINTED

For Tuen Mun And Sha Tin

The appointments of District Officers for Tuen Mun and Sha Tin

have been announced.

They are Mr. David Lan Hong-teung, District Officer, Tuen Mun,

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and Mr. Micheal Suen Ming-yeung, District Officer, Sha Tin.

Mr. Lan, who is at present the Assistant Director (New Territories)

of the Urban Services Department, will take up his new post on April 1, 1974,

while Ifr. Suen, now the Secretary, Housing Authority, will assume duty on

Monday (March 25).

Although the two District Officers have not yet taken up their

new duties, the two District Offices are already in operation. The Tuen

Mun District Office is temporarily situated in the Yuen Long District Office,

and the Sha Tin District Office in Tai Po.

New accommodations are expected to be ready at the end of the year,

The creation of the additional posts and the transfer of some

existing posts were approved by the Finance Committee late last year to

enable the two new District Offices to be set up at Tuen Mun and Sha Tin.

The expansion of the Now Territories Administration is a result of

the ever-increasing demands made on the department to meet the needs of an

expanding population and increasing land development.

Major developments with which the department is involved include

the Lek Yuen San Tauen Housing Estate at Sha Tin, the Sha Tin race course,

the High Island Water Scheme and the desalting plant in Tuen Mun.

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