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TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1976

SHA TIN NEW TOWN EXHIBITION OPENS ON SATURDAY

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL STAGE AN EXHIBITION FROM MARCH 13 TO 18 SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR SHA TIN NEW TOWN NOW UNDERWAY.

THE EXHIBITION, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE SPONSORED BY THE P.W.D., WILL BE HELD IN THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX OF LEK YUEN ESTATE IN SHA TIN AND WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 7 P.M. EACH DAY.

IT IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE LEK YUEN BUS TERMINAL AND IS A FEW MINUTES' WALK ACROSS FROM THE SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED AT 11 A.M. THIS SATURDAY BY MR. NG CHAN-LAM, CHAIRMAN OF THE SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE, AFTER AN INTRODUCTORY SPEECH BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID MCDONALD.

THE AIM OF THE EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A CLEAR VIEW OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN WHICH WILL PROVIDE NEW HOMES AND GOOD LOCAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME 500,000 PEOPLE IN A COMPLETE AND PLEASANT LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

THE EXHIBITION WILL TRACE THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEW TOWN FROM ITS PLANNING STAGE, THROUGH THE VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION STAGES UP TO ITS COMPLETION.

IT WILL FEATURE A SERIES OF MODELS, SKETCH PLANS, PHOTOGRAPHS, SLIDES AND MAPS OUTLINING THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN VALLEY, ITS GENERAL LAND USE, PROPOSED LEISURE AREAS, ROAD NETWORKS AND THE SETTING FOR A MODERN TOWN CENTRE - THE CITY'S CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL HEART.

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE USED TO ILLUSTRATE THE CHANGES IN THE FACE OF THE VALLEY OVER THE LAST DECADE, AND THE VARIOUS FACETS OF THE NEW TOWN WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY A SLIDE SHOW.

VISITORS WILL ALSO SEE THE PROVISIONS BEING MADE FOR CONSERVATION AND RECREATION, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TRANSPORT WITHIN THE NEW TOWN, AND ROAD AND RAIL LINKS WITH THE REST OF HONG KONG.

GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON THE NEW TOWN WILL TOTAL MORE THAN $4,000 MILLION, AND WILL BE MATCHED BY PRIVATE INVESTMENT.

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NOTE TO EDITORS

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE OCCASION. A SPECIAL PRESS BRIEFING ON THE PROJECT WILL BE GIVEN BY MR. ALAN CROSBY, CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER, AND MR. GEORGE CHIEN, CHIEF ENGINEER, AT 9.30 A.M. ON SATURDAY (MARCH 13) AT SHA TIN HEIGHTS HOTEL, PRIOR TO THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY.

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