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SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1976

+WORK WILL ALSO BEGIN ON THE NEW SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION, AND WIDENING OF THE RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN HUNG HOM AND SHA TIN WILL CONTINUE,+ SAID MR. MCDONALD. +FURTHER RECLAMATION IS ALREADY UNDERWAY TO PROVIDE NEW SITES FOR DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS HOUSING ESTATES, A PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, INDUSTRIAL ESTATES AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES LIKE SCHOOLS, POLICE STATIONS AND CLINICS.

+ALTOGETHER, THEY REPRESENT SPENDING BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SOME $200 MILLION DURING THE 1976/77 FINANCIAL YEAR. AND A SIMILAR AMOUNT IS EXPECTED TO BE SPENT BY PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.

+WHAT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT ABOUT ALL THESE WORKS IS THAT THEY ARE BEING CARRIED OUT AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CREATION OF A BALANCED NEW TOWN WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE.

+DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY AND A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES ARE PLANNED NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT, BUT ALSO TO ATTRACT AND HOLD NEW RESIDENTS.

+THE CREATION OF SUCH A BALANCED COMMUNITY IS CONSIDERED TO BE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE IN THE FUTURE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN AS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SATISFY THEIR ASPIRATIONS FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

+THE EXHIBITION SETS OUT TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THE GOVERNMENT HOPES TO ACHIEVE THESE AIMS.+

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN FROM 10 A.M. TO 7 P.M. EACH DAY. THE LEK YUEN COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, SITE OF THE EXHIBITION, IS NEXT TO THE ESTATE'S BUS TERMINUS, AND A FEW MINUTES' WALK FROM SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION.

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