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TUEN MUN NEW TOWN BOOKLET

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1976

MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WORKS ARE RAPIDLY CHANGING THE FACE OF TUEN MUN WHERE THE PLANNED NEW TOWN FOR SOME 480,000 PEOPLE IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE.

BUILDING AND ENGINEERING WORKS, SPEARHEADED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, ARE PROGRESSING ON A WIDE FRONT AND WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS TUEN MUN WILL EMERGE AS A FULLY SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP PROVIDING ITS RESIDENTS WITH A COMPLETE RANGE OF COMMUNITY AND OTHER ESSENTIAL FACILITIES.

DETAILS OF HOW THIS IS TO BE ACHIEVED ARE OUTLINED IN A COMPREHENSIVE COLOUR BOOKLET JUST PUBLISHED BY THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (N.T.D.D.).

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THE PUBLICATION, WHICH IS VIVIDLY ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS, IS THE SECOND PRODUCED BY THE N.T.D.D. A CONSTITUENT DEPARTMENT OF THE P.W.D. RESPONSIBLE FOR CO-ORDINATING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE THREE NEW TOWNS AT TUEN MUN, SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN.

THE FIRST BOOKLET, DETAILING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN, WAS PUBLISHED IN MAY THIS YEAR AND PROVED IMMENSELY POPULAR. A THIRD, ON TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN, IS NOW BEING PREPARED AND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY.

MR. J.R. WHITAKER, DIRECTOR OF THE N.T.D.D., SAID TODAY THAT ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR PUBLISHING THE BOOKLETS WAS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR THE NEW TOWNS.

+WITH UNDERTAKINGS OF SUCH IMPORTANCE AND COMPLEXITY, IT I$ ESSENTIAL THAT THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE IS KEPT AWARE OF, AND FULLY UNDERSTANDS, WHAT IS BEING PLANNED FOR THEM,+ HE SAID.

+THE BOOKLETS REPRESENT THE MOST COMPLETE AND COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTS YET MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THESE MAJOR SCHEMES, HE SAID, AND SHOULD UNDERLINE THE EXHAUSTIVE AND CAREFUL PLANNING THAT IS GOING INTO THE BUILDING OF THE NEW TOWNS.+

MR. WHITAKER SAID COPIES OF THE TUEN MUN BOOKLET WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITY LEADERS IN TUEN MUN AS WELL AS TO DEVELOPERS AND INDUSTRIALISTS IN HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN THE NEW TOWN.

COPIES WOULD ALSO BE PUT ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT STAR FERY CONCOURSE, AND THROUGH ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES.

AS OUTLINED IN THE BOOKLET, TUEN MUN NEW TOWN IS TO BE DEVELOPED IN A SERIES OF BALANCED PACKAGES, DESIGNED TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING WITH ALL NECESSARY FACILITIES SUCH AS SCHOOLS, CLINICS, OPEN SPACES AND PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES.

/AMONG