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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1976

TSUEN WAN

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TSUEN WAN TO GET ITS OWN CDOS

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HONG KONG'S LARGEST AND FASTEST-GROWING NEW TOWN-- IS TO GET ITS OWN +CITY DISTRICT OFFICES+ SOON.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER AND TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES, DURING A LUNCHEON ADDRESS TO THE LIONS CLUB OF VICTORIA.

MR. HAYES REVEALED THAT TWO BRANCH OFFICES +ALONG THE LINES OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICES+ WOULD BE OPENED IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

THE EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT STAFF AND FACILITIES, HE ADDED, WAS PART OF AN OVERALL AIM TO INVOLVE THE NEW TOWN COMMUNITY IN THE RUNNING OF ITS OWN AFFAIRS.

OUTLINING THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY TRANSFORMED TSUEN WAN FROM A ONCE-SMALL MARKET CENTRE INTO A BUSTLING TOWN OF 520,000, MR. HAYES SAID THAT COMMUNITY FACILITIES MUST BE PROVIDED IN TANDEM WITH MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

+MANY AMENITIES OF THIS TYPE ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE DEVELOPED AREAS,+ HE SAID. +A TOWN HALL, AN INDOOR GAMES HALL, ANOTHER SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND SPORTS GROUNDS ARE PART OF THIS PROVISION.

+THE SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK AND TAI MO SHAN ITSELF WILL SUPPLY OTHER RECREATIONAL SPACE.

+AND WITH THIS EXPANSION OF BRANCH OFFICES WILL COME A GREATER EFFORT TO INVOLVE LOCAL RESIDENTS IN TOWN MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

+THIS HAS ALREADY BEGUN THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VARIOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES, THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH IS THE NEW RECREATION AND AMENITIES COMMITTEE WHICH WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE ALL-OFFICIAL TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.+

POINTING OUT THAT THE NEW TOWN WOULD BECOME A MAJOR CITY WITH A POPULATION OF 900,000 BY THE MID 1980S, MR. HAYES SAID TSUEN WAN WAS ALREADY A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CENTRE WITH 3,300 REGISTERED MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING MORE THAN 120,000 WORKERS.

TEXTILES, WEARING APPAREL, PLASTICS AND METAL PRODUCTS ACCOUNTED FOR THREE QUARTERS OF THE INDUSTRY AND ITS WORKFORCE, HE ADDED.

+ALTHOUGH DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG, TSING YI IS THE FOCUS OF CURRENT LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.

+PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND LAND FOR SPECIAL INDUSTRIES INCLUDING DOCKYARDS OIL STORAGE DEPOTS AND A LARGE POWER STATION CONSTITUTE THE BULK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.+