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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1977

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THE SECOND STAGE OF THE PROJECT, DUE FOR COMPLETION AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR, COMPRISES A COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE WITH SHOPS, LIBRARY, A SCHOOL FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, COMMUNITY HALL, YOUTH CENTRE, CHILDREN'S CENTRE AND 4,500 SQUARE FEET OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITY SPACE AROUND A TERRACED GARDEN.

BEFORE THEY WENT TO YUEN LONG, THE PARTY HAD A WORKING LUNCH WITH THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, AT ISLAND HOUSE IN TAI PO, WHERE THEY VIEWED THE PROGRESS ON THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.

IN YUEN LONG, THEY WERE TOLD WORK WAS TO START SOON ON THE FIRST STAGE OF A PLAN TO TRANSFORM YUEN LONG INTO A MARKET TOWN OF 90,000.

THE FIRST STAGE, COSTING $30 MILLION, WOULD INCLUDE THE WIDENING OF EXISTING ROADS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ONES, DRAINAGE WORKS, A LARGE BUS TERMINUS, AND A PART OF A HOUSING ESTATE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE HOMES FOR ABOUT 3,500 PEOPLE.

THE LAST STOP OF THE TOUR WAS IN TUEN MUN WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED ALONG SIMILAR LINES TO SHA TIN,

LIKE SHA TIN, TUEN MUN HAS A POPULATION OF AROUND 50,000 WHICH WILL GROW TO HALF A MILLION BY THE MID-80S WITH A 70 PER CENT PUBLIC HOUSING COMPONENT.

NEW ADDRESS FOR KOWLOON CITY C.D.O.

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THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (KOWLOON CITY) WILL MOVE FROM ITS PRESENT PREMISES IN PRINCE EDWARD ROAD TO NO. 1 MA TAU KOK ROAD THIS WEEKEND,

OCCUPYING THE FIRST AND PART OF THE GROUND FLOORS OF THE MA TAU KOK ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, THE NEW OFFICE WILL START OPERATING FROM SATURDAY (MARCH 26).

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