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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1977

TUEN MUN NEW TOWN EXHIBITION

OPENS ON WEDNESDAY

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL THIS WEDNESDAY (APRIL 6) OFFICIALLY OPEN THE FIRST PUBLIC EXHIBITION ON THE $3,500 MILLION TUEN MUN NEW TOWN PROJECT -- ONE OF THREE SATELLITE TOWNS BEING BUILT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO HOUSE SOME 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE BY THE MID-EIGHTIES.

THE EXHIBITION IS BEING STAGED AT THE HOH FUK TONG COLLEGE AT CASTLE PEAK ROAD. IN TUEN MUN BY THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND CO-ORDINATING THE NEW TOWNS SCHEME.

IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 7 P.M. EACH DAY FROM THURSDAY TO APRIL 16.

THE AIM OF THE EXHIBITION IS TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A CLEAR VIEW OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN WHICH WILL PROVIDE NEW HOMES AND GOOD LOCAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME 500,000 PEOPLE BY 1985.

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, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, FILMS AND MAPS OUTLINING THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA, ITS GENERAL LAND USE, PROPOSED LEISURE AREAS, ROAD NETWORKS AND THE SETTING FOR A MODERN TOWN CENTRE WHICH WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THE TOWNS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES.

VISITORS WILL ALSO SEE THE PROVISIONS BEING MADE FOR CONSERVATION AND RECREATION, WITHIN THE NEW TOWN.

AS PART OF THE MAIN EXHIBITION, THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE P.W.D.'S TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WILL PRESENT AN ART SHOW DEPICTING THE +TUEN MUN OF TOMORROW+ AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF ITS FUTURE CITIZENS THE CHILDREN.

ON DISPLAY WILL BE A SELECTION OF 120 COLOUR DRAWINGS BY STUDENTS OF VARIOUS AGE GROUPS FROM SCHOOLS IN TUEN MUN.

AT WEDNESDAY'S OPENING CEREMONY, THE GOVERNOR WILL DOT THE EYES OF A DRAGON AND INVITE TUEN MUN CIVIC LEADERS TO JOIN HIM IN CUTTING A RIBBON TO FORMALLY OPEN THE EXHIBITION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY, TO BE HELD AT 3.30 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL 6) AT THE HOH FUK TONG COLLEGE, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TUEN MUN.

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