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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1977.

GOVERNOR OPENS TUEN MUN NEW TOWN EXHIBITION

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY DESCRIBED THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN SCHEME AS A +GIGANTIC PROJECT DEVELOPING WITH EXTRAORDINARY SPEED.+

AND HE PRAISED THE SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS A MAJOR REASON FOR THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHING OF THE NEW TOWN PROJECT,

+ IT MUST BE OUR ENDEAVOUR TO ENSURE THIS HARMONY IS MAINTAINED IN THE NEW TOWN TO COME, AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT SPARES NO EFFORT TO FULFILL THE PROMISE OF A BETTER LIFE WHICH IS THE NEW TOWN'S OBJECT+, HE SAID.

SIR MURRAY WAS OFFICIALLY OPENING THE P.W.D.'S TUEN MUN NEW TOWN EXHIBITION AT THE HOH FUK TONG COLLEGE IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TUEN MUN. THE EXHIBITION THE FIRST PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS FOR THE

NEW TOWN IS BEING STAGED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE P.W.D., AND WILL BE OPEN FROM 10 A.M. TO 7 P.M. EVERY DAY UNTIL APRIL 16.

REFERRING TO THE BENEFITS TO BE REAPED FROM THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY CO-OPERATION, SIR MURRAY SAID: +WHAT THIS MEANS IS SHOWN IN THIS TUEN MUN NEW TOWN EXHIBITION, WHICH I

COMMEND TO THE PEOPLE OF TUEN MUN AND TO THE REST OF HONG KONG, AND ALSO TO THE INDUSTRIALISTS AND DEVELOPERS WITHOUT WHOSE SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF THIS AND OTHER NEW TOWNS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.+

HE SAID: +THIS EXHIBITION RECORDS WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED AND WHAT WILL BE ACHIEVED IN THIS GIGANTIC PROJECT.

+AND IT IS BEING OPENED AT A TIME WHEN THE NEW TOWN IS DEVELOPING WITH EXTRAORDINARY SPEED.+

HE SAID THE SHORELINE WAS CHANGING AS RECLAMATION MARCHED INTO CASTLE PEAK BAY.

THE TAI HING ESTATE, BEING BUILT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, HAD ALREADY CHANGED THE NEW TOWN SKYLINE.

AND BIG NEW FACTORIES TO PROVIDE JOBS FOR THE NEW RESIDENTS SEEMED TO BE +SPRINGING UP OVERNIGHT.+

+OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE IN THE NEW TOWN, SAID THE GOVERNOR, + IS THE BUILDING OF PUBLIC HOUSING AS PART OF THE OVERALL HOUSING PROGRAMME,

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