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SIR MURRAY CONTINUED: +BUT A COMMUNITY CANNOT BE BUILT ON HOUSING AND WORK ALONE. THE PLANNERS HAVE THEREFORE SO ARRANGED THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN THAT COMMUNITY FACILITIES OF ALL SORTS WILL BE BUILT, STAGE BY STAGE, AS THE ESTATES AND FACTORIES DEVELOP.
+ I REALISE THAT A PROJECT OF THESE DIMENSIONS IMPOSED ON WHAT WAS ONCE A QUIET FISHING VILLAGE, HAS INVOLVED DISRUPTION OF THE LIVES OF THE ORIGINAL RESIDENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY AND THEIR CHILDREN WILL GAIN ENORMOUSLY FROM THE FACILITIES OF THE NEW TOWN.
+THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO LAUNCH THIS PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY IS A GREAT TESTIMONIAL TO THE SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION WHICH PREVA ILS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THE WISE LEADERSHIP SHOWN BY THE RURAL COMMITTEE AND ITS CHAIRMAN AND BY THE HEUNG YEE KUK.+
IN HIS INTRODUCTORY SPEECH AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID MCDONALD, SAID IT WAS APPROPRIATE THAT THE EXHIBITION COVERING TUEN MUN'S FUTURE SHOULD BE STAGED IN A SCHOOL, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE BEING TRAINED TO FILL THEIR ROLE IN THE FUTURE.
HE PRAISED THE ENTHUSIASM SHOWN BY THE CHILDREN
OF TUEN MUN TOWARDS A SPECIAL ART EXHIBITION ON THE THEME +THE TUEN MUN OF TOMORROW... AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF ITS CHILDREN+ WHICH IS BEING STAGED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN EXHIBITION.
+THEIR RESPONSE IS ENCOURAGING EVIDENCE OF THE INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL GUIDE THE FUTURE DESTINY OF TUEN "MUN, HE SAID.
MR. MCDONALD JOINED THE GOVERNOR IN PRAISING THE SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION WHICH WAS LEADING TO SUCCESSFUL PROGRESS IN THE NEW TOWN PROJECT.
HE SAID: IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE P.W.D. 'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO SUCCESSFULLY CARRY OUT ITS TASK OF BUILDING THE NEW TOWNS WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE AND CO-OPERATION OF MANY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MANY PRIVATE AGENCIES, INDUSTRIALISTS AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS. AND LAST BUT FAR FROM LEAST
THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
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+ I WISH TO THANK THEM ALL FOR THE IR CO-OPERATION, WHICH HAS BEEN READILY GIVEN IN THE PAST, AND WHICH JAM SURE WILL BE JUST AS READILY GIVEN IN THE FUTURE.+
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