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SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1977

THE BUILDING OF SHA TIN COMMUNITY

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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY SPOKE OF THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN SHA TIN BUT SAID +THERE IS MORE TO DO THAN JUST TO BUILD THE TOWN AND FILL IT WITH PEOPLE.+

HE WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON WHEN HE UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT PRIMARY SCHOOL

IN LEK YUEN, SHA TIN.

MR. AKERS-JONES SAID STRANGERS HAD TO BE TURNED INTO FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS AT EVERY STAGE IN THE GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF SHA TIN,

+WE HAVE TO BRING FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS INTO A COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THOSE BONDS, WHICH TURN FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS INTO A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND ENRICHMENT OF THEIR DAILY LIVES, HE SAID.

THE BUILDING OF A COMMUNITY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OR BOUGHT WITH MONEY, HE SAID.

+ IT SPRINGS FROM A CONSCIOUS RECOGNITION OF THE RESPONSIBILITY WE ALL HAVE FOR THE WELFARE OF OUR FELLOW MEN.

+I THEREFORE WELCOME THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE PARTICIPATION OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN PROVIDING EDUCATION IN THE NEW TOWN, BUT BECAUSE IT IS A SIGN OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE WIDER OBJECTIVES OF BUILDING THE COMMUNITY IN SHA TIN, + HE SAID.

EACH WEEK, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID, THE NEW TOWN GROWS AND WITHIN A SHORT TIME, THE BUILDINGS WHICH ARE GOING UP WILL BE FILLED WITH PEOPLE. IN EIGHT YEARS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WILL RISE FROM 50,000 TO 500,000,

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