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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1977

GOVERNOR SEES DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS IN TSUEN WAN

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY TOURED TSUEN WAN AND INSPECTED THE MANY DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE SINCE HE LAST VISITED THE NEW TOWN A YEAR AGO.

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES- THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (DEVELOPMENT), MR. JOHN TODDTM THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT, MR. J.R. WHITAKER AND THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES.

THEY HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THE NEW TOWN'S MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ON BOARD THE GOVERNMENT LAUNCH, +SIR CECIL CLEMENTI+, AFTER THE GOVERNOR HAD VISITED THE DOW CHEMICALS (H.K.) LTD. ON TSING YI AND THE MODERN TERMINALS LTD. IN KWAI CHUNG.

SIR MURRAY WAS TOLD THAT SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR TSUEN WAN. WORK HAS EITHER STARTED OR WILL BEGIN SOON ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE AN INDOOR GAMES HALL, TWO PLAYGROUNDS, THE KWAI CHUNG SPORTS GROUND AND EIGHT SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

HE WAS ALSO BRIEFED BY THE P.W.D.'S PROJECT MANAGER IN TSUEN WAN, MR. EDDIE SHORT, ON THE VARIOUS NEW TRUNK ROAD PROPOSALS FOR TSUEN WAN AS WELL AS ON THE PROGRESS OF ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS DESIGNED TO EASE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE BUSY DISTRICT.

IN TSUEN WAN, THE GOVERNOR SAW WORK UNDERWAY AT THE SITE FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES' FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT AUDITORIUM WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN 1979 TO CATER FOR THE INCREASING CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW TOWN.

HE THEN WENT ON TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE SITE FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED TSO KUNG TAM PARK AND RECREATION CENTRE, A MASTER PLAN FOR WHICH IS NOW BEING DRAWN UP BY CONSULTANTS.

THE NEXT STOP WAS AT GOLDHILL WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO PRIVATE HOUSING PROJECTS BY HOPEWELL AND SUN HUNG KEI WILL PROVIDE HOUSING AND RECREATION FACILITIES FOR 30,000 PEOPLE.

SIR MURRAY PROCEEDED TO THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE WHERE HE MET THE LOCAL NEW TERRITORIES JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AS WELL AS CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF THE TSUEN WAN, TSING YI AND MA WAN RURAL COMMITTEES.

THE TOUR TOOK THE PARTY TO A LOOK-OUT POINT ABOVE SHING MUN ROAD WHERE THE GOVERNOR SAW THE DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY ON THE SHING ON ESTATE WHICH WILL HOUSE 34,000 PEOPLE BY EARLY 1981, AND ON THE CHEUNG SHAN ESTATE WHICH WILL HOUSE 12,000 BY

1979.

/THE VISITORS