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SIR MURRAY SEES DEVELOPMENT IN TAI PO

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY SPENT THE WHOLE AFTERNOON IN TAI PO DISTRICT WATCHING A YOUNG LEADERSHIP TRAINING CAMP IN SESSION AND INSPECTING THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DISTRICT.

HE WAS GIVEN A FULL BRIEFING ON THE DISTRICT'S DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND ALSO DISCUSSED SOME OF ITS ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS WITH LOCAL RURAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

ACCOMPANYING HIM THROUGHOUT THE VISIT WERE THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. CLIVE OXLEY.

SIR MURRAY STARTED THE TOUR AT TUNG TSE WHERE 200 SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE UNDERGOING A THREE-DAY LEADERSHIP TRAINING CAMP ORGANISED BY THE FRIENDS OF SCOUTING.

HE MATCHED THE YOUNG STUDENTS ATTENDING TRAINING SESSIONS WHICH INCLUDED FOLK DANCING, OBSTACLE COURSE TRAINING, MAP DRAWING, USE OF COMPASS AND SCOUT KNOTS, AND LATER MET SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE FRIENDS OF SCOUTING AT A TEA RECEPTION.

THE NEXT STOP WAS AT THE ROOFTOP OF A HIGH-RISE BUILDING WHICH COMMANDS A PANORAMIC VIEW OF TAI PO. THERE THE GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED ON THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR THE DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDED:

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THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE OF WHICH THE FIRST STAGE RECLAMATION WORK IS ALMOST COMPLETE, PROVIDING 24 HECTARES" OF LAND ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF TING KOK ROAD. THE SECOND STAGE RECLAMATION IS TO START LATER THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE A FURTHER 53 HECTARES OF LAND=

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RECLAMATION NOW UNDERWAY AT THE NORTH-WESTERN END OF TOLO HARBOUR, WHICH WILL PROVIDE SITES IN EARLY 1979 FOR A BALANCED +MIX+ OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOUSING, AND A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES. THE ESTIMATED POPULATION UPON FULL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ABOUT 50,000-

A $12 MILLION ALL-SEASON FANLING SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WHICH WILL SERVE THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S SUMMER SWIMMING SEASON- AND

A 2223 MILLION TRUNK ROAD WHICH WILL LINK SHA TIN AND TAI PO AND THEN GO NORTH TO JOIN YUEN LONG, FANL ING AND SHEUNG SHUI. CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN MID-1978 ON THE SECTION FROM YUEN CHAU TSAI TO NORTH TAI PO.

FOLLOWING A MEETING AT THE TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE, THE GOVERNOR WENT ON A BRIEF VISIT TO THE FORMER TANNERY AREA AND THE DODWELL'S RIDGE POLICE CADET SCHOOL IN FANLING.

THE TOUR

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