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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1977

LANDSCAPING PLAN FOR SHA TIN

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED A CONSULTANTS REPORT PROPOSING AN EXTENSIVE URBAN LANDSCAPING PROGRAMME TO BEAUTIFY SHA TIN NEW TOWN.

THE SHA TIN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. KEITH KWOK. SAID THAT RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE CONSULTANTS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN STAGES,

INTERVIEWED ON THE RTHK CHINESE-CHANNEL +NEW TERRITORIES WEEKLY+ PROGRAMME, MR. KWOK. SAID THE FIRM HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO DRAW UP PROPOSALS TO GIVE SHA TIN A +NEW LOOK+ WHEN IT IS DEVELOPED AS A NEW TOWN FOR HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.

+THE CONSULTANTS RECENTLY COMPLETED A PHASE 1 REPORT AND HAVE MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS ARISING FROM THEIR DETAILED STUDY, HE SAID.

+ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO PRESERVE AND UTILISE THE NATURAL SHING MUN VALLEY AS A REST AND RECREATIONAL AREA IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK.

+THERE WILL BE TREES AND PATHS ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER WHERE PEOPLE CAN RELAX AND TAKE WALKS.

+THE NEW TOWN WILL BE SURROUNDED BY A 'GREEN BELT' AND THERE WILL BE COUNTRY PARKS IN THE AREA.

+AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ONLY PRESERVE WELL-KNOWN SHA TIN LANDMARKS LIKE MONG FU SHAN, CHE KUNG MIU, TO FUNG SHAN AND OTHER PLACES, BUT THROUGH THE LANDSCAPING PROGRAMME IT WILL BEAUTIFY THEM,+ MR. KWOK ADDED.

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