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BILLS PASSED

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1978

FOUR BILLS WERE PASSED. INTO LAW TODAY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THEY WERE THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS BILL 1978, THE AUXILIARY FORCES PAY AND ALLOWANCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1978, THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) (NO.3) BILL 1978 AND THE RAILWAYS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1978.

COMMONWEALTH GROUP VISITS SHA TIN NEW TOWN

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SIXTEEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH INTERCHANGE STUDY GROUP TO SOUTH-EAST ASIA TODAY TOOK A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE FAST-GROWING SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN XWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI.

THE GROUP, COMPRISING GOVERNMENT OFFICERS, EXECUTIVES FROM COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND OFFICIALS FROM PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, STARTED THE DAY WITH A BRIEFING BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES.

THEY THEN WENT UP TO A VANTAGE POINT BEHIND SHA TIN WEI FOR A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN.

THE GROUP WAS BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN INTO A BALANCED, SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITY OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE BY MID-1980'S.

THEY LATER WENT TO THE NEW TOWN'S FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE - LEK YUEN ESTATE.

IN THE AFTERNOON, THE GROUP SAILED ON CLEMENTI+ FROM TSUEN WAN TO QUEEN'S PIER IN CENTRAL AND SAW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN KWAJ CHUNG AND TSING YI EN ROUTE.

THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED ON THE DAY-LONG TOUR BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD, THE DEPUTY. SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, MR. EARRIE WIGGHAM, AND THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (DEVELOPMENT), MR. ROBERT UPTON.

THE GROUP IS ON THE THIRD AND LAST LEG OF THE IR SOUTH-EAST ASIAN TOUR UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY. HAVING VISITED SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA. THEY WILL FLY BACK TO LONDON ON FRIDAY (MAY 26).

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