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SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1978
MR. EDWARD HEATH BRIEFED ON NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT
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THE FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, MR. EDWARD HEATH, TODAY TOOK A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF ONE OF HONG KONG'S MOST SPECTACULAR PROJECTS THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, MR. HEATH FLEW OVER THE TOWN IN A GOVERNMENT HELICOPTER BEFORE LANDING ON A PLATFORM FORMED FROM A RECLAMATION +BORROW+ AREA.
FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT HIGH ABOVE SHA TIN, HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK GOING ON BELOW HIM BY THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR. JOHN DON, AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, SHA TIN, MR. GERRY HIGGINSON.
THEY POINTED OUT THAT THE TOWN, WHICH NOW HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 50,000, WILL GROW TO A MODERN CITY OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS.
MR. HIGGINSON SAID LATER: +MR. HEATH SHOWED A KEEN INTEREST IN WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE HIM A RUNDOWN ON ALL OUR PLANS AND PROBLEMS.+
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