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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1978

GOVERNOR KEEPS 'ABREAST OF DEVELOPMENTS IN TSUEN WAN

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY

TODAY (WEDNESDAY) CONTINUED HIS REGULAR ROUND OF VISITS TO THE NEW TERRITORIES TO KEEP ABREAST OF SOME OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS AT TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN THAT WOULD COST THE GOVERNMENT MORE THAN $5 BILLION.

SIR MURRAY WAS ACCOMPANIED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON VISIT BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES- THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES THE TSUEN WAN PROJECT MANAGER, MR. EDMUND SHORT AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (OPERATIONS), MR. JOHN HEYWOOD.

SOME OF THE SPECIAL PROJECTS THE GOVERNOR SAW WERE:

* MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION TO TSUEN WAN WHICH WILL

LINK THE NEW TOWN TO KOWLOON AND HONG KONG ISLAND BY 1982-

* THE CHEUNG SHAN ESTATE AND THE NEW SHEK WAI KOK ESTATE

WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY HOUSE A TOTAL OF 48,000 PEOPLE BY THE END OF 1980-

* TSUEN WAN BY-PASS STAGE 1 (KWAI CHUNG ROAD TO TEXACO

ROAD) AND STAGE 2 (TEXACO ROAD TO CASTLE PEAK ROAD) COSTING A TOTAL OF $498 MILLION- AND

* KWAI CHUNG SPORTS GROUND WITH A SITTING CAPACITY FOR 1.500 PEOPLE SCHEDULED TO BE OPENED IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR AND THE INDOOR GAMES HALL,

NOTE TO EDITORS:

CONSTRUCTION OF WONG CHUK HANG INTERCHANGE

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THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WONG CHUK HANG INTERCHANGE, WHICH IS PART OF THE $306 MILLION ABERDEEN TUNNEL PROJECT, WILL BE SIGNED TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

THE SIGNING CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE SIXTH FLOOR OF MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, AT 2.30 P.M.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE EVENT. TV CREWS ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR CAMERAS.

AFTER THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY DR. Y.L. CHOI, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE AND MR. BRIAN DAVIDSON, PROJECT ENGINEER, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH.

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