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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1978

NEW SAN TIN RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE OPENS

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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES TODAY (SATURDAY) OFFICIALLY OPENED THE NEW OFFICE OF THE SAN TIN RURAL COMMITTEE IN YUEN LONG.

SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY WHICH ALSO MARKED THE INAUGURATION OF THE 13TH TERM OF THE COMMITTEE'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MR. AKERS- JONES PRAISED THE FORMER CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE IR EFFORTS IN MAKING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE A REALITY.

+1 CONGRATULATE THE FORMER CHAIRMAN, MR. MAN KWAI-CHI AND HIS TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN RAISING THE NECESSARY FUNDS AND STARTING THE RECONSTRUCTION WORK, HE SAID.

+1 ALSO CONGRATULATE THE NEW CHAIRMAN AND HIS EXECUTIVE

COMMITTEE ON THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT.

+AND I WISH THEM EVERY SUCCESS DURING THEIR TERM OF OFFICE.+

MR. AKERS-JONES ALSO REFERRED TO THE REMARKS BY THE RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AT THE CEREMONY REGARDING THE POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA IN SAN TIN AND OTHER MATTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

HE ASSURED THAT THESE WOULD BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

+ WILL BE ASKING THE DISTRICT OFFICER TO DISCUSS THESE MATTERS FURTHER WITH THE RURAL COMMITTEE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT ACTION COULD APPROPRIATELY BE TAKEN ON THEM, HE ADDED.

WATER CUT ***

FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN WAN CHAI WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR SEVEN HOURS FROM 11 P.M. ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 27) TO FACILITATE WORKS BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT.

THE AREA TO BE AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY HENNESSY ROAD, FLEMING ROAD, GLOUCESTER ROAD AND TONNOCHY ROAD, INCLUDING STEWART ROAD, HARBOUR HOTEL AND WAN CHAI POLICE STATION.

MEANWHILE, SALT WATER SUPPLY TO ALL PREMISES IN HUNG HOM, TO KWA WAN, KOWLOON CITY, TUNG TAU TSUEN, KOWLOON TONG, LOK FÜ, WANG TAU HOM, WONG TAI SIN, FUNG WONG TSUEN AND THE UPPER TSZ WAN SHAN ESTATE WILL BE INTERRUPTED FOR 24 HOURS FROM MONDAY (NOVEMBER 27) MIDNIGHT.