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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1979

SIR PAUL BRYAN SEES BIG CHANGES IN TSUEN WAN

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SIR PAUL BRYAN, MP, CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG ANGLO- PARLIAMENTARY GROUP SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) HE ADMIRED THE SCOPE AND SPEED OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND THE HUMANITY WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WAS TACKLING THE CLEARANCE PROBLEM INVOLVED.

AFTER A VISIT TO TSUEN WAN WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, SIR PAUL SAID HE WAS TREMENDOUSLY

IMPRESSED BY THE BIG CHANGES THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE SINCE HE LAST VISITED THE TOWN MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO.

+UNLIKE SHA TIN, WHERE YOU ARE STARTING FROM THE PADDY FIELD SO TO SPEAK THERE ARE MANY CLEARANCES INVOLVED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREAS OF TSUEN WAN, AND ONE CAN ONLY ADMIRE THE SPEED AND SCOPE OF THE PROGRAMME AND I MUST SAY THE HUMANITY WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS HANDLING SUCH PROBLEM, HE SAID.

SIR PAUL AND LADY BRYAN, ACCOMPANIED BY THE GOVERNOR SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, FLEW IN BY HELICOPTER TO KEEP HIMSELF UP TO DATE ON THE GROWTH OF THE TOWN.

HE SAW WHAT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR. JAMES HAYES, DESCRIBED AS +DRAMATIC CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS WHICH HAVE CHANGED THE FACE OF THE TOWN.

MR. HAYES AND THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES TOOK SIR PAUL AND THE PARTY TO THE ROOF OF THE 25-STOREY FOU WAH CENTRE WHICH COMMANDS A SWEEPING VIEW OF THE SURROUNDING TSUEN WAN AREA. THEY WERE JOINED BY THE TSUEN WAN PROJECT MANAGER, MR. F.E. SHORT, AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR (OPERATIONS) OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, MR. JOHN HEYWOOD.

MR. HAYES.....