FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1979
TOP LEVEL JAPANESE BUSINESS GROUP VISITS SHA TIN NEW TOWN
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A DELEGATION OF JAPANESE BUSINESSMEN AND INDUSTRIALISTS WHO ARE IN HONG KONG TO ATTEND THE FIRST JOINT MEETING OF THE HONG KONG- JAPAN BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES, TOOK TIME OFF THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING TO TAKE A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.
HEADED BY MR. KIZO YASUI, 23 MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION STARTED THE IR TOUR WITH A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION WITH THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD, AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, KOWLOON.
THE GROUP THEN WENT UP TO A VANTAGE POINT ABOVE SIU LEK YUEN AT SHA TIN WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. GERRY HIGGINSON, AND THE SHA TIN PROJECT MANAGER, MR. FONG CHUN NAM, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN INTO A BALANCED AND SELF- CONTAINED COMMUNITY OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE BY 1986, WITH ABOUT 60 PER CENT LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
THE VISITING BUSINESSMEN APPEARED TO BE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE DRAMATIC PROGRESS AND MAGNITUDE OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.
THEY WERE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF LAND SALE, ITS PLOT RATIO AND OTHER PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
THE HONG KONG-JAPAN AND THE JAPAN-HONG KONG BUSINESS
CO-OPERATION COMMITTEES, ESTABLISHED IN JAPAN AND HONG KONG RESPECTIVELY, AIM AT FOSTERING FRIENDSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES OF THE TWO PLACES AND AT PROMOTING TRADE, INVESTMENT AND OTHER ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION.
THE DELEGATION WILL BE RETURNING TO JAPAN TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
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