XN000022-1979-08-09 — Page 4

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1979.

IN THE WEST, HE SAID, TUEN MỤN HAD ITS HIGHWAY WHICH CONTINUED TO BE IMPROVED AND WITH THE HEAVY POPULATION CONCENTRATION TO BE BUILT UP BETWEEN THE NEW TOWN AND YUEN LONG, THERE WERE AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR A MODERN TRAMWAY SYSTEM.

+IN THE EAST, WE ARE TO HAVE AN ELECTRIFIED FREQUENT SERVICE OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WHICH WITH ITS CONNECTIONS WITH THE M.T.R. WILL MAKE ATTRACTIVE THAT PART OF THE REGION AS A COMMUTER'S DORMITORY,

+NEITHER MUST WE FORGET THE FERRIES AND IN FUTURE THERE SEEMS TO BE GOOD SCOPE FOR AND A LOT OF GEOGRAPHICAL LOGIC IN PROVIDING SPEEDIER FERRIES BETWEEN TUEN MUN AND THE URBAN AREA AND INDEED TO AND FROM MACAU AND THE NEIGHBOURING PARTS OF CHINA, PARTICULARLY IN THESE DAYS OF EVER-INCREASING OIL PRICES,+ HE ADDED.

GOVERNOR VISITS NGAU TAU KOK AND SHAM SHUI PO

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS ON A VARIETY OF GENERAL AND DISTRICT ISSUES TODAY (THURSDAY) WHEN HE VISITED NGAU TAU KOK AND SHAM SHUI PO.

SUBJECTS RAISED INCLUDED THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEMS LUNCHEON FACILITIES FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN SHAM SHUI PO AND KWUN TONG, PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND A TOWN HALL FOR KWUN TONG, AND MEDICAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY IN SHAM SHUI PO.

THE GOVERNOR FIRST VISITED THE CARITAS CENTRE IN NGAU TAU KOK WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (KWUN TONG), MR. C.M. LEUNG. FROM THERE HE WENT TO THE SHAM SHUI PO CÍTY DISTRICT OFFICE IN LAI CHI KOK ROAD WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE CDO, MR. STEPHEN IP.

SIR MURRAY WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS MR. MICHAEL LEUNG, AND MR. HAROLD KWOK, CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (KOWLOON), DURING HIS TOUR OF THE TWO DISTRICTS.

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