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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1979

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TUEN MUN NEW TOWN CENTRE TAKING SHAPE

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL TOMORROW (FRIDAY) INVITE TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND DRAINS TO SERVE TUEN MUN'S NEW TOWN CENTRE.

THE WORK WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF 1.400 METRES OF INTERNAL ROADS AND A STORMWATER AND FOUL WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM,

A P.W.D. SPOKESMAN SAID: THE TOWN CENTRE OCCUPIES SOME

16 HECTARES OF LAND.

+ IT COMPRISES SOME 23 RESIDENTIAL TOWERS, EACH ABOUT 28 STOREYS HIGH, TOGETHER WITH RETAIL SHOPPING AND PARKING FACILITIES ON PODIUM FLOORS.+

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN CENTRE, WHICH WOULD BE SERVED BY A MAJOR BUS TERMINUS, WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN STAGES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

ON COMPLETION, IT WILL HAVE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, DEPARTMENT STORES, A CINEMA, A MARKET, A CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMPLEX, A MAGISTRACY AND A POLYCLINIC.

UNDER THE CONTRACT, AN EXISTING TEMPORARY STEEL FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS TUEN MUN ROAD WILL BE RELOCATED IN A NEW POSITION TO ENABLE PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS THE ROAD IN SAFETY.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER AND

TAKE ABOUT 15 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND WORK WILL BE SUPERVISED BY SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, ON BEHALF OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

DISTRICT WELFARE NEEDS UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS TO REVIEW FROM TIME TO TIME THE WELFARE NEEDS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

THIS WILL BE DONE ON THE BASIS OF THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE WHITE PAPER, SAID MR. LEE IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE OPEN DAY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S SHA TIN - TAI PO DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICE.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK, MR. STEPHEN WONG YUEN-CHEONG, OFFICIATED AT THE CEREMONY. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND A WELFARE SERVICES EXHIBITION,

MR. LEE SAID THAT IN ORDER TO MEET AN INCREASING NEED ARISING FROM RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, BOTH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR HAD PLANNED FOR A BALANCED PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS,

IN THE.