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IT WILL BE AN ENTIRELY SELF-CONTAINED DEVELOPMENT WITH ITS OWN SHOPPING CENTRE, SCHOOL, RESTAURANT AND AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB HOUSE CONTAINING A SWIMMING POOL, GOLF PUTTING AND DRIVING GREEN, CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, TENNIS COURTS AND BOWLING ALLEYS.
DESCRIBING THE DEVELOPMENT AS ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS PRIVATE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AKERS-JONES SAID HE WAS GLAD THAT A BRITISH COMPANY OF WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION HAD JOINED IN THIS PROJECT WHICH INCLUDED A COMPLETE RANGE OF AMENITIES FOR RESIDENTS.
+PROGRESS HAS BEEN GOOD, AND SOME OWNERS WILL START MOVING
IN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, HE SAID.
+THIS HOUSING WILL FIT IN WITH THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT: IT WILL BE CLOSE TO A SUBURBAN ELECTRIC RAIL SERVICE, IT IS CLOSE TO THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND IT IS SITUATED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE NEW TOWN OF TAI PO WITH ITS FUTURE POPULATION OF 200 000,+ HE ADDED.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS ONLY ONE OF A NUMBER OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES WHICH WOULD PRODUCE SEVERAL THOUSAND HIGH QUALITY HOUSES AND APARTMENTS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
*IN TAI PO OUR ATTENTION IS ALREADY TURNING TO THE USE OF FLAT AREAS IN THE HILLS WHICH HAVE BEEN CREATED DURING THE PROCESS OF RECLAMATION OF THE SEA, HE SAID.
MR AKERS-JONES WISHED ALL THE FUTURE RESIDENTS OF HONG LOK YUEN MANY HAPPY YEARS OF RESIDENCE.
167 PRISON OFFICERS PROMOTED
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THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR T.G. GARNER, ANNOUNCED THE PROMOTION OF 167 PRISON OFFICERS - THE LARGEST NUMBER PROMOTED AT ONE TIME DURING THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL STAFF DINNER HELD IN A TSIM SHA TSUI RESTAURANT LAST (SATURDAY) EVENING.
THE OFFICERS WERE PROMOTED FROM ASSISTANT OFFICER II TO ASSISTANT OFFICER EFFECTIVE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH.
DURING THE DINNER, MR GARNER PRESENTED HIS OWN COMMENDATIONS TO TWO OFFICERS FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL DEVOTION TO STAFF WELFARE. THEY WERE SUPERINTENDENTS CHOW SAI-WING AND J.A.D.G. DE ASSIS.
HE ALSO PRESENTED THE COMMISSIONER'S CUP FOR BEST PERFORMANCE AT THE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL PARADE THIS YEAR TO THE TAI LAM CENTRE FOR WOMEN, AND THE CUP FOR THE BEST STALL AT THE AUTUMN FAIR TO THE HEI LING CHAU DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE.
THE GET-TOGETHER WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 1 100 STAFF MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
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