THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1980
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COMMENTS ON GREEN PAPER STILL WELCOMED
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COMMENTS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S GREEN PAPER, A PATTERN OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IN HONG KONG+, HAVE BEEN COMING IN AT A STEADILY INCREASING RATE IN RECENT WEEKS, AND ALL ARE BEING GIVEN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.
+SINCE JUNE, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF USEFUL COMMENTS RECEIVED, AND MANY MORE EXPRESSED THROUGH THE MEDIA AND OTHER AVENUES, IT IS ENCOURAGING. +
WHEN THE GREEN PAPER WAS FIRST PUBLISHED ON JUNE 6 IT WAS STATED THAT VIEWS FROM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE EXPRESSED BY THE END OF AUGUST.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY REPRESENTATIONS MADE AFTER THE END OF THIS MONTH WOULD NOT BE IGNORED.
+OBVIOUSLY THE PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER HAVE TAKEN SOME TIME TO DIGEST, HE SAID. +BUT WE DO WANT TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE THINK AND EVEN THOSE COMMENTS MADE LATER WILL BE CAREFULLY LOOKED AT. +
CULTURAL COMPLEX AND LIBRARY FOR SHA TIN
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A CULTURAL COMPLEX AND LIBRARY IS TO BE BUILT IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
THE PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF THREE BLOCKS BUILT ON A PODIUM WITH COVERED LINKS.
ONE OF THE BLOCKS WILL BE A MULTI-PURPOSE AUDITORIUM WITH 1 400 SEATS. INCLUDED IN THE FOUR-STOREY BLOCK WILL BE AN EXHIBITION AREA AND LECTURE ROOMS.
A SECOND BLOCK WILL BE A PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH A FLOOR AREA OF
3 300 SQUARE METRES. THIS BLOCK WILL BE TWO STOREYS HIGH.
A RESTAURANT WITH A 1 500 SQUARE METRE FLOOR AREA WILL BE ACCOMMODATED IN A SINGLE-STOREY BLOCK.
THE PROJECT COSTING $160 MILLION WILL BE BUILT ON A 1.5 HECTARE SITE FRONTING THE SHING MUN RIVER, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW CLEANING UP BEFORE TURNING INTO A BOAT PARK STRETCHING FOR EIGHT KILOMETRES.
CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL BEGIN IN JULY, 1981, AND BE COMPLETED
BY MID-1984.
/A SEA
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