XN000022-1980-12-10 — Page 5

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1980

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THIS CAN OCCUR IF PEOPLE ARE MOVED AND THE GOVERNMENT'S INVOLVEMENT ENDS THERE.

BUT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS WHERE GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED AND WHERE IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED, MR CHU! SAID.

IN THE FIRST PLACE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE FACILITIES WHICH HAVE BECOME STANDARD IN MODERN CITIES ARE PROVIDED IN OUR NEW TOWNS.

OF COURSE, MR CHUI SAID, THERE WILL BE POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE SPORTS AND CULTURAL CENTRES AND A RANGE OF OTHER LEISURE FACILITIES CATERING FOR ALL TASTES WHICH, HE SAID, ARE VITAL IF THE GOVERNMENT'S HOPES FOR THE NEW TOWNS ARE TO BE FULLY MET.

AT PRESENT, POPULATION GROWTH IS AHEAD OF THE PROVISION OF THESE FACILITIES IN SOME AREAS, BUT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE NTA, ARE AWARE OF THIS AND EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IS BEING DONE TO REVERSE THE SITUATION.

THE NTA IS ALSO INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO RUN A LARGE NEW TOWN EXISTS.

THIS INCLUDES INVOLVEMENT IN ESTABLISHING LOCAL DISTRICT BOARDS WHICH WILL HAVE A LARGE MEASURE OF SAY IN HOW THE TOWNS ARE RUN.

ALL THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE REPRESENTED IN THE NEW TOWNS AND WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.

+THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL IN A SENSE BE LARGELY RUNNING

ITSELF FROM ITS OWN DOORSTEP, + MR CHUI SAID.

LADY MACLEHOSE OPENS EXTENSION TO COMMUNITY CENTRE

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THE SHENG KUNG HUI HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE, THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY CENTRE IN NORTH KWAI CHUNG, IN PROVIDING SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, COMMUNITY AND ELDERLY SERVICES TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE, LADY MACLEHOSE SAID THIS EVENING.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE CENTRE, LADY MACLEHOSE POINTED OUT THAT ITS COMPLETION WOULD ALLOW THE CENTRE TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND ITS WHOLE RANGE OF SERVICES.

+FOR THE VERY YOUNG, THERE WILL BE A CRECHE SERVICE ACCOMMODATING SOME 60 BABIES AND A NURSERY TO CATER FOR UP TO 100 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE, BOTH MUCH NEEDED IN THIS INDUSTRIAL AREA.

+FOR FACTORY WORKERS AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIAL SERVICE IS TO BE INTRODUCED WHICH WILL COVER THE KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN AREA.

FOR THE