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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1981

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SHA TIN GETS TOWN HALL

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WORK WILL START THIS YEAR ON A TOWN HALL FOR SHA TIN, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

DR HASE, WHO WAS SPEAKING AT A SPRING FESTIVAL RECEPTION FOR 300 GUESTS, INCLUDING LOCAL LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, SAID WORK WOULD ALSO START THIS YEAR ON A SPORTSGROUND.

+FURTHERMORE, THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND SQUASH COURTS CLOSE TO LEK YUEN ESTATE WILL BE PARTIALLY OPEN FOR USE BY MID-APRIL,+ HE SAID.

+ I AM VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THESE PROJECTS TODAY AS I AM FREQUENTLY BEING ASKED WHEN BETTER FACILITIES WILL BE READY IN SHA TIN, HE ADDED.

OUTLINING OTHER NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS, DR HASE SAID MA ON SHAN RECLAMATION WAS UNDER PLANNING AND WORK ON THE TAI PO COASTAL TRUNK ROAD WOULD START SOON TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.

+A VILLAGE HOUSE LAYOUT PLAN IS READY AND DETAILS WILL BE DISCUSSED WITH THE RURAL COMMITTEE,+ DR HASE SAID.

*THE PLAN PROVIDES FOR A GOOD LIVING ENVIRONMENT- PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE COMFORTABLY AND THUS FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE NEW TOWN.+

BESIDES CONSTRUCTION WORK, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS ALSO IMPORTANT. BOTH SHOULD BE INTER-DEPENDENT AND PROGRESS AT THE SAME PACE. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WERE PLAYING THEIR PART IN THIS.

CLEAN-UP AND FIGHT-CRIME CAMPAIGN WOULD START THIS YEAR AND A FULL-SCALE ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN WOULD BE LAUNCHED IN A YEAR'S TIME.

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WOULD BE ORGANISED IN EACH DISTRICT EACH MONTH.

DR HASE SAID BESIDES ORGANISING MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND BUILDING OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS, IT WAS PLANNED TO SET UP THREE SUB-DISTRICT COMMITTEES TO CARRY OUT LOCAL AFFAIRS.

IT WAS ALSO HOPED, FOLLOWING THE SETTING UP OF SPORTS AND ARTS ASSOCIATIONS, TO GET LOCAL RESIDENTS TO SPONSOR AND PARTICIPATE IN AN ARTS AND SPORTS FORTNIGHT+ TO BE HELD NEXT CHRISTMAS.

+THIS EVENT SHOULD HELP TO UNITE OLD AND NEW RESIDENTS AND TO DEVELOP A LOCAL COMMUNITY SPIRIT, HE SAID.

DR HASE MADE AN APPEAL FOR +ZEALOUS SUPPORT+ FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS TO BE HELD NEXT YEAR.

+THE SUCCESS OF THE BOARD DEPENDS ON THE SUPPORT OF ALL PUBLIC SPIRITED RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.

ALL EIGHT NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN HOLDING

RECEPTIONS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS TO CELEBRATE THE SPRING FESTIVAL. BESIDES TODAY'S RECEPTION AT SHA TIN, A SIMILAR RECEPTION ATTENDED BY ABOUT 400 GUESTS WAS HELD AT YUEN LONG HOSTED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG,

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