XN000022-1981-08-15 — Page 4

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1981

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DSNT OPENS NEW VILLAGE IN SHA TIN

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A NEW VILLAGE BUILT UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S VILLAGE REMOVAL SCHEME IN SHA TIN WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUP NAM.

THE NEW VILLAGE COMPRISING 16 THREE-STOREY HOUSES, IS TO REHOUSE OVER 100 INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS FROM KUNG MIU WHICH IS TO BE CLEARED TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.

MR CHUI SAID SHA TIN WAS A DEVELOPING NEW TOWN WHERE THERE HAD BEEN DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE GROWTH OF POPULATION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT. TO COPE WITH THESE CHANGES AND TO MEET THE DIFFERENT NEEDS, GOVERNMENT HAD TO WORK OUT DETAILED PLANS AND IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE POLICIES.

+IN PLANNING AND BUILDING A NEW TOWN, GOVERNMENT HAS TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE LAND, + MR CHUI SAID. +ALSO, GOVERNMENT NEEDS THE FULL CO-OPERATION OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND THEIR VALUED OPINIONS.+

THIS WAS WHERE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION STEPS IN, TO CREATE MORE AND BETTER CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LOCAL RESIDENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT.

THE RELOCATED VILLAGE, WHICH HAS BEEN MOVED TO MAKE WAY FOR A SCHOOL WITHIN SAN TIN HOUSING ESTATES, IS THE THIRD VILLAGE_RESITE IN SHA TIN. THE OTHER TWO, KWAI TEI AND PAT TSZ WO, WERE OPENED LAST YEAR. THE NEW VILLAGE WILL BE KNOWN AS KAK TIN TSUEN KUNG MIU.

BUILT BY PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, EACH RESITE HOUSE IS 700 SQ. FT. IN AREA. GOVERNMENT PROVIDED A CONSTRUCTION ALLOWANCE AND A SPECIAL ALLOWANCE TO HELP MEET REMOVAL AND DECORATION EXPENSES.

AFTER TODAY'S CEREMONY, VILLAGERS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOMES AND THEIR OLD VILLAGE WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

ALSO OFFICIATING TODAY WERE MR NG CHAN-LAM, JP= THE CHAIRMAN OF SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR WAT HONG-LEUNG, AND THE VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR LAU HON-KIT- THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICERS SHA TIN, MR BOB WILSON AND MR AUGUSTINE CHENG AND THE CHIEF LAND EXÉCUTIVE SHA TIN, MR A.D. MAL 16.

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