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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1981
KUK,
GOVERNOR VISITS HEUNG YEE KUK AND SAI KUNG
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE
SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, VISITED THE EUNG YEE
A RURAL COMMITTEE OFF ICE, A STEEL FACTORY AND A COUNTRY CLUB IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THIS AFTERNOON (FRIDAY).
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SIR MURRAY FIRST WENT TO HEUNG YEE KUK HEADQUARTERS AT KOWLOON TONG WHERE HE MET THE KUK CHAIRMAN, MR LAU WONG-FAT, AND 100 OTHER MEMBERS.
AFTER DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWED BY LUNCH, THE GOVERNOR LEFT FOR HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE IN SA! KUNG WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE JUNK BAY NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR ROBIN SAUNDERS.
HE WAS TOLD OF PLANS TO CREATE 380 HECTARES OF LAND BY PLATFORM FORMATION AND BY RECLAMATION TO BUILD A NEW TOWN FOR 300 000 PEOPLE BY 1996 AT A COST OF $10 000 MILLION.
A 10-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN HAS BEEN DRAWN UP FOR JUNK BAY COMPRISING TWO FIVE-YEAR STAGES.
THE FIRST STAGE, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL ACCOMMODATE 120 000 PEOPLE.
SITE INVESTIGATION WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED AND RECLAMATION WORK WILL BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR.
LATER, THE GOVERNOR WENT BY BOAT ROUND JUNK BAY, STOPPING AT THE SHIU WING STEEL LIMITED FACTORY WHICH OCCUPIES 50 000 SQUARE METRES AND HAS ABOUT 500 EMPLOYEES.
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY, MR PONG DING-YUEN, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY SHOWED THE GOVERNOR ROUND AND BRIEFED HIM ON THE HISTORY AND FUTURE PLANS OF THE COMPANY.
SIR MURRAY THEN VISITED CLEAR WATER BAY GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUE, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
HE WAS MET BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLUB, SIR KENNETH FUNG THE VICE-CHAIRMAN, SIR RUN RUN SHAW, AND THE PROJECT ARCHITECT, MR DAVID HS IA HSIAO-LUNG.
WORK ON THE $250 MILLION CLUB, COVERING 129 HECTARES WILL BE COMPLETED BY 1985. MEMBERS BY MID-1982.
THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE PARTLY OPEN TO
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