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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1981

INVEST IN TUEN MUN CALL BY SIR S.Y. CHUNG

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A CALL TO INVESTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN WAS MADE TODAY (SUNDAY).

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THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SIR S.Y. CHUNG, SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING OF TUEN MUN FESTIVAL, SAID THE NEW TOWN OFFERED EXCELLENT POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.

+ITH A POPULATION OF 130 000, MANY OF WHOM ARE YOUNG SKILLED LABOURERS, THERE IS AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF MANPOWER AMONGST EXISTING RESIDENTS, HE SAID.

+ THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL TRANSPORT NETWORK IS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED, AND EXCELLENT SUPPORTING ANCILLARY SERVICES, SUCH AS BANKING AND POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS, HAVE BEEN WELL PROVIDED.+

ABOVE ALL, THERE WAS A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF LAND FOR INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BEING PUT ON THE MARKET FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, SIR S.Y. SAID.

ALL THESE FACTORS PROVED THAT TUEN MUN, ONE OF THE MOST RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OF THE NEW TOWNS, HAD EXCELLENT POTENTIAL FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.

SIR S.Y. SAID THE POPULATION OF TUEN MUN HAD DOUBLED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS AND EVERY EFFORT WAS BEING MADE BY GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO BUILD A HARMONIOUS AND INTEGRATED COMMUNITY.

THE FESTIVAL OPENED ON NOVEMBER 21 AND INCLUDED 22 EVENTS ALL OF WHICH WERE WELL ATTENDED. THE COST WAS $300 000.

PRISONS DEPARTMENT HELPS PREVENT COUNTRY FIRE

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WHILE STAFF OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FIRES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE IS ALSO RENDERED BY THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT.

EVERY YEAR AROUND THE FIRE SEASON, INMATES OF THE PENAL INSTITUTIONS HELP THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT PREVENT FIRES BY CUTTING UNDERGROWTH INSIDE COUNTRY PARKS.

FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, INMATES OF THE TAI LAM CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION HAVE BEEN TRIMMING GRASS IN THE TAI LAM CHUNG COUNTRY PARK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

GRASS CUTTING IS ESSENTIAL FOR FIRE PREVENTION IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, ESPECIALLY NEAR PLANTATION AREAS, SO THAT FIRE BRIANS CAN BE MADE IN ORDER TO PREVENT FIRES FROM SPREADING.

ALL GRASS