SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1982
JAMAICAN TRADE MISSION VISITS TSUEN WAN
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THE RAPID PACE OF DEVELOPMENT IN TSUEN WAN HAS GREATLY IMPRESSED A TRADE DELEGATION FROM JAMAICA WHO VISITED THE NEW TOWN TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE 10-MAN JAMAICAN INVESTMENT PROMOTION MISSION, LED BY THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, MR DOUGLAS VAS, WAS FIRST GIVEN A BRIEFING BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, DR RICHARD BUTLER, BEFORE GOING TO TSUEN WAN.
THEY WERE MET BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS ELAINE CHUNG, WHO BRIEFED THEM ON BOARD THE MARINE LAUNCH CLEMENTI' DURING AN HOUR-LONG TOUR ALONG THE WATERFRONT OF TSUEN WAN FOR A CLOSE LOOK OF THE DEVELOPING NEW TOWN, THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT, THE TSING YI DOCKYARDS AND OIL INSTALLATIONS AND THE TSUEN WAN RECLAMATION.
MISS CHUNG EMPHASISED THAT TSUEN WAN HAD BEEN PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY AND MODERN COMMUNICATIONS.
SHE ALSO BRIEFED THE MISSION ON TSUEN WAN'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY, THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER PORT, PLANS FOR HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT, IMPROVEMENT TO TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS AND PROPOSALS FOR MORE OPEN SPACE AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
BIG CLEAN-UP OF RIVER INDUS ***
NORTH DISTRICT COMMUNITY LEADERS WERE TODAY (SATURDAY) IMPRESSED BY THE PAINSTAKING EFFORTS OF THE FIELD STAFF OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES IN THEIR FOUR-MONTH LONG CLEAN-UP OF THE HEAVILY POLLUTED RIVER INDUS RUNNING THROUGH FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUT.
THE LEADERS, COMPRISING NORTH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, TOURED A SECTION OF THE 24-K ILOMETRE RIVER COURSE AT THE TING PING SMAN AND FU TEI AU AND SAW HOW 50 CLEANSING WORKERS ON TWO FIBREGLASS DINGHIES CUT AWAY UNDERGROWTHS AND CLEARED AWAY SOLID WASTE ALONG THE WATER COURSE.
THEY ALSO INSPECTED A BOOM NET STRETCHED ACROSS THE ARCH OF A HIGHWAY BRIDGE TO TRAP FLOATING DEBRIS AND FOUND IT TO BE QUITE EFFICIENT IN COLLECTING THE GARBAGE.
A TOTAL OF 450 TONNES OF DEBRIS AND VEGETATION HAVE SO FAR BEEN REMOVED DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE CLEARANCE STARTING IN JULY THIS YEAR.
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