THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1982
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MR MACPHERSON TOLD THE GATHERING THAT THE RELOCATION OF OLD ESTABLISHED VILLAGES LIKE SAN HUI WAS VERY OFTEN AN ESSENTIAL AND INTEGRAL PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL NEW TOWNS.
+ IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE, GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVE THAT VILLAGE RÉMOVAL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH NEGOTIATION WITH THOSE AFFECTED AND THAT ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES BE PRESERVED AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE,+ HE SAID.
+TOWARDS THIS END, YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT THE DISTRICT OFFICERS, WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR IMPORTANT CO-ORDINATING ROLE, WILL CONTINUE TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ENSURE THAT THE TRADITIONS AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS BE DULY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT DURING THE RAPID PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION.
+THE REMOVAL OF SAN HUI COULD HAVE NEVER BEEN COMPLETED SO SMOOTHLY WITHOUT THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF ITS RESIDENTS TOGETHER WITH THE EXCELLENT SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP OF THE PREVIOUS AND PRESENT CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE AND NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK, MR CHAN YAT-SAN AND MR LAU WONG-FAT AND THE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE, MR WONG YUK-LUN.+
WORK TO START ON RAILWAY DIVERSION
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WORK WILL START NEXT WEEK ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAI WAI RAILWAY DIVERSION AS PART OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY'S MODERNISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME.
A $13.7 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE WORK WAS AWARDED TODAY BY THE RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE ENGINEER ING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO TRULY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY MR LEUNG MIN-SUN, GOVERNMENT RAILWAY ENGINEER AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY.
MR LEUNG SAID THAT UNDER THE CONTRACT, A 400-METRE LONG EMBANKMENT PARALLEL TO THE EXISTING RAILWAY AND A TWO-SPAN RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER TSUEN NAM ROAD WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO DIVERT THE EXISTING RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
+THIS DIVERSION WILL ALLOW THE SUBSEQUENT CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW TAI WAI RAILWAY STATION TO PROCEED ON THE EXISTING ALIGNMENT, HE SAID.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE NINE MONTHS.
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