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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1982

+BUT A MAJORITY OF

OF ONE SORT OR ANOTHER,

THIS HALF A MILLION OF PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMS

MR MACPHERSON SA ID.

+HENCE WE NOW HAVE PLANS TO PROVIDE HOMES AND RESIDENTIAL CENTRES FOR THE AGED, WORKSHOPS, DAY-CARE AND SOCIAL CENTRES AND FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT, VISITING AND HOME HELP SERVICES. AND THIS NEEDS THE CO-OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND IF MAY SAY, EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.+

HE THANKED THE JAYCEES FOR WHAT THEY HAD DONE FOR THOSE WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY DURING THEIR WORK ING LIVES AND NOW DESERVED RESPECT AND ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE THEM TO ENJOY THE IR REMAINING YEARS IN RELATIVE EASE AND COMFORT.

PRIME TUEN MUN SITE OFFERED

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THE LANDS DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED CASH TENDERS FOR A PRIME TUEN MUN SITE WHICH WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A MAJOR COMMERCIAL/ RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IN THE COMPREHENSIVELY PLANNED TOWN CENTRE.

THE 2.44 HECTARE SITE IS AT THE FOCAL POINT OF THE FUTURE TOWN CENTRE AND IS THE LARGEST WITHIN THE AREA.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WILL BE CONNECTED WITH OTHER TOWN CENTRE DEVELOPMENTS NOW AT VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AT PODIUM LEVEL TO PROVIDE PEDESTRIANS WITH TRAFFIC-FREE ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

THE OVERALL TOWN CENTRE SCHEME HAS BEEN PLANNED TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUAL SITES WILL BE DEVELOPED IN AESTHETIC HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER AND THAT ADEQUATE SHOPPING, RESTAURANT RECREATIONAL, LANDSCAPING, PARKING AND OTHER FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN ITSELF AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS,

THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER, MR R.B.J. CROSS, SAID THAT THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX WITHIN THE LOWER FIVE LEVELS WOULD INCLUDE SHOPS, A DEPARTMENT STORE, A MARKET AND A GARDEN RESTAURANT.

ABOVE THESE LEVELS, THREE CRUCIFORM STYLE RESIDENTIAL TOWER BLOCKS PROVIDING A MAXIMUM OF 1 398 FLAT UNITS WILL BE BUILT.

MR CROSS SAID THAT TO ASSIST CASH FLOW DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PER 100, IT WAS SO DECIDED TO PERMIT THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERER TO SELL A PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROVIDED THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN THE CONDITIONS ARE MET.

+IN ADDITION, A TOTAL OF BETWEEN 1 200 AND 1 650 CAR PARKING SPACES ARE TO BE PROVIDED, SOME OF WHICH WILL BE RESERVED FOR RESIDENTS WHILE MOST WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC PARKING PURPOSES.+

/+THE SCHEME