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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1983

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FROM 10 AM UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF THE PROCESSION, THE PLB STAND AT KAU YUK ROAD WILL BE SUSPENDED, AND PLBS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER OR LEAVE THE PLB STANDS AT HONG LOK ROAD, HONG KING STREET AND TAI TONG ROAD.

AT THE SAME TIME, MAXICAB ROUTES 31 AND 32 WILL TERMINATE AT PING WUI STREET. THEIR YUEN LONG-BOUND JOURNEY WILL BE VIA CASTLE PEAK ROAD, SHUI PIN WAI ROAD, MA WANG ROAD AND PING WU! STREET AND THEIR OUTWARD JOURNEY WILL BE VIA PING WUI STREET, ON NING ROAD, MA MIU ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK ROAD.

COMMERCIAL CENTRE FOR TAI PO RESIDENTS

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TAI PO WILL HAVE A COMMERCIAL CENTRE OF 100 000 SQUARE METRES BY 1986, THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR HAIDER BARMA SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

+TOGETHER WITH THE EXISTING TAI PO MARKET, THIS COMMERCIAL CENTRE WILL CERTAINLY PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEW TOWN WHICH WILL TOTAL 250 000 WHEN DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETED, HE SAID,

MR BARMA WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE TAI PO MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION'S NEW OFFICE IN SHUNG TAK STREET.

HE NOTED THAT IN THE LAYOUT PLAN OF TAI PO NEW TOWN, THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE WOULD EXTEND AS FAR AS THE RECLAMATION OFF THE ESTUARY OF LAM TSUEN RIVER.

THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEXES THERE WOULD BE LINKED TO ONE ANOTHER BY OVERHEAD PASSAGEWAYS AND DIRECTLY TO TWO HOUSING ESTATES IN TAI PO AND TO THE TAI PO MARKET.

MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL LAND IN THE NEW TOWN CENTRE HAD BEEN TAKEN UP BY DEVELOPERS AND PILING AND CONSTRUCTION WORKS WERE PUSHING AHEAD VIGOROUSLY.

+I BELIEVE THAT THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS, ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1984-86 WILL PROVIDE GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR MEMBERS AND OTHER INVESTORS TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS AND TO WORK TOWARDS GREATER PROSPERITY FOR THE TOWN CENTRE OF TAI PO,+ HE SAID.

HE SAID THE ASSOCIATION, FOUNDED 60 YEARS AGO, HAD SPARED NO EFFORT NOT ONLY IN CONSOLİDATING VARIOUS TRADES AND BUSINESSES AND PROMOTING COMMERCE, BUT ALSO IN SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

+THE VARIETY OF TRADES AND BUSINESSES HERE IN TAI PO MARKET TODAY HAVE BECOME A PILLAR OF DEVELOPMENT TO THIS GROWING NEW TOWN,+ HE SAID.