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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1983

DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS EXCHANGE VIEWS

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MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARDS MET TODAY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES ON DISTRICT AFFAIRS AND PROBLEMS.

THE IDEA OF THE GET-TOGETHER ORIGINATED FROM A SUGGESTION MADE DURING A SPRING RECEPTION GIVEN BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT UNOFFICIAL DB MEMBERS VISIT EACH OTHERS' ́ ́DISTRICT.

THE PURPOSE IS TO ENABLE THEM TO CULTIVATE FRIENDSHIP, AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROBLEMS IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

TODAY, 30 KWUN TONG DB MEMBERS CALLED ON THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN YUEN LONG TO LOOK AT VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TOWN AND GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF RURAL AFFAIRS.

THE VISITORS WERE LED BY THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, AND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK.

ACCOMPANIED BY STAFF FROM THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE AND 15 DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, THE VISITING PARTY FIRST HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN FROM THE ROOFTOP OF SHAN SHUI LAU IN SHU I PIN WAI ESTATE.

THEY THEN VISITED THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL, THE STADIUM AND THE LUT SAU HALL AND WERE BRIEFED ON ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROVIDED.

IN THE AFTERNOON, THE GROUP TOURED THE NEW TOWN ON A COACH AND LEARNED ABOUT TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT.

THE URBAN VISITORS LATER CALLED AT THE KAM TIN RURAL COMMITTEE AND ALSO SAW SOME ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD.

$86-MILLION AUDITORIUM FOR TUEN MUN RESIDENTS *****

RESIDENTS OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN WILL HAVE A CENTRALLY LOCATED VENUE FOR THEIR OWN CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL, SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN ABOUT TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF A 1 450-SEAT AUDITORIUM.

A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AUDITORIUM, WORTH ABOUT $86 MILLION, WAS AWARDED THIS AFTERNOON BY THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO SHIU TAI AND CO. LTD.

IT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED BY MR JOSEPH LEI, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT, AND MR PAUL K.Y. POON, DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY.

/THE AUDITORIUM