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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1983

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MP'S INSPECT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

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FIVE BRITISH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT VISITED SHAM SHUI PO AND SHA TIN TODAY (THURSDAY) TO HAVE A FIRST HAND LOOK AT COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS THERE.

THE CONSERVATIVE MP'S, MR GRAHAM BRIGHT, MR TREVOR SKEET, MR CYRIL TOWNSEND, MR JOHN LEE AND MR MICHAEL COLVIN, WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, DR PATRICK HASE.

AT SHAM SHUI PO, THEY WERE JOINED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MARTIN WHITE; THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CITY SERVICES, MR T.K. CHOY AND THE CHIEF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICER OF THE URBAN AREÁ DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION, MR JOHN DODWELL.

THE GROUP FIRST TOURED THE TAI HANG TUNG AND NAM SHAN ESTATES WHERE THE MP'S WERE BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING. FROM THE EARLY DAY RESETTLEMENT BLOCKS TO THE LATEST SELF-CONTAINED HOUSING ESTATES.

THEY ALSO SAW A WALL MURAL PROJECT FUNDED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD BEFORE GOING TO THE PE1 HO STREET BAZAAR TO SEE THE OPERATION OF MORE THAN 1 000 HAWKERS TRADING THERE. THEY WERE TOLD OF PLANS TO RESITE THE HAWKERS TO A NINE-STOREY MARKET COMPLEX TO BE BUILT ON THE SITE,

THE PARTY THEN WENT TO THE NAM CHEONG AREA TO INSPECT REAR LANES WHERE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES HAD BEEN CLEARED AS PART OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S ON-GOING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME.

THE MP'S ALSO WENT UP TO A ROOFTOP FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE OLD SHAM SHUI PO AS WELL AS THE CHEUNG SHA WAN RECLAMATION AND THE SHAM SHUI PO PARK NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THEY LATER TRAVELLED BY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY TO MEI FOO SUN CHUEN AND THEN TO CHING LAI COURT TO SEE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS NOW TAKING PLACE AT THE LAI CHI KOK BAY RECLAMATION.

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IN THE AFTERNOON, THE MP'S WENT TO THE LION'S PAVILION IN TIN WHERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DONALD TSANG, BRIEFED THEM ON THE NEW TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

LATER, THEY MET A DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR CHOY KAN-PU! AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, MR RICHARD BURN, FOR A TOUR OF TIN SAM VILLAGE.

TIN SAM IS UNDERGOING THE FIRST VILLAGE EXPANSION SCHEME TO INCORPORATE THE RESUMPTION OF PRIVATE LAND.

A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE SCHEME IS THAT WHILE RETAINING THE EXISTING OLD VILLAGE CENTRE, TOWN PLANNERS HAVE DESIGNED VARIOUS SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT THE VILLAGE WILL INTEGRATE WITH THE SURROUNDING MODERN HIGHRISE BUILDINGS.

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