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THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1984

+THE PLAN WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO COORDINATE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS OVER WATERCOURSE MANAGEMENT, SUCH AS FLOOD PREVENTION, AGRICULTURAL WASTE CONTROL AND SEWAGE TREATMENT+, HE SAID.

+YUEN LONG IS THE LARGEST FLAT AREA IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS HIGHLIGHTED THIS AS AN AREA WHICH NEEDS BETTER COORDINATION AND GREATER EFFORTS ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND WE ARE GIVING HIGH PRIORITY TO THE WORK.

+DETAILS OF THE RIVER PLAN WILL BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS+.

SIR PHILIP LATER VISITED A MODERN PIG-BREEDING FARM IN PING SHAN WHERE NEW WASTE TREATMENT EQUIPMENT IS BEING INSTALLED.

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NEW TOWN RESIDENTS AFTER MORE RECREATION

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RECREATIONAL OUTLETS AND CULTURAL PURSUITS HAVE BEEN IN MUCH GREATER DEMAND AMONG RESIDENTS MOVING INTO NEW TOWNS OVER THE YEARS.

THIS VIEW WAS STATED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PLANNING, OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, MR LO CHAI-WAN, IN A SPEECH TO THE LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG HARBOUR.

GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, HAD RESPONDED BY CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS COMMUNITY FACILITIES. IT HAD BUILT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AND CHIU LUT SAU HALL IN YUEN LONG FOR STAGING CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES, COMPLETED SWIMMING COMPLEXES IN KWAI CHUNG, FANLING AND YUEN LONG; AND PROVIDED INDOOR GAMES HALLS IN KWAI CHUNG NORTH AND KWAI CHUNG SOUTH.

ALTOGETHER, IT HAD COMPLETED SOME 108 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SIX POLICE STATIONS, SIX FIRE AND AMBULANCE STATIONS, 12 HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, 18 COMMUNITY HALLS AND 205 HECTARES OF OPEN SPACE RECREATION GROUNDS.

THESE NEW

+TO CONSTRUCT HOUSING ESTATES IS NOT ENOUGH. COMMUNITIES HAVE TO BE CONNECTED UP WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH THE EXISTING URBAN AREAS TO PROVIDE FREE MOVEMENT FOR BOTH PASSENGERS AND GOODS,+ HE SAID.

TUEN MUN ROAD HAD BEEN COMPLETED TO PROVIDE A SECOND AND BETTER TRUNK ROUTE TO TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG; TAI PO ROAD HAD BEEN WIDENED AND STRAIGHTENED AT SECTIONS A NEW COASTAL ROAD WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION; THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY'S TSUEN WAN EXTENSION HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY HAD BEEN ELECTRIFIED.

/MR LO

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