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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1985

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TAI PO WILL BE HOME FOR 200 000

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TAI PO DISTRICT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED FROM A QUIET MARKET TOWN INTO A BUSTLING NEW TOWN WHICH WILL BE HOME FOR 200 000 PEOPLE, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF AN ESTATE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME AT TAI PO TOWN, WHICH IS A PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE PUBLIC HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME PROVIDING 1 460 FLATS IN AN ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPE.

MR AKERS-JONES SAID TAI PO WAS A TOWN WHICH HAD BEEN DESIGNED TO MAKE THE MOST OF ITS SETTING BY THE SEA AND AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

+ IT IS A TOWN, NOT ONLY OF FACTORIES AND HOUSING ESTATES, RAILWAYS AND ROADS, BUT A TOWN WHICH WILL BE HOME FOR 200 000 PEOPLE, HE SAID.

+A PLACE, OF WHICH ITS RESIDENTS CAN BE PROUD, WITH PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, RIVERSIDE-WALKS AND A FULL RANGE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES,+ HE ADDED.

MR AKERS-JONES NOTED THAT THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RESPONDING TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE TOWN AND ITS PEOPLE, AND TO REFLECT TO THE GOVERNMENT THE VIEWS OF ITS RESIDENTS ON THE WIDER ISSUES OF THE DAY.

+ IN 1982, MORE THAN 8 000 PEOPLE VOTED IN ELECTION OF TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS,+ HE SAID.

*THIS YEAR, THERE ARE 28 000 REGISTERED ELECTORS AND FIVE CANDIDATES HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOMINATED, HE ADDED.

+1 HOPE THAT EVERYONE WITH THE RIGHT TO VOTE, WILL VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS ON MARCH 7 AND CREATE A REAL BOND OF BELONGING TO THE NEW TAI PO,+ MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

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