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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1985

NEW CENTRE ADDS TO TUEN MUN BUILD-UP

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GOVERNOR

THE TAI TUNG PUI MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE, BEING THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, WOULD MAKE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE STEADY BUILD-UP OF FACILITIES IN TUEN MUN, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THIS MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS AT TUEN MUN, HE SAID THAT THE CENTRE WOULD PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR YOUNG AND OLD, FOR THE HEALTHY AND THE HANDICAPPED.

'IN BRINGING THEM TOGETHER, IT WILL EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CONCERN, WHICH IS SO ESSENTIAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY IN A NEW TOWN, SIR EDWARD SAID.

HE NOTED THAT WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN INTO A NEW TOWN BEGAN ONLY TEN YEARS AGO AND THE TOWN NOW HOUSED 250 000 PEOPLE, HALF WAY TO ITS TARGET POPULATION OF HALF A MILLION.

THE POPULATION OF TUEN MUN CONSISTED MAINLY OF YOUNG FAMILIES AND IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY FROM TSUEN WAN AND KOWLOON,

HE POINTED OUT.

'IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT THAT THERE SHOULD BE A BALANCED PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES,' HE SAID.

TO THIS END, THE GOVERNOR WAS PLEASED TO SAY THAT MANY LARGE PROJECTS THE TOWN PARK, THE TOWN HALL, A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX AND A GAMES CENTRE WOULD BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR.

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*THESE FACILITIES WILL DO MUCH TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR TUEN MUN RESIDENTS.

*OTHER VITALLY IMPORTANT MATTERS SUCH AS THE PROVISION OF SCHOOLS, TRANSPORT AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE TOWN ARE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE THE CLOSE ATTENTION OF GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.

SIR EDWARD PAID TRIBUTE TO MRS TAI FOR HER GENEROUS DONATION OF $5 MILLION IN MEMORY OF HER LATE HUSBAND, AND TO SIR SHIU KIN TANG FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THIS MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE PROJECT.

HE ALSO CONGRATULATED THE DIRECTORS OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS FOR THE IR ENTERPRISE IN PROVIDING TUEN MUN WITH THIS IMAGINATIVE NEW CENTRE,

I HOPE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE NEW TOWNS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY GENERALLY,' THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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