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FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1985

HE ADDED THAT FUNDS PROVIDED IN THE ESTIMATES ALSO INCLUDED MORE THAN $120 MILLION FOR NEW PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND $73 MILLION FOR NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS MAINLY FOR THE GROWING POPULATIONS OF THE NEW TOWNS.

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MORE THAN $300 MILLION HAD BEEN PROVIDED FOR NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, CLINICS AND MEDICAL TEACHING FACILITIES WITH LARGE-SCALE EXPENDITURE ENVISAGED ON THE NEW TUEN MUN REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND ON EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL.

MR CHAN SAID: +ANOTHER SUM OF MORE THAN $350 MILLION IS BUDGETED FOR NEW CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND AMENITY ITEMS. THIS INCLUDES EXPENDITURE ON MAJOR CULTURAL FACILITIES IN TSIM SHA TSUI, SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN AND ON LARGE PARKS, OPEN AIR AMENITIES AND FACILITIES FOR ACTIVE SPORTS IN THE NEW TOWNS OF TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN.+

PREDICTING GOOD TIMES AHEAD FOR THE BUILDING INDUSTRY MR CHAN SAID: +WITH THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT NOW RATIFIED AND IN FORCE, THE WAY AHEAD FOR HONG KONG IS NOW CLEAR. WITH A RENEWED FEELING OF CONFIDENCE NOW SWEEPING THROUGH THE TERRITORY LAND SALES AND PRICES SHARPLY UP; CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS HAS RISEN FURTHER IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1984.

+ THE VALUE, AT $1 672 MILLION, WAS THE HIGHEST QUARTERLY FIGURE RECORDED. WHEN COMPARING THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1984 WITH 1983, CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ROSE ALMOST 18 PER

CENT.

+ THE CLOSER LINKS WITH CHINA WHICH WILL BE FORGED IN THE NEAR FUTURE SHOULD RESULT IN EVEN GREATER JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR MEMBERS,+ MR CHAN TOLD THE INSTITUTE.

TUEN MUN

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A NEW TOWN TO BE PROUD OF

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TUEN MUN IS PROGRESSING TOWARDS AN IDEAL SELF-CONTAINED NEW TOWN, OFFERING ITS INHABITANTS A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT THAN IS POSSIBLE IN THE OLD AND CROWDED URBAN AREAS, TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE LION'S CLUB OF HONG KONG EAST, HE SAID THAT WITH A LARGE POPULATION PROMPTED BY LARGE-SCALE MIGRATION FROM THE URBAN AREAS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN HAD ITS SHARE OF TEETHING PROBLEMS.

+LOCAL GROUPS, FORMED MAINLY BY NEW RESIDENTS, HAVE NOT BEEN RETICENT IN POINTING OUT DEFICIENCIES IN PLANNING OR IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS OF TRANSPORT, EDUCATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES, MR FUNG SAID.

/+THROUGH THE