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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1985

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'IMAGINATIVE, EXCITING PROJECTS SHOW CONFIDENCE'

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THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS MR TIMOTHY RENTON, SAID THE IMAGINATIVE AND EXCITING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS HE SAW IN TAI PO TODAY SHOWED TO HIM A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION LI FUK LAM INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE AFTER TOURING THE NEW TOWN, MR RENTON SAID THESE BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS WERE NOT BEING JUST PUT UP FOR A FEW YEARS.

+THEY ARE BEING PUT UP FOR THE CHILDREN INTO THE GENERATIONS AHEAD. AND THAT SHOWS A CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG THAT I AM ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO SEE,+ HE SAID.

MR RENTON SAID WHAT HE HAD SEEN AT TAI PO WAS A MOST IMAGINATIVE AND EXCITING+ PROJECT IN WHICH THE POPULATION WAS GOING TO GO UP MORE THAN FOUR TIMES IN THE COURSE OF 10 YEARS.

+WE HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING FROM THE NEW PUBLIC HOUSING, THE NEW BLOCKS OF FLATS, SOME OF THEM BEING RENTED, SOME IN HOME OWNERSHIP, AND THEN OVER TO THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, A VERY MODERN FACTORY MAKING CANS, AND NOW HERE TO THIS LOVELY SPORTS CENTRE. I WISH MORE OF OUR TOWNS IN BRITAIN HAD MODERN SPORTS CENTRES LIKE THIS.

+AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE MONEY FOR THIS HAS BEEN EITHER LARGELY GIVEN BY THE JOCKEY CLUB, OR BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, OR BY THE LOCAL RESIDENTS. AND THAT IS A VERY EXCITING CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

ALL THAT HE HAD SEEN TODAY, HE SAID, COUPLED WITH THE RECENT ELECTR IF ICATION OF THE RAILWAY, THE RECLAMATION OF SO MUCH LAND, THE BUILDING OF NEW FACTORIES, THE NEW MOTORWAY IN THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, SHOWED TO HIM A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.

STATE MINISTER BRIEFED ON TAI PO DEVELOPMENT

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THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, MR TIMOTHY RENTON, TOURED TAI PO THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING AND SAW VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING AT WANG FUK COURT, MR RENTON HAD A COMMANDING VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN AND WAS TOLD ABOUT THE LATEST PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

HE THEN WENT TO THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WHERE HE WAS ER IEFED ON THE CONCEPT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ESTATE.

MR RENTON