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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1986

GOVERNOR LOOKS OVER YUEN LONG PROJECTS

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, VISITED YUEN LONG TODAY (FRIDAY) TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TOWN, WHERE MANY LARGE-SCALE GOVERNMENT PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY.

SIR EDWARD, ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, DR J.W. HAYES, YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR TAI KUEN, FIRST

HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE VISITED THE LOK MA CHAU POLICE STATION.

PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGH ENGINEER, MR H.C. BEATON ON THE PROGRESS OF THE LOK MA CHAU BORDER CROSSING PROJECT.

SIR EDWARD WAS TOLD THAT THE CROSSING, DESIGNED TO HANDLE AN INCREASING VOLUME OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TO AND FROM CHINA AND TO SUPPLEMENT THE EXISTING CROSSING AT MAN KAM TO, WOULD INCLUDE A BRIDGE ACROSS THE SHENZHEN RIVER TO BE CONSTRUCTED JOINTLY BY THE HONG KONG AND SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES, A DUAL TWO-LANE HIGHWAY AND AN INTERCHANGE WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD.

THERE IS ALSO PROVISION FOR A SECOND BRIDGE AND THE WIDENING OF THE ROAD ON A DUAL THREE-LANE HIGHWAY AT A LATER STAGE.

ON HIS WAY FROM LOK MA CHAU TO THE YUEN LONG TOWN, SIR EDWARD CALLED AT THE POK OI HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TAKEN ON A CONDUCTED TOUR OF THE FACILITIES AND WAS BRIEFED BY THE CHAIRMAN, MR LEUNG ON-FOOK, ON THE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES FOR THE HOSPITAL.

AT YUEN LONG TOWN EAST, THE GOVERNOR WENT TO THE ROOF OF A PRIVATE BUILDING OVERLOOKING THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT TERMINUS. HERE, HE WAS GIVEN A CONCISE ACCOUNT BY THE KCRC PROJECT MANAGER OF THE DEVELOPMENT, MR S.S. CHOI, ON THE SYSTEM AND HOW IT WOULD OPERATE IN YUEN LONG,

THE GOVERNOR NEXT STOPPED AT THE WANG CHAU SERVICE RESERVOIR FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF TIN SHUI WAI, NOW OCCUPIED BY HUNDREDS OF FISHPONDS.

HE WAS TOLD BY MR Y.Y. NG, GOVERNMENT ENGINEER, NEW TERRITORIES THAT THE FISHPONDS WOULD BE FILLED UP WITH MARINE SAND DREDGED FROM DEEP BAY AND THAT LAND WOULD BE FORMED FOR A NEW TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF UP TO 146 000 IN THE LATE 1990'S.

BEFORE ATTENDING AN INFORMAL NEW YEAR RECEPTION HOSTED BY YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AT THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION CLUBHOUSE, SIR EDWARD DROPPED IN AT A LUNAR NEW YEAR FLOWER FAIR NEAR YUEN LONG TAI YUK ROAD.

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