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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 195€

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INDUSTRIAL AREA HAS GOOD POTENTIAL

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ON LOK TSUEN IN FANLING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO. BECOME A POPULAR INDUSTRIAL AREA, MR ANTHONY YUEN, CONVENOR OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD WORKING GROUP ON ON LOK TSUEN DEVELOPMENT, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MR YUEN NOTED, THAT ON LOK TSUEN IS LOCATED NEAR THE FANLING RAILWAY STATION WITH EASY ACCESS FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD SYSTEM.

IN 1978, THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEGUN TO DEVELOP ON LOK TSUEN INTO AN INDUSTRIAL AREA WITH A BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOADING AND UNLOADING AREAS.

FACTORIES COULD TAP THE LARGE WORKFORCE NOW EXISTING IN FANLING NEW TOWN, HE SAID, NOTING THAT A RECENT SURVEY SHOWED THAT ABOUT 83 PER CENT OF THE WORKING POPULATION IN THE NEW TOWN AT PRESENT WORKED OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE MOVING IN AS ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WERE DEVELOPED.

+ THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC LINKS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE IN PROGRESS, ARE EXPECTED TO ENCOURAGE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH DISTRICT, MR YUEN SAID.

ON LOK TSUEN HAS ABOUT 15 HECTARES OF LAND FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES AND THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 130. FACTORIES OPERATING IN THE AREA.

BEFORE THE PRESS CONFERENCE, MEMBERS OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, ACCOMPANIED BY OFFICIALS FROM THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE, VISITED SEVERAL FACTORIES IN ON LOK TSUEN.

NEW COUNCILLORS TOLD OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES

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THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S CONSTANT GOAL IS TO +UPGRADE AND IMPROVE SERVICES WHEREVER POSSIBLE WHENEVER ECONOMICALLY POSSIBLE.+

THIS WAS SAID TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, WHEN GIVING A BRIEFING TO HONG KONG'S FIVE NEWEST URBAN COUNCILLORS ON HOW THE COUNCIL'S +WORKING ARM, THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, CARRIES OUT ITS MANIFOLD TASKS IN SERVICING HONG KONG.

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