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FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1986

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ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT FOR NORTH DISTRICT

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NORTH DISTRICT HAS GREAT POTENTIAL IN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING DURING HIS VISIT TO THE LUEN WO AND SHEK WUI HUI CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT WITH THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND THE OPERATION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD, TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN THE URBAN AREA AND THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN GREATLY REDUCED.

+NORTH DISTRICT IS NO LONGER A REMOTE AREA IN THE NEW

TERRITORIES,+ HE SAID.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC LINKS WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.

AT PRESENT, BORDER-CROSSING POINTS ARE PROVIDED AT LO WU FOR RAIL PASSENGERS, AND AT MAN KAM TO AND SHA TAU KOK FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. A NEW PASSENGER TERMINAL WOULD BE COMPLETED AT LO WU STATION EARLY NEXT YEAR.

MR CHEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE IMPROVING THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE OF ON LOK TSUEN WHERE MANUFACTURERS COULD SET UP FACTORIES AND PROVIDE MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

THUS, IN THE LONG TERM, THE ECONOMIC PROSPECT OF NORTH DISTRICT WAS ONE THAT WE COULD LOOK UPON WITH GREAT OPTIMISM, HE ADDED.

DURING THE VISIT, MR CHEUNG EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LUEN WO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR TAM SHIU- KWONG, AND THE SHEK WU HUI CHAMBER CHAIRMAN, MR CHEUNG KUEN.

HE ALSO PAID A VISIT TO THE FUNG YING SIN KOON, A FAMOUS TAOIST TEMPLE IN THE DISTRICT.

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