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SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1986

CALL TO KEEP UP COMMUNITY SPIRIT

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THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR KEVIN MAK, THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY TO KEEP UP THE IR CO-OPERATIVE SPIRIT AND TOGETHER BUILD AN EVEN BETTER FUTURE FOR THE DISTRICT.

MR MAK, WHO HAD BEEN KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER UNTIL MID-APRIL, WAS SPEAKING AT A +KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CELEBRATION DINNER+ ORGANISED TO FAREWELL HIM AND TO WELCOME THE NEW DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN.

LOOKING BACK ON HIS THREE YEARS IN KWUN TONG, MR MAK SAID HE WAS MOST IMPRESSED BY THE CO-OPERATION AND COHESIVENESS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

+WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THIS CIVIC SPIRIT HAS BECOME EVEN STRONGER, WITHOUT WHICH MANY ACHIEVEMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE, HE SAID.

HIS SUCCESSOR, MR CHAN, SAID: STEPPING INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE 1980'S, KWUN TONG IS ALREADY SET FOR A NEW METAMORPHOSIS, AS MANY MAJOR PROJECTS ARE IN THE PIPELINE.+

+THE CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY IS AN IMPORTANT CATALYST TO THIS METAMORPHOSIS, HE ADDED.

CITING THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING PROJECT AS MOST SIGNIFICANT, MR CHAN SAID IT WOULD NOT ONLY AFFECT THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT PATTERNS OF KWUN TONG AND THE WHOLE TERRITORY, BUT GIVE NEW IMPETUS TO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT.

HE SAID THE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TUNNEL PROJECT HAD BEEN INVITED TO PROVIDE DATA FOR THE EAST KOWLOON TRAFFIC STUDY, SO THAT A MORE ACCURATE ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DISTRICT'S TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENTS UP TO 1996 COULD BE ARRIVED AT.

+THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH IS ALSO SEEKING COMMENTS FROM DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED TO REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR CHA KWO LING, WHICH WILL BE THE TUNNEL'S LANDING POINT IN KOWLOON, HE SAID.

WITH VARIOUS HOUSING PROJECTS IN HAND SUCH AS TSUI PING ROAD ESTATE, LAM TIN AND JORDAN VALLEY NORTH, PLUS OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, KWON TONG WAS READY TO MEET AN EXCITING FUTURE, MR CHAN ADDED.

MORE THAN 700 GUESTS ATTENDED THE DINNER.

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