XN000022-1987-06-04 — Page 8

THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1987

'SYMPATHETIC' REDEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN RECOGNISED

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) HOPED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT CARRIED OUT SYMPATHETICALLY, PAYING ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL SHOPS AND TRADITIONAL WAYS OF LIVING THERE.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TOURING THE DISTRICT, SIR DAVID IT SEEMED ΤΟ BE AN AREA IN WHICH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COULD PLAY A VERY USEFUL PART ONCE IT WAS SET UP.

SAID

"THERE ARE A NUMBER OF IDEAS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. I LOOKED AT ONE AREA TODAY WHICH MIGHT BE DEVELOPED BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IT'S A VERY GOOD AREA FOR THAT SORT OF DEVELOPMENT."

AS A RESIDENT OF CENTRAL DISTRICT, SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS VERY PLEASED TO FIND THAT THERE WAS SUCH AN ACTIVE DISTRICT BOARD WORKING IN HIS INTEREST.

HE SAID THERE ARE PROBLEMS SUCH AS POLLUTION AND TRAFFIC THAT NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH, AND THE GREEN ISLAND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT COULD HELP SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS.

"THEY'RE THE SORT OF THING WHICH OBVIOUSLY CONCERNS ALL RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA, AND IN A WAY, ME AS WELL," HE SAID.

THEY WERE ALL PROBLEMS THAT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO SOLVE, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS COULD BE SOLVED LONG TERM IN THE AREA WAS THROUGH THE GREEN ISLAND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IF AND WHEN THAT WENT AHEAD.

NOTING THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH CONTRAST BETWEEN CENTRAL AREA AND WESTERN, SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PROBLEMS OF AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS VERY DENSE HOUSING AND WHERE AT 'THE MOMENT THERE WERE INADEQUATE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

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"IT'S ALSO STRIKING WHAT CAN BE DONE IN A VERY SMALL AREA THE SUNG HING LANE WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A RECREATIONAL GARDEN OR IN SMITHFIELD AREA WHERE THE DISTRICT BOARD ITSELF IS TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND HAS SET UP A VERY GOOD INFORMAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL IN THAT," HE SAID.

ASKED ABOUT HIS IMPRESSION ON THE SHOPS HE VISITED, SIR DAVID SAID THE INTERESTING THING WAS TO SEE SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL SHOPPING AREAS AND TO SEE THE SALE OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINES OR GINSENG OR DRIED FISH.

"I ASKED A LOT OF THEM HOW BUSINESS WAS AND THEY ALL SAID BUSINESS WAS VERY GOOD, WHICH IMPRESSED ME BECAUSE THE SORT OF GOODS THEY WERE SELLING IN MANY CASES WERE VERY EXPENSIVE," HE ADDED.

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