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YET, IN SPITE OF HIS SELF-IMPOSED
RESTRICTIONS, WIGGLESWORTH BELIEVED THAT ACHIEVEMENTS BY LOCAL TOWN PLANNERS HELD IN SUCH HIGH ESTEEM THAT THEIR WORKS HAVE BECOME THE SUBJECT EMULATION AND STUDY BY OVERSEAS ACADEMICS, DEVELOPERS AND PLANNERS.
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HE CITED THE NEW TOWNS IN PARTICULAR SHA TIN, TUEN MUN AND TAI PO AS THE CROWNING ACHIEVEMENTS OF LOCAL TOWN PLANNERS, "MADR POSSIBLE ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN A CLEAN SHERT TO WORK ON. THE FACT THAT THE NEW TOWNS ARE BEING ACCEPTED BY THE PUBLIC IS NO LONGER IN DOUBT."
"THE IMPETUS AND SUCCESS FOR THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, WAS HINGED ON THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME LAUNCHED IN THE 1960'S. THAT WAS WHEN TOWN PLANNERS WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ENTIRE NEW TOWNSHIPS OUT OF NOWHERE.
PLANNING FOR THE NEW TOWNS GAVE DR WIGGLESWORTH SPECIAL SATISFACTION BECAUSE OF THE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE HE SUFFERED FROM WITNESSING THE WORLD WAR II BOMBING OF LONDON.
"1T WAS IN THAT EXPERIENCE THAT THE SEEDS WERE SOWN FOR ME то BECOME AN ARCHITECT AND TOWN PLANNER,
T HE MUSED.
NOW 59, HE RETURNS TO ENGLAND WHERE HE WILL "TAKE ONE YEAR BEFORE DECIDING ON HIS NEXT CAREER MOVE. IT WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ARTISTIC WORLD. SOMETHING WHICH
BEGAN IN WORLD WAR II PAINTING THEATRE BACKDROPS AND WHICH I HOPE TO RESUME IN ONE CAPACITY OR ANOTHER, HE QUIPPED.
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SUMMER YOUTH ACTIVITIES
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THE SOUTHERN SUMMER YOUTH
LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN DISTRICT CAN NOW APPLY FOR FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT'S PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE TO ORGANISE YOUTH ACTIVITIES THIS SUMMER.
"ALL PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES SEEKING SPONSORSHIP SHOULD TARGET YOUTHS IN THE DISTRICT WHO ARE AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 25 AND FEATURE THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE SAID.
THE THEME 13 "SHARING THE FUN AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY"
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