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FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1988

NORTH DISTRICT: A SLEEPING GIANT WITH VAST POTENTIAL

AND

NORTH DISTRICT, WHICH COMPRISES SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING, KOK AND TA KWU LING, IS A SLEEPING GIANT, A DEVELOPING

VAST AREA WITH

POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE DISTRICT MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SHA TAU PULSATIVE OFFICER,

SPEAKING

MR

AT THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF THE SHA TAU

SCHOOL. GOVERNMENT SECONDARY

CHEUNG REVIEWED THE DISTRICT'S OVERALL DEVELOPMENTS, AND LOOKED AHEAD INTO THE FUTURE.

KOK

HONG KONG. "NORTH DISTRICT IS FAR FROM BEING THE BACKWATER OF

AWAY TUCKED

AT THE IS

COMMUNITY RURAL IT SIMPLY A QUIET RELATIVELY INACCESSIBLE BORDER AREA,

NOR

-

HE STRESSED.

'INDEED, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN AND

HAS OF DEVELOPMENT THRUST LESS COMPLETED, THE ALONG THE RAIL LINE TO NORTH DISTRICT,'

.

HE SAID.

TA] PO MORE OR SHIFTED NORTHWARDS

OUTLINING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BORDER TOWNSHIP OF

AND

SHA TAU HE SAID A LOW DENSITY RURAL LOW-COST PUBLIC

KOK WITHIN THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA, TOWNSHIP COMPLETE WITH DECENT AMENITIES AND FACILITIES WAS TAKING SHAPE.

HOUSING,

MODERN

"THE $200 MILLION

THE

FACELIFT 3,900

WILL SUBSTANTIALLY UPGRADE PEOPLE

IN LIVING LIVING CONDITIONS OF SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS OF YIM LIU HA AND TSOI YUEN KOK,

THE TWO

HE ADDED.

THE SHANTY

SHA

KOK

RURAL PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION AT

THE OF 1

TAL! CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE HOUSING WILL BE COMPLETED IN JUNE, PROVIDING DECENT A VERY LOW RENTAL FOR 1,500 PEOPLE FROM YIM LIU HA.

1990

IN DECEMBER, WHILE THE PHASE II IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION REMAINING TWO PHASES WILL COME ON STREAM IN MARCH 1989 AND EARLY RESPECTIVELY.

A $11 MILLION CENTRAL

PRIMARY

MARKETING

SCHOOL. EQUIPPED WITH MODERN

CATER TO

FOR PUPILS FROM THE SCHOOL AND FOUR ORGANISATION

FACILITIES, WOULD OPEN IN SEPTEMBER EXISTING SHA TAU KOK

FISH

RURAL SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA, MR CHIBUNG SAID.

BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR "TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES WILL BE PROVIDED

IN LINE PUPILS LIVING OUTSIDE THE CLOSED AREA TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL,

SCHOOLS IN REMOTER WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY FOR CENTRAL PRIMARY PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES,

*

HE ADDED.

COMMUNITY HALI. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN AIR-CONDITIONED PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE IN SHA TAU KOR TOWN BY THE END YEAR.

A WITH OF THIS

THE HALL WOULD PROVIDE A BASE FOR THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE

RESIDENT'S WITHIN DOORSTEPS TO

OF THE

THE BRING ITS SERVICE FRONT LER CLOSED AREA AND I ITS NEIGHBOURING ISLANDS, HE NOTED.

TO

THE

/TO RELIEVE