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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1988
STUDY
SIR DAVID WAS ALSO TOLD THAT A DETAILED
TO INVESTIGATE THE ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY OF PUMPING SEWAGE EFFLUENT FROM SHA TIN TO KAI TAK NULLAH WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SCHEME IS EXPECTED ΤΟ RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE WATER QUALITY OF TOLO HARBOUR.
REGIONAL SECRETARY SEES TAI PO DEVELOPMENTS
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL SUEN, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED TAI PO TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
ON ARRIVAL AT THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE IN TING KOK ROAD, MR SUEN WAS MET BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN BURRETT, AND SENIOR STAFF OF THE OFFICE.
THE PARTY PROCEEDED TO THE ROOFTOP OF WANG YAN HOUSE IN KWONG FUK ESTATE, WHERE MR BURRETT BRIEFED THE REGIONAL SECRETARY ON TAI PO NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.
MR SUEN WAS TOLD THE NEW TOWN NOW HAD A POPULATION OF AROUND 156,000 PEOPLE AND THERE WERE PLANS TO DEVELOP THE AREA ΤΟ ACCOMMODATE 294,000 PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE 1990'S.
THE PARTY THEN WENT TO TA TIT YAN VILLAGE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTNADING OF THE QUESTION OF PROVIDING VEHICULAR ACCESS FOR
REMOTE VILLAGES.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY SAW THE EXTENT OF POLLUTION IN THE TSUEN RIVER IN ITS UPPER, MIDDLE AND LOWER COURSES
IN THE TSUEN VALLEY, AT SHUI WAI AND KWONG FUK BRIDGE RESPECTIVELY.
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MR SUEN THEN HAD LUNCH WITH LEADING RESIDENTS. THE LUNCH HOSTED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER.
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AFTER LUNCH, HE CALLED AT THE OFFICES OF THE ΤΑΙ PO AND KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEES TO MEET THE CHAIRMEN AND MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.
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THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO THE SHUEN WAN TEMPORARY AREA TO VIEW THE MARICULTURE ZONES AT YIM TIN TSAI.
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ON THE WAY TO THE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA, THEY PASSED VILLAGE WHICH WILL BE REMOVED BY A NON-DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCE LATER THIS YEAR.
MR SUEN'S VISIT CONCLUDED WITH A TEA RECEPTION AT THE ΤΑΙ PO DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT, WHERE HE MET MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
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