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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1988

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NORTH DISTRICT HAS VAST DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL: DO

NORTH DISTRICT IS A FAST DEVELOPING DISTRICT WHICH HAS BEEN THE TRANSFORMED FROM A SLEEPY RURAL AREA INTO A MODERN NEW TOWN, SAID DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING.

OF ADDRESSING A MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB

TOLO HARBOUR, MR CHEUNG SAID NORTH DISTRICT OFFERS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT.

"ITS STRATEGIC LOCATION, COUPLED WITH A GOOD TRANSPORT NETWORK WITH THE REST OF THE TERRITORY AND THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, ITS ON-GOING INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS, PLUS AN ABUNDANT LABOUR SUPPLY AND AVAILABILITY OF LAND, OFFER TREMENDOUS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ENTREPRENEURS AND DEVELOPERS ALIKE, HE STRESSED.

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MR CHEUNG NOTED THAT 1979 WAS AN IMPORTANT YEAR FOR NORTH AS A NEW DISTRICT, WHEN THE FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI AREA WAS DESIGNATED TOWN.

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OUTLINING THE PROMINENT FEATURES OF THIS NEW TOWN, HE SAID,

KONG WHEREAS MOST NEW TOWNS IN HONG

AREAS SUBSTANTIAL RECLAIMED FROM THE

SBA,

INCORPORATE

FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI OCCUPIES AN ENTIRELY

INLAND SITE OBTAINED BY LAND RESUMPTION AND CLEARANCE.

UNLIKE "ACCORDINGLY,

OTHER NEW TOWNS WHOSE

THE RIVER COURSES,

AN

LINEAR

STRUCTURES USUALLY FOLLOW SOME WELL-TRAINED TOWN DEVELOPMENT OF FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI HAS TO TAKE LINEAR SHAPE WITH SOME IMPORTANT TERRITORIAL TRANSPORT LINKS THE RAILWAY AND THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD AS THE AXIS.

URBAN NEW ESSENTIAL SUCH AS

"AS A RESULT, MOST PARTS OF THE NEW TOWN ARE WITHIN EASY

*TRANSPORT WALKING DISTANCE TO THE MAIN

EXCHANGES WHICH MAKE READY CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, IIE ADDED.

ANOTHER

FEATURE IMPORTANT

"

WAS THE EASY PROXIMITY TO BORDER CROSSING POINTS, MR CHEUNG SAID.

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ACCESSIBILITY

AND

KILOMETRES

"THE MAN KAM TO CONTROL POINT

THE MAIN VEHICULAR ARTERY IS ONLY FOUR

AWAY BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SHENZHEN

FROM

THE THE HUB OF THE

SHA TAU KOK CONTROL POINT IS 10 CURRENTLY UNDER KILOMETRES AWAY AND THE FUTURE LOK MA CHAU CROSSING, CONSTRUCTION, IS SEVEN KILOMETRES AWAY," HE ADDED.

TOWN. NEW

HE SAID OVER THE PAST YEAR, CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC THROUGH MAN

KAM TO HAD GROWN BY AN AVERAGE OF 30 PER CENT.

THE

"THIS IS INDICATIVE OF

RAPIDLY EXPANDING ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE GUANGDONG PROVINCE.

"NORTH DISTRICT