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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1988

"THE TOWN CENTRE IS PLANNED FOR A

40,000 AND WILL HAVE SHOPPING

CENTRE. HE SAID.

POPULATION OF 30,000 ΤΟ CENTRES, A TOWN PARK AND A CIVIC

"OTHER COMMUNITY AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, INDOOR RECREATIONAL CENTRES, COMMUNITY CENTRES, MARKETS, OPEN SPACES AND A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX.

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THE DISTRICT OFFICER NOTED THAT IN PAST YEARS, THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE LIVING IN MA ON SHAN CONGREGATING AROUND THE WU KAI SHA AND AH KUNG KOK AREAS.

HOWEVER, WITH THE FIRST POPULATION INTAKE OF HENG ON ESTATE IN MARCH 1987, A COMPLETE CHANGE HAS EMERGED.

"HENG ON ESTATE ALONE CAN ACCOMMODATE A POPULATION OF 28,000, 15 PER CENT OF WHICH WILL LIVE IN HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS, HE SAID.

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"MOREOVER, THE FIRST STAGE OF YIU ON ESTATE DEVELOPMENT

THE SECOND PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE IN THE AREA, HAS BEEN COMPLETED WITH A PRESENT INTAKE OF MORE THAN 6,500 PEOPLE.

PARTICIPATION SCHEME

"THE CHEVALIER GARDENS, A PRIVATE SECTOR ESTATE WHICH COULD ACCOMMODATE 15,000 PEOPLE, WAS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER AND ATTRACTED MANY PEOPLE TO THIS NEW AREA.'

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IN ORDER TO ENHANCE RESIDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT, A COMPREHENSIVE FACT SHEET OUTLINING THE AREA'S HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE FREE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE'S MA ON SRAN SUB-OFFICE, COMMUNITY HALL AND PUBLIC HOUSING OFFICES.

"WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN THIS FAST DEVELOPING AREA AND HOPE RESIDENTS WILL FIND IT A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE IN," ADDED MR YUNG.

GOVERNOR TO VISIT SAI KUNG DISTRICT

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL TOUR SAI KUNG DISTRICT MONDAY (DECEMBER 12) AFTERNOON TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF DISTRICT AND MEET LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.

SIR DAVID WILL FIRST MAKE BRIEF STOPS AT TSAM CHUK WAN AND NEWLY OPENED TAI MONG TSAI CYCLE PARK BEFORE A TOUR OF SAI KUNG

ON

THE

THE TOWN.

/ WTL