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MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1988

SIR

THERE

NEW JOINT EFFORTS HAD ACHIEVED

TOWN,

BY SOME

BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS TOUR WITH A VISIT TO JUNK BAY DAVID STOPPED AT HO CHUNG RIVER, WHERE

THE

FACTORIES

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUALITY OF THE RIVER.

DAVID SAID: "MORE EFFORTS ΤΟ DEAL WITH

SIR COMMENTING ON THE STATE OF THE RIVER, STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE CANNOT RELAX OUR ENVIRONMENTAL BLACK SPOTS.

"GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE CONFIDENT VISIBLE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

THAT THERE

WILL

BE

AFTER SPEAKING TO REPORTERS

THE VISIT, SIR DAVID SAID IN DISTRICTS PERCENTAGE TERMS SAI KUNG WAS GROWING FASTER THAN ANY OTHER

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WHOLE TERRITORY OF HONG KONG AND THE

WOULD LEAD TO "A LOT OF PROBLEMS OF ADJUSTMENTS" IN THE DISTRICT.

AFTER THE MAKE SURE

IMPORTANT THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS

BOTH ΤΟ LOOK NEEDS OF THE NEW POPULATION GOING INTO THE DISTRICT AND TO THAT THE OLDER POPULATION WHO HAD LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME DID FEEL NEGLECTED.

NOT

MASS ASKED IF THERE WAS A PLAN TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF THE

WHILST THIS HAD NOT TRANSIT RAILWAY TO JUNK BAY, THE GOVERNOR SAID

MTR WAS VERY GOT TO THE POINT OF BEING FORMALLY APPROVED, THE

KEEN

TO BUILD THE EXTENSION.

"AND IF PHASE THREE OF THE JUNK BAY PLAN GOES AHEAD THEN THERE WILL BE AN ADEQUATE POPULATION TO JUSTIFY IT.

"AT THE MOMENT THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS GOING ON BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MTR BEFORE THEY GET TO THE STAGE OF FINAL APPROVAL AND FORMAL GO-AHEAD ON THE WHOLE PLAN," SIR DAVID SAID.

ON HO CHUNG RIVER POLLUTION, SIR DAVID SAID WHILST THERE WOULD PLAN BE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO IT BY NEXT YEAR, THERE WAS ALSO A TO BRING IN A WATER CONTROL ZONE FOR THE AREA.

THAT

THE WITH

A PLACE

IT SIR DAVID NOTED THAT

WAS ALSO ENCOURAGING то SEE WAN VILLAGERS AT TSAM CHUK

HAD GOT TOGETHER ΤΟ DEAL POLLUTION PROBLEM AND TO TURN A SERIOUSLY POLLUTED AREA INTO FOR BREEDING FISH.

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WITHOUT THE

SIGN AND THAT WAS AN ENCOURAGING

OF WHAT CAN BE DONE BY VILLAGERS THEMSELVES IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT NEED TO USE LEGISLATION," HE SAID.

ASKED ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL MOTOR RACING IN SAI KUNG NIGHT-TIME, SIR DAVID SAID THE POLICE DID KEEP A WATCH ON IT AND ACTION TO DEAL WITH IT WHEREVER IT HAPPENED.

AT

TOOK

/SIR DAVID