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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1989

FOR

POPULAR PLACE

HALF A MILLION,

MR ZHOU LEARNED THAT SHA TIN NEW TOWN IS A VISITORS AND RESIDENTS, THE LATTER NUMBERING NEARLY BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS FACILITIES AND SHOPPING CENTRES.

ALTHOUGH ABOUT 65 PER CENT OF THE

NUMEROUS

POPULATION

LIVE IN PUBLIC

HOUSING ESTATES,

HIGH-RISE PRIVATE

HOME HOUSING BLOCKS,

ELEMENT OWNERSHIP FLATS AND VILLAGE-TYPE 11OUSES PROVIDE THE NECESSARY OF A BALANCED COMMUNITY.

WALKED NR ZHOU THEN

THROUGH THE NEW TOWN PLAZA AND SAW DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE TOWN AREA FROM THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL PODIUM.

HENG ON ESTATE ог HOUSING,

PANG

FROM THERE, THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER WENT TO IN MA ON SHAN WHERE HE WAS MET DY THE DIRECTOR YUK-LING.

MR

ESTIMATED

UPON FULL

DURING A TOUR OF THE ESTATE, MR ZHOU LEARNED THAT AN

IN PROVIDING LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE AND

POPULATION

$1.8 BILLION WOULD BE SPENT

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF MA ON SHAN.

FACILITIES

FOR

A

OF

200,000

THE AREA HAD

ALREADY

HE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE POPULATION IN GROWN RAPIDLY SINCE HENG ON ESTATE WAS OPENED IN EARLY 1987.

15 THE ESTATE COULD ACCOMMODATE 28,000 PEOPLE, WITH

THE RECENTLY COMPLETED LIVING IN HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS, AND ESTATE ALREADY HAS A PRESENT INTAKE OF 6,500 PEOPLE.

KONG

PER CENT

YIU

ON

РО TAI DESIGN/COMPUTER

INDUSTRIAL AIDED DESIGNED

THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER THEN WENT ΤΟ ESTATE TO VISIT THE HONG

COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURE SERVICES LIMITED (HK CAD/CAM) WHICH IS SPECIALLY AND BUILT FOR HIGH PRECISION MACHINING PRODUCTION.

THE HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY

CARTLAND, AND

DEPUTY

SECRETARY

FOR

TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR MICHAEL

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR STEPHEN CHEONG.

PLANT AND MR ZHOU TOURED THE HIGH-TECH

WAS BRIEFED BY THE ASPECTS CHAIRMAN OF THE HK CAD/CAM, MR JOHN C.P. KHOO, ON THE VARIOUS OF CAD/CAM TECHNOLOGY IN THE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF MOULDS AND DIES.

MR ZHOU WAS LATER TAKEN ON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

A CAR RIDE

THROUGH THE ΤΑΙ PO

GOVERNOR VISITS SHA TIN SCHOOLS

A

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED TWO TYPICAL SCHOOLS IN SHA TIN, ONE A PRIMARY AND THE OTHER SECONDARY SCHOOL.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, SIR DAVID FIRST VISITED PUI YING COLLEGE IN WO CHE ESTATE.

/HE TOURED