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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1989
REGIONAL SECRETARY VISITS TSUEN WAN
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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU. TODAY (FRIDAY) TOURED TSUEN WAN AND SAW THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS FIRST GENERATION NEW TOWN.
MR HSU FIRST WENT TO THE ROOFTOP OF A RIVIERA GARDENS BUILDING FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF TSUEN WAN OLD TOWN AND THE COASTAL AREAS.
HE WAS BRIEFED BY TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM SHIU, ON THE DISTRICT'S DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES WHICH INCLUDED THE WATERFRONT RECLAMATION AND THE OPENING UP OF SHING MUN VALLEY. THE TWO PROGRAMMES COULD PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 37 HECTARES OF LAND FOR.. RECREATIONAL USE.
A NUMBER OF HOUSING ESTATES AND A NEW 900-ROOM HOTEL WOULD COMPLETED SHORTLY, MR HSU WAS TOLD.
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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY LATER WENT ON TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEVEN-KILOMETRE LONG ROUTE 5 WHICH, WHEN COMPLETED IN 1990, WOULD PROVIDE A FAST ROUTE BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND SHA TIN AND FORM PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROUTE.
HE ALSO MET DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND RURAL COMMITTER
TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON DISTRICT MATTERS.
MEMBERS
DB MEMBERS VIEW TRAFFIC SITUATION IN CENTRAL
EIGHT CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON TOURED CENTRAL DISTRICT TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF ROAD WORKS TRAFFIC ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD.
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THEY VISITED ROAD JUNCTIONS AT MORRISON STREET, MAN WAH LANE, RUMSEY STREET, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET AND ICE HOUSE STREET WHICH WERE AFFECTED BY THE ROAD WORKS.
THE VISIT WAS ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE IN RESPONSE TO CONCERN EXPRESSED BY MEMBERS ON THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD.
"AN EARLY COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER ANCILLARY WORKS ALONG CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL WILL HELP EASE THE TRAFFIC SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE, MR HUNG WING-TAT, SAID AFTER THE VISIT.
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MEMBERS WERE
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