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MONDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1989

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RC PROGRAMME MATCHING NEW TOWN GROWTH: GOVERNOR

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT IN PARALLEL WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS то PROVIDE A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE NEW TOWNS THE REGIONAL COUNCIL HAD ITS OWN MASSIVE BUILDING PROGRAMME COSTING SOME $6 BILLION.

OF THE COUNCIL

THIS WAS A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF THE RESOLVE TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF ALL WHO RESIDED AND WORKED IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA.

SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE COUNCIL'S NEW CHAMBERS AND THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SIR DAVID SAID THE NEW BUILDING IN SHA TIN, TO BE COMPLETED IN 1991, WOULD BE A SYMBOL OF THAT DETERMINATION.

I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE COUNCIL AND ITS STAFF WILL MEET THE CHALLENGES AHEAD WITH THE SAME VIGOUR AND DEDICATION THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN IN THE PAST."

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THE GOVERNOR SAID THE COUNCIL HAD ALREADY FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ITS IDENTITY IN THE COMMUNITY IT SERVED AND NOW PROVIDED A WIDE OF CULTURAL AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES FOR SOME TWO MILLION PEOPLE.

"THIS WILL JUMP TO NEARLY THREE MILLION WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE, AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE MOVE FROM THE OLDER PARTS OF THE URBAN AREAS TO OUR EXPANDING NEW TOWNS.

"THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED PROVIDING A SCALE OF SERVICES TO MATCH THE INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING OUR NEW TOWNS.

"WE AND THE COUNCIL SHARE THE BETTER AND MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACES IN ADDED.

WITH THE MAJOR TASK OF GOVERNMENT'S OWN MASSIVE

AIM OF MAKING THE NEW TOWNS WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK, HE

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TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID SAID, THE GOVERNMENT HAD PROVIDED A CAPITAL GRANT OF SOME $1 BILLION AND HAD ALLOCATED TO THE COUNCIL REVENUE FROM RATES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

HE ADDED THAT THESE FINANCIAL RESOURCES WOULD ENABLE THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE THE PEOPLE IT SERVED WITH FACILITIES AND SERVICES OF THE STANDARD THEY DESERVED.

IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, SAID THAT LIKE THE FOUNDATION WORKS FOR THE NEW BUILDING, IT WAS THE AIM OF THE COUNCIL TO BUILD FROM STRENGTH то STRENGTH TO PROVIDE MORE AND BETTER SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

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BEING A YOUNG COUNCIL ESTABLISHED ONLY IN APRIL 1986, HE SAID THE EARLY YEARS HAD BEEN A PERIOD OF GROWING AWARENESS. "FOR COUNCIL AN AWARENESS OF THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES.

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