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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1989

GOVERNOR OPENS FIRST HOMES IN NEW TOWN

HOMES FOR 22,000 PEOPLE IN TSUI LAM

RENTAL ESTATE IN TSEUNG BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR

WILSON, DAVID

KWAN O WERE OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (MONDAY).

THESE PEOPLE WERE THE MOVING INTO PUBLIC RENTAL AND PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS JUNK BAY SAID.

BE

OF FIRST

ABOUT 80,000

WOULD WHO HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS IN THE NEW TOWN

OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE GOVERNOR

BY THE TURN OF THE CENTURY THE NEW TOWN. WHEN FULLY WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR 400,000 PEOPLE.

DEVELOPED,

"PHASES ONE AND TWO OF THE PROJECT, WHICH ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY, FOR 300,000. WILL PROVIDE HOMES, SCHOOLS, CLINICS, GARDENS AND SHOPS

BILLION IN THESE PROGRAMMES, THE GOVERNMENT IS INVESTING SOME $13 THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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AN IMPORTANT SAID HONG KONG COULD BE

DESCRIBING THE OPENING OF THE TSUI LAM ESTATE AS MILESTONE FOR TSEUNG KWAN O. THE GOVERNOR "RIGHTLY PROUD" OF THE NEW TOWN PROGRAMME.

"NEW TOWNS HAVE PROVIDED A MORE MODERN AND

SOME TWO-THIRDS OF FOR NEARLY TWO MILLION PEOPLE. LIVE IN HOUSING BUILT BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

BETTER ENVIRONMENT ALL THESE PEOPLE

"THE TSUI LAM ESTATE WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS ONLY THE A LONG SERIES OF MAJOR HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECTS," HE SAID.

LATEST OF

DIRECTLY INVESTING LARGE THE GOVERNMENT TOO, PLAYS ITS PART,

SUPPORTING SUMS OF MONEY IN SITE FORMATION, TRANSPORT LINKS AND OTHER SERVICES.

THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS AUTHORITY

OF

MORE AND BETTER COMMUNICATIONS AND

THE PARTNERSHIP HAS WORKED WELL. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE HOUSING SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITIES COULD BE CREATED, WITH TRANSPORT FOR THOSE WHO CHOSE TO LIVE THERE.

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS

STRUCK

——

BY THE MANY CHANGES WHICH TONG A TUNNEL LINK TO KWUN MARKED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN ABOUT TO BE COMPLETED; HUNDREDS OF NEW HOUSING FLATS BEING BUILT, THE RAPIDLY CHANGING SHAPE OF THE VALLEY SHORELINE,

AND

THE

THE DEVELOPMENT OF HE SAID MUCH HARD WORK HAD GONE INTO

HOUSING AUTHORITY ON ITS IMPRESSIVE ESTATE. AND CONGRATULATED THE

REDEVELOPING ITS OLDER TRACK RECORD IN PROVIDING NEW HOUSING AND IN HOUSING UNITS.

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'I AM SURE THAT THE NEW COMMUNITY HERE WILL QUICKLY

+ HE SAID, REAL SENSE OF NEIGHBOURHOOD AND IDENTITY,

DEVELOP A

/WELCOMING THE