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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1989

WELCOMING THE GOVENOR, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THE HISTORIC OCCASION REPRESENTED "NOT MERELY THE OPENING OF THIS ESTATE BUT THE FORMAL OPENING OF A NEW TOWN"

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TSEUNG KWAN O IS NOW FIRMLY ESTABLISHED AS THE NEWEST NEW TOWN AND, WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE TUNNEL TO KWUN TONG AND THE EASTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL IT WOULD BE A FEW MINUTES BY BUS RIDE FROM KWUN TONG AND ABOUT 20 MINUTES FROM HONG KONG.

"INDEED IT IS MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN MOST OF OUR OTHER NEW TOWNS," HE SAID.

"THE AIR IS CLEAN. IT IS A NEW ENVIROMMENT AND IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS THE TREES GROW UP. TSEUNG KWAN O WILL BECOME A SHOW PLACE OF OUR HONG KONG ACHIEVEMENT IN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. INDEED IT IS ALREADY ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TOWNS AMONG FAMILIES APPLYING FOR HOUSING, SIR DAVID SAID.

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HE SAID THE INDEPENDENT HOUSING REPONSIBILITIES WITH RENEWED VIGOUR.

AUTHORITY WAS TACKLING ITS

THE REVIEWS AND RESEARCH NOW BEING DONE BY THE AUTHORITY INTO HOUSING THE ELDERLY, THE SANDWICH CLASS. THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THE EXTENSION OF HOME OWNERSHIP AND OTHER MATTERS WOULD ENABLE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE ITS FULL CONTRIBUTION TO THE STABILITY AND HAPPINESS OF THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

AFTER OPENING THE ESTATE, THE GOVERNOR, ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON AND THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, MR PANG YUK-LING. VISIT ΤΟ THE TSUI LAM ESTATE BAPTIST KINDERGARTEN AND VIEWED AN EXHIBITION OF MODELS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE TSEUNG KWAN O DEVELOPMENT.

NOME 500 GUESTS ATTENDED THE CEREMONY, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMITTEES. DISTRICT BOARDS, MUTUAL AID COMMUNITIES

AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS.

HK'S DEMAND FOR SCIENCE. ENGINEERING GRADUATES CERTAIN TO GROW

HONG KONG'S DEMAND FOR GRADUATES WITHI A SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IS CERTAIN TO GROW AS INTO THE ERA OF MORE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. THE WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY),

SOLID GROUNDING IN THE TERRITORY MOVES GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID

SPEAKING AT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE SCIENCE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. SIR DAVID STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THE GROWING ROLE PLAYED BY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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