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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1990

PARTICIPATION IN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT ENCOURAGED

IT IS CLEAR THAT THE POTENTIAL OF NORTH DISTRICT COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND

SIR DAVID

WILSON,

SAID

PRIVATE

TODAY

SECTOR NOW AND IS ACTIVELY

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT,

DURING (THURSDAY)

A

REALISES THE FULL PARTICIPATING IN ITS THE GOVERNOR, VISIT

TO THE

DISTRICT.

THE

"IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN

ΤΟ POLICY DEVELOPMENT BY

SIR DAVID ADDED.

ENCOURAGE PROVIDING

GOVERNMENT'S NEW TOWN PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE AND BASIC FACILITIES,

THE FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI THE GOVERNOR HAD A PANORAMIC VIEW OF

TIN PING ESTATE, AND NEW TOWN FROM THE ROOFTOP OF TIN MEI HOUSE IN

EXPECTED WAS TOLD THAT THE FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWN POPULATION 18 TO REACH 250,000 BY THE LATE 1990'S.

TO PROVIDE A

"WITH THE STEADY BUILD-UP IN POPULATION, WE AIM BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING, INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES THE DISTRICT," HE SAID.

FOR

A

EARLIER, SIR DAVID VISITED SHA TAU KOK TOWN

UNDER LOOK AT

PROVIDED SOME OF THE FACILITIES REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WHICH COMMENCED IN 1986 AND IS COMPLETION IN 1991.

IN

A FIRST-HAND $300 MILLION SCHEDULED FOR

HOUSING SOCIETY'g SHA THE GOVERNOR ALSO TOURED THE HONG KONG

000 PEOPLE TAU KOK RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, WHICH HOUSES ALMOST 4, AFFECTED BY THE CLEARANCE OF TWO NEARBY VILLAGES, AND THE SHA TAU CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL PEMOTE VILLAGES.

WHICH HAS

REPLACED

FIVE

RURAL

KOK

SCHOOLS

IN

WAS AT THE SHEUNG SHUI FLOOD PROTECTION SCHEME SITE, SIR DAVID

$20 OF THIS OPERATION BRIEFED ON THE DESIGN AND

MILLION PROJECT. IN SHEUNG SHUI VILLAGE THE SCHEME IS AIMED AT PREVENTING FLOODING

AFTER HEAVY WHICH MAY RESULT FROM THE OVERFLOWING OF THE RIVER INDUS RAIN.

THE GOVERNOR WAS TOLD THAT

OF A THE SCHEME CONSISTED

FROM THE RIVER INDUS FLOOD PROTECTIVE BUND SEPARATING THE VILLAGE

RUNOFF DURING PLAIN,

A FLOOD STORAGE POND FOR STORING THE CUMULATIVE SEVERE STORMS, AND A STORMWATER PUMPING STATION.

BEFORE WINDING UP

HIS

PING

VISIT, INDOOR

THE GOVERNOR ATTENDED

CENTRE WHERE RECREATION

A

TEA

HE

MET

RECEPTION AT THE TIN MEMBERS OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD AND DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, AND LOCAL PERSONALITIES.

BIR DAVID

ACCOMPANIED WAS

ON

HIS

VISIT BY

THE REGIONAL BOARD SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU; NORTH DISTRICT CHAIRMAN, MR RAYMOND PANG; AND NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILLIAM HUI.

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