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establishment of a Country Farks Service

with the necessary equipment to administer

and protect the countryside, presided over

by an Authority and a Board; the establishment

and funding by Government and private subscript

of the Jubilee Sports Centre at Shatin; the

opening of an Arts Centre and the funding of a

Conservatory of Music. Two large indoor

stadia, a sports centre on the Wanchai

reclamation, and several swimming pool

complexes are all under construction.

To make life in a better environment possible,

the population must be spread out into completely

new towns. For this, improved communications,

in both city and New Territories are essential.

Apid progress was made during the year in a

large number of projects including the Mass

Transit Railway, many flyovers in the city, new

road tunnels out of it, and new highways in the

New Territories. Double tracking of the Kowloon/

Canton Railway is proceeding, and a consultancy

on its electrification has been let.

Now sites and widespread developments in the

Now Territories require a different sort of

administration to that of the more picturesque

and less crowded. past. The administration was

reformed last year by the appointment of Town

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