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Hong Kong's New Territories abound in scenes of natural beauty. Monochrome reproduction cannot do justice to this view, looking northwards from the road which runs from Sha Tin to Tai Po, across the sheltered Tolo Harbour to the hills of the romantically-named Pat Sin (or Eight Fairies) Range. The New Territories cover, between mainland and some 200 islands, approximately 355 square miles out of the Colony's total land area of 391 square miles. They are important not only

for the agricultural produce which they yield but also because the Colony's main water reservoirs have been built in their valleys. Of recent years there has also been considerable industrial development, particularly in the area of Tsuen Wan. Now plans are in hand to develop still further the potential of the New Territories and to ease the population pressures on urban Kowloon and Victoria by building new towns. self-sufficient as to both residential and industrial resources.