LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
Environmental improvement work for the Yuen Long nullahs made good progress and will be completed in mid-1992.
The first infrastructure contract in Tin Shui Wai was completed in September 1991 and four other infrastructure contracts were in hand. These contracts are to be completed in phases to provide access and services to private and public housing developments. The first phase of private housing was completed in late 1991 and the Tin Yiu Estate Phase I is expected to be completed in March 1992. After completion of private housing by the end of 1997, the new town population is expected to reach 135 000.
The Long Tin Road, a new road linking Yuen Long to the south east of the new town, was opened in late 1991. Design work to upgrade and extend Hung Tin Road to join the Yuen Long-Tuen Mun Eastern Corridor is in progress.
Flood protection works for four low-lying villages were substantially completed in the Tin Shui Wai hinterland. Similar schemes are being carried out at Ha Mei San Tsuen and Sheung Cheung Wai. Other flood protection schemes recommended by the North West New Territories Village Flood Protection Study are being implemented in conjunction with the Rural Planning and Improvement Strategy.
To cope with the development in Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai and the Tuen Mun-Yuen Long Corridor, construction of the North West New Territories Sewerage Scheme began in 1989. The main components of the scheme including a sewage treatment plant at San Wai, a 9-kilometre tunnel underneath Castle Peak and a 2.6-kilometre submarine outfall at Urmston Road are under construction and will be completed in December 1992.
In the Tuen Mun-Yuen Long Corridor, construction of the infrastructure for a commercial/residential development at Hung Shui Kiu is in progress. A contract for developing a village area in Ping Shan, the first pilot scheme for village expansion areas in the Yuen Long district, was awarded in late 1991.
Tsuen Kwan O and Sai Kung
The development of Tseung Kwan O New Town began in 1983. The second major expansion of its development plan with a population capacity of 440 000 was adopted by government in 1991. Phases 1 and 2 of the project, which will provide homes for 325 000 people, continued to progress satisfactorily. '[
About 267 hectares of land has been formed so far together with main drainage and the supporting engineering infrastructure. Some 40 per cent of the formed land has been used for public housing and government facilities. Three public rental estates, four home ownership schemes and three private sector participation schemes have been occupied. Another public rental estate is under construction together with the associated urban infrastructure. Two sites were sold for private residential and commercial development.
Roads and main drainage works in Hang Hau are well underway, as is the reclamation at the north of the future Town Centre.
The Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Road was opened to traffic in November 1990. The northern access to the University of Science and Technology is substantially complete.
Works for the provision of land and services for the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate started in August 1991. Upon completion in 1995, 68 hectares of land will be available for industrial development. Reclamation of the south part of Siu Chik Sha also commenced in November 1991. A study will soon start to examine the feasibility of developing a site of 120 hectares for industries requiring access to deep water.
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