LAND, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
1991, resulting in a significant increase in the capacity of the road junctions. In Kwai Chung, with the completion of the contract works for improvements to Kwai Chung Road South and Container Port Road by the end of 1992, the comprehensive scheme for improvements to the Kwai Chung Road Corridor between Castle Peak Road and Mei Foo Bridge has been fully implemented. This has resulted in a significant improvement to the traffic conditions along this main route and in the container port area. Major road improvement works to Hing Fong Road and Texaco Road (Phase II) were progressing satisfactorily.
Community facilities completed in 1991 included Tsuen Wan District Police Head- quarters, two community halls and an urban clinic in Tsing Yi, one special school for the physically handicapped in Kwai Chung, a local open space in Shek Yam and two sitting out areas in Tsuen Wan Sam Tung Uk resite village. The opening of Tso Kung Tam outdoor recreation centre in October 1991 provided dormitories for overnight campers and recreational facilities.
Sha Tin
The development of Sha Tin is virtually complete with much of the remaining works concentrated in Ma On Shan. Works carried out during 1992 aimed at complementing and enhancing the infrastructure and providing community facilities to cater for a population which will increase from the present 550 000 to around 620 000 by the end of the 1990s with 66 per cent of the population living in public housing.
Major road-links with urban Kowloon and the north-eastern New Territories have been completed including the Tate's Cairn Tunnel and the Sha Tin Approaches.
In Ma On Shan, the final reclamation contract to provide 23 hectares of land progressed satisfactorily.
On the pollution-control scene, the water quality of Shing Mun River and Tolo Harbour has improved significantly since the commissioning of facilities for the marine disposal of sludge and modification of the sewage treatment works. A further improvement scheme by exporting the effluent to Kai Tak Nullah is being constructed for commissioning in mid-1993.
Community projects completed in 1992 included a neighbourhood community centre, a sub-divisional fire station, ambulance depot and ambulance training school and a public leisure pool and a district open space. Construction of another primary school, a special school for moderately mentally handicapped children, a district open space and the expansion and reprovisioning of facilities for the Prince of Wales Hospital progressed satisfactorily.
Tai Po
Tai Po New Town is about 20 kilometres north of Kowloon, situated at the head of Tolo Harbour. The harbour and the surrounding hills at Pat Sin Leng and Tai Mo Shan provide Tai Po with an attractive scenic setting. It is well served by the electrified Kowloon-Canton Railway with two railway stations, and the Tolo Highway.
The population of Tai Po is about 244 000 at present and the projected population by the end of the 1990s is around 280 000. Seventy per cent of the population are now accommodated in public housing developments comprising six public rental estates, six home ownership schemes and three private sector participation schemes.
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