Kwun Tong and Adjacent Areas
6.12. At Sau Mau Ping the remaining site-formation contract was completed, providing 17 acres of land for school sites, Government and institutional use and open space.
6.13. Reclamation continued in Kowloon Bay where some 645,500 cubic yards of material from Government projects and private building sites were deposited to form 23 acres of land.
Kowloon
6.14. At Ho Man Tin construction of part of the drainage and protection work for Stages VI and VIII was completed. Pedestrian steps and an access road serving the Government Low Cost Housing Estate in Stage VI area were also completed. Two contracts for forming seven school sites, an open space and land for the railway realignment were in progress in Stage X area.
6.15. Three contracts for forming 33 acres of land for community and institutional use and for the construction of roads in Lung Cheung Road Development Area No. 1 were completed. The road works provide a new link between Sham Shui Po and Lung Cheung Road.
Kwai Chung Tsuen Wan New Town
6.16. Site-formation works together with the associated roads and drainage works at Kwai Chung North were completed, providing 93 acres of land for low cost housing, resettlement, private development and community use.
6.17. Reclamation continued in Gin Drinker's Bay where some 291,900 cubic yards of material from Government and private works were deposited, bringing the total area reclaimed to 245 acres. For Kwai Chung Container Terminal a site-formation contract for reclamation behind the existing breakwater commenced.
Sha Tin New Town
6.18. The Stage I, Phase I development scheme to accommodate 30,000 persons was approved. This scheme, when completed, will provide 100 acres of formed sites for Government housing, private residential and industrial development, Government institutional and community use and open space.
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