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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1975
LAND TO BE RECLAIMED FOR TA! PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ******
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL RECLAIM ABOUT 25 HECTARES OF LAND FROM THE SEA FOR THE STAGE ONE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN TAI PO.
THE RECLAMATION AND SITE FORMATION WORK, SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN JANUARY, HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION OF THE PWD WHICH WILL SUPERVISE THE WORK.
MR. NG TECK-SHENG, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, SAID TODAY IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE SITE FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WOULD BE READY IN ABOUT 26 MONTHS.
THE RECLAMATION WILL ALSO PROVIDE LAND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROADS AND SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS.
ABOUT 2.5 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF FILLING MATERIAL WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FORM THE SITE LOCATED ALONG THE WATERFRONT OF THE SECTION OF TING KOK ROAD OFF THE VILLAGE OF HA HANG SITUATED HALF- WAY BETWEEN TAI PO MARKET AND SHUEN WAN, MR. NG SAID.
THE FILLING MATERIAL WILL BE EXCAVATED FROM A BORROW AREA NEAR HA HANG AND CONVEYED DY LORRIES TO THE RECLAMATION SITE.
THIS BORROW AREA, HE SAID, WOULD LATER BE FORMED TO PROVIDE SITES FOR FUTURE RESIDENTIAL AND VILLAGE TYPE DEVELOPMENT.
MR. NG ASSURED RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS THAT NORMAL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ALONG TING KOK ROAD WOULD NOT BE DISRUPTED DURING THE WORKS. TO AVOID DISRUPTING TRAFFIC FLOW, A SPECIAL TEMPORARY STEEL BRIDGE WOULD BE BUILT OVER TING KOK ROAD FOR LORRIES CARRYING THE FILLING MATERIAL FROM THE BORROW AREA TO THE RECLAMATION SITE.
COMMENTING ON THE SCHEDULED COMMENCEMENT OF RECLAMATION AND SITE FORMATION WORK, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE EARLY START REFLECTED THE HIGH PRIORITY THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHED TO THE
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SCHEME.
HE SAID THE INDUSTRIES EXPECTED TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE ESTATE WOULD TEND TO BE HEAVIER AND MORE CAPITAL-INTENSIVE THAN MOST OF THOSE NOW OPERATING IN HONG KONG. BUT THEY WOULD BE OF DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE ECONOMY GENERALLY AND WOULD PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR MANY OF HONG KONG'S LIGHT INDUSTRIES,
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