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SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1976
THE TOWN CENTRE WOULD HAVE LARGE +PEDESTRIAN PRECINCTS+ BIG PLAZAS-LINKED BY STEPS AND WHEEL-CHAIR RAMPS TO AN UPPER LEVEL OF SHOPPING AREAS, LINKED BY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES ACROSS THE STREETS AND THE TRAFFIC BELOW.
+THIS UPPER LEVEL WILL INCORPORATE SITTING-OUT AREAS,
RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH,+ SAID MR. CROSBY.
+ IN FACT, WITH THE PEDESTRIAN PRECINCTS AT GROUND LEVEL AND THE SHOPPING AREAS ON THE UPPER LEVEL, PEDESTRIANS NEED NEVER COME INTO CONTACT WITH TRAFFIC IN THE TOWN CENTRE.+
HE SAID MAJOR ROADS WOULD BY-PASS THE TOWN CENTRE MEASURE A IMED AT ELIMINATING TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
ANOTHER
THE TOWN CENTRE WOULD ALSO HOUSE THE HUB OF THE NEW TOWN'S PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE NEW SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION AND A MAJOR BUS TERMINAL. TO MAKE TRAVELLING EASY ALL THE AREA'S BUS AND TRAIN SERVICES WOULD INTER-CONNECT IN THIS TRANSPORT COMPLEX.
MR. CROSBY SAID THAT P.W.D. PLANNERS WERE NOW WORKING ON A MASTER PLAN WHICH WOULD GOVERN THE LANDSCAPE OF THE TOWN CENTRE, TO ENSURE THAT DETAILED DESIGN OF INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS IN THE TOWN CENTRE BLENDED INTO THE GENERAL DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE TOWN CENTRE ITSELF, AND THE NEW TOWN AS A WHOLE.
+SHA TIN NEW TOWN CENTRE WILL BE PARTICULARLY FORTUNATE
IN HAVING AN ABUNDANCE OF OPEN SPACE.
+THERE WILL BE SOME 1.3 HECTARES (3.3 ACRES) IN THE TOWN CENTRE ITSELF, AND ALONGSIDE THE TOWN CENTRE THERE'LL BE ANOTHER TEN HECTARES (25 ACRES) OF PARKLANDS BORDERING THE REALIGNED
SHING MUN RIVER,
+THE OVERALL RESULT WILL BE A TOWN CENTRE WHICH IS CONVENIENT, FUNCTIONAL AND VISUALLY APPEALING+, HE SAID.
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