MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1976
CONTRACT FOR GIANT TUEN MUN RECLAMATION SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN WORK ON A GIANT $46 MILLION RECLAMATION SCHEME AT CASTLE PEAK BAY TO FORM MORE LAND FOR HOUSING AND INDUSTRY.
THE RECLAMATION WILL PROVIDE ABOUT 60 HECTARES (148 ACRES) OF ADDITIONAL LAND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN WHICH WILL HOUSE SOME 480,000 PEOPLE BY 1985.
THE LARGEST
HAS BEEN AWARDED
THE CONTRACT FOR THE RECLAMATION WORKS ENGINEERING CONTRACT SO FAR FOR THE NEW TOWN TO UNIVERSAL DOCKYARD LTD. AND WAS OFFICIALLY SIGNED IN THE P.W.D. HEADQUARTERS TODAY.
THE WORKS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND WILL BE SUPERVISED BY CONSULTING ENGINEERS, SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, UNDER THE OVERALL SUPERVISION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR. G.B. O'RORKE, PROJECT MANAGER OF THE P.W.D.'S TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SAID TODAY THE RECLAMATION MARKED ANOTHER IMPORTANT PHASE IN THE NEW TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT,
+WHEN COMPLETED, THE RECLAMATION WILL PROVIDE EXTRA SPACE FOR RESIDENTIAL, WORK AND PLAY FACILITIES FOR SOME 98,000 PEOPLE
ABOUT ONE-FIFTH OF THE NEW TOWN'S EVENTUAL POPULATION, HE SAID.
+DEVELOPMENT HAS UP TILL NOW BEEN CONCENTRATED AROUND
THE NORTH END OF THE BAY AND ALREADY PROVIDES FOR MORE THAN 50,000 PEOPLE,+ HE ADDED. THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SITED NEAR THE NEW TRUNK ROAD FROM TSUEN WAN WHICH WILL BE OPENED NEXT YEAR.+
OF THE 60 HECTARES (148 ACRES) OF LAND TO BE RECLAIMED, MR. O'RORKE SAID, 36.7 HECTARES (91 ACRES) WOULD BE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, 9.5 HECTARES (23.5 ACRES) FOR PRIVATE HOUSING AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENT USES, AND 13.8 HECTARES (34 ACRES) FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
+ IN VIEW OF THE PRESSING NEED FOR BETTER HOUSING, WE HAVE PROGRAMMED THE RECLAMATION IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE NEW LAND REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING WILL BE FORMED FIRST SO AS TO ENABLE THE HOUSING PROGRAMME TO PROCEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, + HE SAID.
HE SAID ONE OF THE PUBLIC-HOUSING SITES IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN PART OF THE BAY NEAR THE TUEN MUN WHOLESALE FISH MARKET. WOULD BE RECLAIMED FIRST AND SHOULD BE READY BY THE END OF THE YEAR FOR WORK TO START ON A HOUSING ESTATE FOR 7,500 PEOPLE.
+THE LARGER PUBLIC-HOUSING SITES ON THE CENTRAL PART OF THE RECLAMATION SHOULD BE READY LATE NEXT YEAR, AND THE INDUSTRIAL LAND THE FOLLOWING YEAR,+ HE SAID.
MR. O'RORKE *****