SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1976
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BOOKLET ON DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN
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A FULL-COLOUR BOOKLET DETAILING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL TSUEN WAN INTO A MODERN, SELF-CONTAINED TOWNSHIP FOR 885,000 PEOPLE IS NOW ON SALE.
THE BOOKLET IS THE LAST IN A SERIES PREPARED BY THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON HONG KONG'S THREE NEW TOWNS AT TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY A CLEAR IDEA OF THE MASSIVE SCHEMES AND HOW THEY ARE TO BE TRANSLATED INTO REALITY.
LIKE THE SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN BOOKLETS, THE ONE ON TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN IS VIVIDLY ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOUR MAPS, DIAGRAMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. IT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM THE TOWN'S EARLY BEGINNINGS TO THE PROPOSED NEW HOUSING, INDUSTRY, RECREATION, EMPLOYMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AS WELL AS ROAD COMMUNICATIONS TO BE PROVIDED.
COPIES OF THE BOOKLET, TOGETHER WITH THOSE ON SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN, ARE AVAILABLE AT $8 PER COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT STAR FERRY CONCOURSE AND ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES.
MR. EDDIE SHORT, THE P.W.D.'S PROJECT MANAGER FOR TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN, SAID TODAY THE NEW BOOKLET WAS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT AVAILABLE ON THE NEW TOWN AND HAD BEEN PREPARED WITH BOTH THE TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL READER IN MIND.
HE SAID TSUEN WAN WAS THE LARGEST AND FASTEST GROWING NEW TOWNSHIP IN HONG KONG AND HAD ALREADY REACHED HALF ITS PROJECTED POPULATION.
+UNLIKE THE OTHER NEW TOWNS, TSUEN WAN IS ALREADY SUBSTANTIALLY DEVELOPED AND CURRENT WORKS PRINCIPALLY INVOLVE THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF TSING YI ISLAND AND TSUEN WAN NORTH, AND THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS,+ HE SAID.
AT PRESENT, DEVELOPMENT WORK IS PROGRESSING ON A WIDE FRONT WITH SOME 40 MAJOR CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS UNDERWAY.
THESE INCLUDE SITE FORMATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THREE HOUSING ESTATES, SIX SCHOOLS, A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, POLICE STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS, AN AMBULANCE DEPOT, A POLYCLINIC, A SEWAGE SCREENING PLANT, CARGO HANDLING AREA, AS WELL AS A SERIES OF RECREATIONAL GROUNDS AND ROAD NETWORKS.
P.W.D. PLANNERS ESTIMATE THAT SOME $2,650 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON THE NEW TOWN OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, APPROXIMATELY $1,200 MILLION OF THIS SUM WILL GO TOWARDS FORMING SITES AND PROVIDING ROADS, DRAINS AND WATER SUPPLY- $860 MILLION ON BUILDING PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND $590 MILLION ON PROVIDING A HOST OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
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