THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1976
+MANY OF THESE FACTORIES ARE DEVELOPED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE PLOT RATIO OF 9.5 TIMES THE SITE AREA, THUS PRODUCING MANY MILLION SQUARE FEET OF ACTUAL FLOOR SPACE.
+SC MUCH SO HAS THE BALANCE ALTERED, THAT THERE IS A LOCAL SHORTAGE OF WORKERS, RATHER THAN WORK AT TUEN MUN.
+FORTUNATELY NEXT YEAR, THE FIRST STAGE OF THE TAI HING ESTATE WILL ADD ANOTHER 25,000 TO THE POPULATION OF TUEN MUN AND THE BALANCE WILL BE SOMEWHAT RESTORED.+
MR. AKERS-JONES ADDED THAT WORK HAD ALREADY BEGUN ON FACTORIES AT THE FO TAN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN SHA TIN PROVIDING 1.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF INDUSTRIAL FLOOR SPACE.
+AND AT TAI PO, THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IS MAKING DRAMATIC PROGRESS AND SITES WITHIN THE FIRST STAGE WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR DISPOSAL IN 1977, SOME 18 MONTHS AFTER WORK BEGAN TO MOVE MOUNTAINS INTO THE SEA,+ HE SAID.
REFERRING TO SCHOOLS, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THAT THE BUILDING OF 26 SECONDARY SCHOOLS AT TSUEN WAN WOULD NOT ONLY CORRECT AN IMBALANCE THAT HAS EXISTED FOR SOME YEARS BUT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE FOR THE GROWING POPULATION AND THE SCHOOLS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE SECONDARY EDUCATION POLICY.
HE ADDED: +IT IS OF ESPECIAL INTEREST TO THE NEW TERRITORIES THAT A SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT AND A +HEUNG YEE KUK+ SCHOOL ON LANTAU ARE PART OF THE APPROVED PROGRAMME, SO THAT CHILDREN WHO NOW HAVE TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES TO TOWN FROM THESE PLACES WILL, IN FUTURE, HAVE A SCHOOL NEAR THEIR HOMES.+
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FOURTH TRAMWAY RESERVE
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THE FOURTH OF THE NEWLY-INTRODUCED EXPERIMENTAL TRAMWAY RESERVES WILL COME INTO OPERATION TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IN JOHNSTON ROAD, BETWEEN LANDALE STREET AND TRIANGLE STREET, WANCHAI.
THE TRAMWAY RESERVES ARE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE TRAM TRACKS MARKED BY DOUBLE WHITE LINES TO PREVENT ENCROACHMENT BY OTHER VEHICLES.
THE THREE OTHER TRAMWAY RESERVES ALREADY IN OPERATION FOR SOME TIME, ARE LOCATED IN CAUSEWAY ROAD, HENNESSY ROAD, BETWEEN PERCIVAL STREET AND JARDINE'S BAZAAR, AND SHAU KEI WAN ROAD, BETWEEN TAI CHEONG STREET AND TAI ON STREET.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT STUDIES WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON THE TRAMWAY RESERVES TO EXAMINE THE IR EFFECTIVENESS IN SPEEDING UP TRAM SERVICES AND THE EFFECTS ON OTHER TRAFFIC BEFORE ANY DECISION WAS MADE ON PLACING PHYSICAL BARRIERS AT THE RESERVES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IT WAS AN OFFENCE FOR MOTOR ISTS TO CROSS THE DOUBLE WHITE LINES MARKING THE TRAMWAY RESERVES.
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