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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1976
+ THE FIRST CONTRACT IN THE PROGRAMME, INVOLVING THE RECLAMATION OF SOME 27 HECTARES OF LAND IN TOLO HARBOUR, TAI PO, WILL BE SIGNED IN A FEW DAYS' TIME AND WORK WILL BEGIN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS.
+THE RECLAIMED LAND WILL BE USED TO BUILD A LARGE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR SOME 30,000 PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
+FURTHER LAND WILL BE FORMED FOR PRIVATE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID,
THE RECLAMATION WORKS WOULD TAKE ABOUT 26 MONTHS TO COMPLETE, BUT MR. KWOK ENVISAGED THAT SUFFICIENT PROGRESS WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE BY JULY NEXT YEAR TO ENABLE PILING WORK FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE TO COMMENCE.
HE SAID BUILDING WORKS FOR THE ESTATE WERE SCHEDULED TO START IN EARLY 1978, AND IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE FIRST TENANTS WOULD BE MOVING INTO THEIR NEW HOMES BY THE LATTER PART OF 1979.
MEANWHILE, TENDERS WERE ABOUT TO BE INVITED FOR THE SITE FORMATION, RECLAMATION, ROAD AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN THE SAI KUNG (TUI MIN HOI) AREA.
+WORKS AT SAI KUNG (TUI MIN HO1) ARE SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE EARLY NEXT YEAR AND WILL MAINLY INVOLVE SITE FORMATION OF 5.8 HECTARES, A RECLAMATION OF 3.7 HECTARES AT SAI KUNG TUK AND ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING WORKS,+ SAID MR. KWOK.
+THE COMPLETED SITE FORMATION WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND A HOUSING SCHEME FOR FISHERMEN DISPLACED BY THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME -- A TOTAL OF SOME 2,800 PEOPLE.
+ABOUT FOUR HECTARES OF THE RECLAIMED LAND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT USE, INCLUDING A FIRE STATION, HE SAID.
WORKS UNDER THIS CONTRACT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MR, KWOK ADDED THAT HIS BRANCH WOULD BE CALLING A SERIES OF TENDERS FOR OTHER CONTRACTS OVER THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS, MAINLY FOR SITE FORMATION AND ROADS AND DRAINAGE WORKS.
AT SHEK WU HUI, TENDERS WERE EXPECTED TO BE CALLED IN THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT YEAR FOR THE FORMATION OF SOME 21 HECTARES OF LAND FOR VARIOUS USES, INCLUDING A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 5,000.
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