SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1977
NEARLY ONE MILLION CUBIC METRES OF MARINE SAND FOR THE PROJECT WOULD BE DREDGED FROM TUNG CHUNG BAY NORTH OF LANTAU, AND ANOTHER ONE MILLION CUBIC METRES OF LANDFILL WOULD COME FROM BURROW AREAS AT SO KWUN WAT.
OTHER FILL MATERIAL WOULD BE EXCAVATED FROM VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT AREAS IN THE NEW TOWN WHERE TERRACED SITES WOULD BE FORMED FOR HOUSING AND INDUSTRY.
ONE OF THE TERRACED SITES WOULD PROVIDE A FURTHER 22.6 HECTARES OF LAND FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING SCHEME FOR 56,000 PEOPLE, SAID MR. CHAN. ANOTHER WOULD PROVIDE 3.8 HECTARES FOR PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHILE SOME 8.3 HECTARES OF INDUSTRIAL SITES WOULD BE FORMED IN TWO OTHER AREAS.
TO PROTECT THE RECLAIMED LAND, THE P.W.D. IS TO BUILT TWO EXTENSIVE SEAWALLS ON THE SOUTH AND EASTERN SIDES OF THE RECLAMATION.
+ALONG THE SEAWALLS WILL BE ACCOMMODATED SLIPWAY AREAS FOR BOATYARDS, TIMBER YARDS AND CARGO HANDLING FACILITIES,+ SAID MR. CHAN.
MEANWHILE, WORK IS RACING AHEAD ON A SERIES OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN THE NEW TOWN.
+ALREADY 93 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN FORMED AND SERVICED FOR VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS AND WORK IS PROGRESSING WELL ON RECLAIMING ANOTHER 72 HECTARES IN THE CENTRAL PART OF CASTLE PEAK BAY, MR. CHAN SAID.
AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE RECLAMATION WOULD BE A LARGE TOWN CENTRE PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR THE NEW TOWN'S BUSINESS, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
+THIS WILL CONSIST OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WITH SHOPS, BANKS, RESTAURANTS AND OFFICES FRONTING A CENTRAL PEDESTRIAN PODIUM, AND A SERIES OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS HOUSING AN AUDITORIUM, CONCERT HALL, THEATRE, ART GALLERY AND STUDIO, AN EXHIBITION HALL AND MAGISTRÁCY, HE SAID.
PROMINENT AMONG THE MANY OTHER PROJECTS UNDERWAY, HE SAID, WAS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE $300 MILLION TUEN MUN ROAD WHICH WOULD CUT TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN TUEN MUN AND TSUEN WAN TO 15 MINUTES WHEN IT OPENS EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND THE FIRST PHASE OF TAI HING ESTATE ONE OF THE +NEW GENERATION ESTATES BEING BUILT BY THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.
MR. CHAN SAID PHASE ONE OF THE ESTATE SHOULD BE COMPLETED VERY SOON AND THE FIRST OF ITS 24,000 TENANTS WERE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN BY JULY THIS YEAR.
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