FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1977
LAND FORMATION FOR HOUSING PROJECT IN SHA TIN
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LAND FORMATION WORK WILL START SHORTLY IN THE HEART OF SHA TIN VALLEY TO PROVIDE SITE FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF A NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WHICH WILL HOUSE 15,000 PERSONS.
THE LAND FORMED WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PART OF A PRIMARY DISTRIBUTOR ROAD, ASSOCIATED ROAD JUNCTIONS, LOCAL ROADS A TRUNK SEWER AND DRAINS TO SERVE THE GROWING COMMUNITY IN THE NEW TOWN.
THE LAND FORMATION, AT PAK TIN AND TAI WAI, INVOLVES THE RESUMPTION OF 76,253 SQUARE METERS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AND 1,051 SQUARE METERS OF PRIVATE BUILDING LAND. ONE MONTH'S NOTICE OF THE RESUMPTION WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID THE RESUMPTION WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE LAND AVAILABLE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE
ITS MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR SHA TIN.
+SITE FORMATION WORKS ARE SCHEDULED TO START IN JULY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN TWELVE MONTHS,+ HE SAID.
HE SAID THE RESUMPTION WOULD INVOLVE 462 DOMESTIC STRUCTURES COMPRISING 431 FAMILIES, AS WELL AS 602 OTHER ANCILLARY TEMPORARY STRUCTURES.
THE FAMILIES, IF FOUND ELIGIBLE, WILL BE ALLOCATED PUBLIC HOUSING IN SHA TIN, WHILE THOSE NOT ELIGIBLE WILL BE OFFERED SPACE IN A LICENSED AREA, ALSO IN SHA TIN, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD PAY COMPENSATION FOR CROPS, TREES, GRAVES, BONE POTS, PIPES, FENCES AND WELLS, AS WELL AS EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE FOR CULTIVATORS.
REMOTE VILLAGES HIT BY DROUGHT TO GET HELP
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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE SPECIAL WATER SUPPLY SERVICES TO TWO REMOTE VILLAGES ON HIGH ISLAND WHICH ARE SUFFERING FROM THE CURRENT DROUGHT.
THE VILLAGES ARE TUNG AH AND SHA KIU WHICH HAVE A COMBINED LAND POPULATION OF 170. VILLAGERS THERE DEPEND ON THE WELLS FOR WATER. THEY ARE NOW DRIED UP.
STARTING MONDAY (MAY 23), MARINE DEPARTMENT LAUNCH NO. 31 WILL CARRY 1,500 GALLONS OF WATER FOUR TIMES A WEEK TO THE VILLAGES WHICH WERE GIVEN THREE INFLATABLE TANKS BY THE ARMY EARLY THIS MONTH.
BOTH THESE VILLAGES ARE INACCESSIBLE BY LAND TRANSPORT AND THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THREE TIMES A WEEK TO TUNG AH, AND ONCE A WEEK TO SHA KIU,
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