THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1977
CHEUNG CHAU RURAL TOWNSHIP SCHEME
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (P.W.D.) IS ABOUT TO BEGIN A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SCHEME AT CHEUNG CHAU AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S RURAL TOWNSHIP SCHEME.
THE P.W.D. PLANS TO RECLAIM NEARLY 15 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CHEUNG CHAU FOR PUBLIC AND VILLAGE TYPE HOUSING, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, OPEN SPACE, GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY UŠE.
MR. KENNETH KWOK, ACTING GOVERNMENT ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THE PROPOSED PLAN IS TO PROVIDE BETTER HOMES AND FACILITIES FOR THE EXISTING POPULATION OF CHEUNG CHAU.
CHEUNG CHAU IS ONE OF EIGHT AREAS CHOSEN FOR DEVELOPMENT AS RURAL TOWNSHIPS IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE NEW TOWNS OF SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN.
THE AIM OF THE RURAL TOWNSHIP PROGRAMME IS TO PROVIDE BETTER HOMES AND FACILITIES FOR ABOUT 350,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ISLANDS.
THE PROGRAMME IS BEING CO-ORDINATED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH OF THE P.W.D.'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
MR. KWOK SAID THAT +AS IN THE NEW TOWNS THE AIM IS TO PROVIDE BALANCED DEVELOPMENT WITH ALL BASIC FACILITIES AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENTS.+
+APART FROM HOUSING, THESE WILL INCLUDE SCHOOLS, CLINICS, COMMUNITY HALLS, SHOPPING CENTRES AND RECREATIONAL AREAS.+
+ IN ADDITION SITES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE, MR. KWOK SAID.
HE SAID THAT, IN ADDITION, AT CHEUNG CHAU A SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS WILL BE BUILT ON THE LAND THAT IS TO BE RECLAIMED TO SERVE THE WHOLE OF THE ISLAND.
INCLUDED IN THE FIRST STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COLLAPSED SEAWALL BESIDE THE EXISTING TOWN CENTRE AND THE RECLAMATION OF ABOUT A HECTARE OF LAND THERE WHICH WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR VILLAGE-TYPE DEVELOPMENT.
DETAILED DESIGN FOR MUCH OF THE REQUIRED ENGINEERING AND BUILDING WORKS BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES, INCLUDING THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, IS EITHER IN HAND OR UNDERWAY.
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