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TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1977
+ IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSING PROGRAMME TO PROCEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, THE RECLAMATION AND LAND FORMATION WORKS HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED IN SUCH A WAY THAT NEW LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING WILL BE FORMED FIRST WITH THE REST OF THE LAND BEING FORMED FOLLOWING CLOSELY THEREAFTER, HE SAID.
TWO EXTENSIVE SEAWALLS WILL ALSO BE BUILT TO PROTECT THE RECLAIMED LAND ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDES OF THE RECLAMATION.
ALONG THE SEAWALLS WILL BE ACCOMMODATED SLIPWAY AREAS FOR BOAT-YARDS, TIMBER YARDS AND CARGO HANDLING FACILITIES.
REVIEWING THE CURRENT PROGRESS OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT, MR. CHAN SAID ALREADY 93 HECTARES OF LAND HAD BEEN FORMED AND SERVICED FOR VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS, WITH A FURTHER 72 HECTARES OF LAND BEING RECLAIMED IN THE CENTRAL PART OF CASTLE PEAK BAY.
+ON THE LAND NOW BEING FORMED BY RECLAMATION, HE SAID, +WILL BE BUILT TWO LARGE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES TO PROVIDE HOMES FOR SOME 86,000 MORE PEOPLE AND WORK ON THE FIRST PHASE TO HOUSE 27,000 PEOPLE IS SCHEDULED TO START IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
+ANOTHER IMPORTANT FEATURE ON THE RECLAMATION WILL BE A LARGE TOWN CENTRE, THE FOCUS OF 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, ART GALLERY, LIBRARY, STUDY CENTRE, EXHIBITION AND MEETING HALLS AND A MAGISTRACY.+
PROMINENT AMONG THE MANY OTHER P.W.D. PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, HE SAID, WERE 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 TAI HING ESTATE - ONE OF THE +NEW GENERATION+ PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES BEING BUILT BY THE P.W.D.'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE.
HE SAID THE FIRST PHASE OF TAI HING ESTATE SHOULD BE COMPLETED VERY SOON AND THE FIRST OF ITS 24,000 TENANTS WERE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN NEXT MONTH,
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