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MONDAY, JULY 18, 1977
WORK ON YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE MAY START THIS YEAR END
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THIS MORNING VISITED YUEN LONG AND INSPECTED A SITE EARMARKED FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S SECOND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
THE SITE COVERS AN AREA OF 93.1 HECTARES (230 ACRES) IN WANG CHAU TO THE NORTH OF YUEN LONG TOWN.
SIR MURRAY WAS BRIEFED ON THE PLANNING FOR THE PROPOSED YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, MR. V. MILLER.
ACCORDING TO MR. MILLER, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF LOAN FUNDS, THE CORPORATION HOPES TO BE ABLE TO START WORK ON THE SCHEME BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
TWO MONTHS AGO, THE GOVERNMENT SIGNED A LAND GRANT WITH THE CORPORATION FOR THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN TAI PO.
DURING THE TOUR, THE GOVERNOR ALSO VISITED THE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL SCHEME IN TAI SANG WAI WHICH WILL PROVIDE GARDEN-TYPE HOUSING FOR 25,000 PEOPLE WITH COMMUNITY AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES.
ACCOMPANYING HIM THROUGHOUT THE VISIT WERE THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. MICHAEL CARTLAND,
THE TOUR LATER TOOK THEM TO THE ROOFTOP OF A BUILDING FROM WHERE THEY VIEWED THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SHAP PAT HEUNG AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS ON YUEN LONG TOWN.
MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY INCLUDE 1
* A $4 MILLION GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR 920 STUDENTS.
SITE FORMATION IS PROCEEDING AND THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 1979.
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A $4 MILLION CLUB-HOUSE FOR THE YUEN LONG SPORTS ASSOCIATION WITH VARIOUS GAMES FACILITIES INCLUDING A GYMNASIUM, IT WILL OPEN IN NOVEMBER.
* A TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA OF WHICH SITE FORMATION IS
UNDERWAY.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH YUEN LONG RUPAL LEADERS IN WHICH THEY DISCUSSED SOME OF THE LOCAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YUEN LONG TOWN.
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