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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1977
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RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF LYEMUN TO BE STUDIED
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CONSULTANTS MAY BE ENGAGED TO WORK OUT A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR 130 ACRES OF RUGGED LAND PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY THE LYEMUN BARRACKS.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THAT THE AREA WAS FORMALLY RELEASED TO THE GOVERNMENT IN JANUARY THIS YEAR FOR DEVELOPMENT BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.
HE SAID THE AREA WAS MOSTLY VERY STEEP HILLSIDE AND WAS NOT EASY TO DEVELOP.
+THE PRECISE NATURE OF THE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED ON THE LAND IS NOW BEING CONSIDERED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, BUT, IN VIEW OF THE SIZE OF THE AREA, I AM INFORMED THAT IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO ENGAGE CONSULTANTS TO WORK OUT A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME,+ HE SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. JOHN BREMRIDGE.
NEGOTIATIONS WERE ALSO IN PROGRESS WITH THE SERVICES FOR THE RELEASE OF ADDITIONAL FLAT LAND TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO THIS AREA AND TO PERMIT THE MORE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF AMENITY AREAS, MR. JONES SAID.
IN THE SHORT TERM IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED THAT, AS A FIRST STEP, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE AREA, COMPRISING ABOUT 25 ACRES, SHOULD BE PLANNED WITH BARBECUE PITS AND SITTING OUT AREAS.
BUT, MR. JONES SAID, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PLANS HAD SINCE BEEN HELD UP PENDING THE OUTCOME OF DISCUSSIONS ON THE PROVISION OF IMPROVED ACCESS TO THE AREA.
THE ONLY ACCESS AT PRESENT IS A NARROW CAGED FOOTBRIDGE FROM A REMOTE CORNER OF AH KUNG NGAM WHICH WOULD NOT BE CONVENIENT FOR THE PUBLIC, HE ADDED.
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