SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1977
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PAVING THE WAY FOR TSING YI DEVELOPMENT ******
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BUILD A ROAD ON TSING YI ISLAND TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS ALONG ITS WEST COAST.
THE ROAD WILL BE JUST OVER TWO KILOMETRES LONG AND 16 METRES WIDE, RUNNING FROM THE TSING YI POWER STATION AROUND THE SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF THE ISLAND TO THE WEST COAST WHERE SITES ARE BEING FORMED FOR SHIPYARDS.
TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ROAD ALONG WITH MAJOR STORMWATER DRAINAGE WORKS, ARE BEING INVITED.
THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
MR, NORMAN TUCKER, THE P.W.D.'S CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SAID THE PROJECT FORMED PART OF THE TSING YI DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE NEW TOWN.
THE DEVELOPMENT ON TSING Y! CALLS FOR THE PROVISION OF ABOUT EIGHT HECTARES OF LAND FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PURPOSES INCLUDING A SMALL TOWN CENTRE WITH A SIMILAR AREA FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IN ADDITION, 30 HECTARES OF UNFORMED LAND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR LAND INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES.
MR. TUCKER SAID THAT THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TSING YI WAS BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, AS PART OF THE BALANCED OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN AS A NEW TOWN.
ABOUT 6,000 PEOPLE HAVE SO FAR MOVED INTO THE RECENTLY COMPLETED BLOCKS OF THE CHEUNG CHING ESTATE.
THE ENTIRE ESTATE WILL, ON COMPLETION, PROVIDE HOMES FOR ABOUT 65,000.
EVENTUALLY, THE POPULATION OF TSING YI IS EXPECTED TO RISE FROM ITS PRESENT 9,000 TO 185,000 WITH ABOUT 150,000 ACCOMMODATED IN PUBLIC HOUSING.