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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1977
ON HOUSING, HE SAID PILING WORK WOULD START NEXT MONTH ON THE NEW RECLAMATION FOR TWO LARGE HOUSING ESTATES, WHICH WOULD TOGETHER HOUSE 86,000 PEOPLE.
CONSTRUCTION FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 10,000 PEOPLE IS WELL UNDERWAY-ON A SMALL RECLAMATION NEAR SAM SHING HUI.
THESE ARE IN ADDITION TO THE WORKS GOING ON AT TAI HING ESTATE, WHICH CAN HOUSE A TOTAL OF 46,000 PEOPLE, HE SAID.
MR. CHAN WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE NEW MOTORWAY CONNECTING THE NEW TOWNS OF TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN WAS ALMOST FINISHED.
+WHEN OPENED TO TRAFFIC EARLY NEXT YEAR, THIS $300 MILLION TUEN MUN HIGHWAY WILL CUT THE TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN THE TWO TOWNS TO ABOUT 15 MINUTES, HE SAID.
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