FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1977
LAND FORMATION AND FLOOD CONTROL WORKS TO START
IN TUEN MUN
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MORE ENGINEERING WORKS WILL START LATER THIS YEAR IN TUEN MUN TO IMPROVE FLOOD DRAINAGE AND TO PROVIDE MORE LAND FOR PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TOWN.
EARTH FROM LAND FORMATION WORKS IN TSENG TAU HA TSUEN WILL BE USED TO FILL THE NEARBY LOW-LYING AREA ALONG TUEN MUN MAIN RIVER CHANNEL TO REDUCE FLOOD HAZARD.
LAND FORMATION IN TSENG TAU HA TSUEN AND ITS ADJACENT AREA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ABOUT 34 HECTARES OF LAND, OF WHICH 11.5 HECTARES HAVE BEEN EARMARKED FOR OPEN SPACE AND GOVERNMENT FACILITIES, WHILE THE REMAINING 22.5 HECTARES WILL BE FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO HOUSE ABOUT 15,000 PEOPLE.
THESE ENGINEERING WORKS WILL FORM PART OF AN OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING RIVER TRAINING WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE NEW TOWN AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SITES.
WORKS WILL BEGIN IN NOVEMBER AND TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE. THEY WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CONTRACTORS.
TO ENABLE WORKS TO START, ABOUT 14,100 SQ. METRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IN TSENG TAU HA TSUEN WILL BE RESUMED, AND ONE MONTH'S NOTICE OF THE RESUMPTION WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE LAND OWNERS WOULD BE OFFERED CASH COMPENSATION OR AS AN ALTERNATIVE THE LAND EXCHANGE DOCUMENTS.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD PAY COMPENSATIONS FOR CROPS, FRUIT TREES, BEEHIVES, GRAPES, BONE PITS, WELLS, IRRIGATION SUMPS AND FENCES. EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES WILL ALSO BE PAID TO CULTIVATORS, PIG BREEDERS AND POULTRY FARMERS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID 194 TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES, OCCUPIED BY 129 FAMILIES MOSTLY ON CROWN LAND, WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEARED. THE CLEARANCE WILL ALSO INVOLVE 702 ANCILLARY TEMPORARY STRUCTURES.
+ELIGIBLE FAMILIES WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING IN TUEN MUN, WHILE THOSE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING WILL BE OFFERED SPACE IN A TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA IN THE NEW TOWN, HE SAID.
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