Tuesday, October 4, 1977
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The work, which forms part of the Tuen Mun New Town stage II
development, is scheduled to begin in December for completion in about
18 months.
On completion, eight hectares of land will be for a public
housing estate capable of housing 20,000 people, 12 hectares for the
construction of a new hospital while the remaining nine hectares will
be for government institutional and community facilities and private
residential development.
Tuen Mun, Mr. Chan said, was being developed mainly by reclamation,
obtaining the filling material from the hillsides.
Work is going ahead on a series of building and civil engineering
projects in the new town.
area,
"Since the start of the massive development programme in the
more than 100 hectares of land have been formed and serviced for
various developments," he said.
"Work is progressing well on reclaiming another 72 hectares in
the central part of Castle Peak Bay, which is now about half filled."
Mr. Chan said that an important feature of the reclamation
would be a large town centre providing a focus for the new town's business,
social and cultural activities.
It would consist of commercial and residential buildings with
shops, banks, restaurants and offices fronting a central pedestrian
podium, and a series of public buildings housing an auditorium, concert
hall, theatre, art gallery and studio, an exhibition hall and nagistracy.
An important supporting facility of the development of the new
town would be the new motorway connecting Tuen Mun and Tauen Wan.
"When opened to traffic early next year, this $300 million
highway will reduce the travelling time between the two towns to about
15 minutes," Mr. Chan said.
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