SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1977
TSING YI DEVELOPMENT TO COST $1,121 MILL FON
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THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO DEVELOP TSING YI ISLAND AS HONG KONG'S MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AREA WILL COST $1,121 MILLION. IT WILL INCLUDE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
THIS ESTIMATE WAS GIVEN TODAY ON THE RTHK PROGRAMME
+NEW TERRITORIES WEEKLY+ BROADCAST ON THE CHINESE CHANNEL.
ACCORDING TO THE 10-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE ISLAND, THE TOTAL COST WILL INCLUDE 8364 MILLION ON ENGINEERING WORKS AND ANOTHER $523 MILLION ON THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES,
THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (LANDS) OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, MR. FRANK AU SAID THAT MUCH EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE 21G INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON TSING YI.
THESE INCLUDED THE COASTAL DEVELOPMENTS BY SUCH LARGE UNDER- TAKINGS AS DOW CHEMICALS, OUTBOARD MARINE, FEOSO OIL, CHEMSYN, HONG KONG UNITED DOCKYARD AND THE PLANS TO ESTABLISH TWO MORE SHIPYARDS ON THE WEST COAST OF TSING YI,
+BUT THESE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS WILL FORM ONLY PART OF THE TSING YI DEVELOPMENT PLAN, HE SAID, +LAND IS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR THE TARGETED POPULATION OF 185,000 PEOPLE WHO WILL LIVE ON TSING YI BY THE MID'80S.
+THESE FACILITIES INCLUDE HOUSING, SCHOOLS, CLINICS, POLICE AND FIRE STATIONS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS NECESSARY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TSING YI.+
MR. AU POINTED OUT THAT THE FIRST STAGE OF THE CHEUNG CHING ESTATE, PROVIDING HOMES FOR 23,000 PEOPLE, HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
THE SECOND STAGE IS NOW UNDERWAY AND THE ESTATE WOULD EVENTUALLY PROVIDE HOMES FOR ABOUT 65,000.
MR, AU SAID THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ESTATE HAD AFFECTED THREE VILLAGES ON THE ISLAND SHEUNG CHUNG MỆT, HÀ CHUNG HỆT AND LO UK.
A VILLAGE-RESITING PROGRAMME WHICH WOULD COST THE GOVERNMENT $1,1 MILLION WAS NOW UNDERWAY, HE ADDED.
MR. AU SAID THE AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIAL LAND AVAILABLE ON THE COASTLINE OF THE ISLAND HAD NOW BEEN REDUCED, AND THAT FURTHER AREAS WOULD BE OPENED UP INLAND FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
SITES WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRIES SUCH AS CEMENT STORAGE, FOUNDRIES AND AN INDUSTRIAL GAS PLANT.
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