FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1977
THREE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO START IN TUEN MUN
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO START WORK IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN ON THREE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE THE FORMATION OF SITES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING TO ACCOMMODATE 20,000 PEOPLE BY 1980.
THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS ARE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER SECTION OF A TRUNK SEWER TO CATER FOR TUEN MUN'S INCREASED SEWAGE FLOW AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF TWO RIVER BRANCHES TO REDUCE FLOODING HAZARDS.
WORK ON THE SITE FORMATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, IN YEUNG SIU HANG, WILL BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR AND SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
IT FORMS PART OF A $70.5 MILLION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME COMPRISING SITE FORMATION, ROADWORKS AND DRAINAGE FOR THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN.
OF THE $16 MILLION TRUNK SEWER FROM NEAR SHEK PAI TAU TO PILLAR POINT, WORK IS TO START SHORTLY ON THE SECTION NEAR SHEK KOK TSUI AREA.
THE TRUNK SEWER WILL BE 6,000 METRES LONG AND OF SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO CATER FOR THE SEWAGE FLOW ARISING FROM THE FUTURE PLANNED POPULATION OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE IN TUEN MUN.
IN MARCH NEXT YEAR, WORK WILL ALSO COMMENCE ON THE TRAINING OF TWO RIVER BRANCHES IN LAM TEI AND FU TE AND SHOULD BE FINISHED BY MID-1979.
THE ENGINEERING WORK WILL FORM PART OF A $26 MILLION TRAINING SCHEME FOR THE RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH THE NEW TOWN TO PROTECT THE LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER BANKS FROM FLOODING.
A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE THREE PROJECTS, TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WOULD INVOLVE THE RESUMPTION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT WILL PAY COMPENSATION FOR CROPS, FRUIT TREES AND OTHER ITEMS AS WELL AS EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE FOR CULTIVATORS AND FARMERS.
TO FACILITATE SITE FORMATION AT YEUNG SIU HANG, ABOUT 28,517 SQUARE METRES OF PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND WILL BE RESUMED, AND 15 DOMESTIC TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND 86 OTHER ANCILLARY STRUCTURES WILL HAVE TO BE CLEARED.
FOR THE TRUNK SEWER PROJECT, THE GOVERNMENT WILL RESUME ABOUT 6,508 SQUARE METRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IN SHEK KOK TSU! AREA. ÉXCEPT FOR EIGHT TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, NO DOMESTIC TEMPORARY STRUCTURES WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED.
/THE RIVER TRAINING