FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1977
SECOND STAGE DEVELOPMENT OF TUI MIN HO! AREA IN SAI KUNG
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WORK WILL BEGIN SHORTLY ON THE SECOND STAGE OF A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR THE TUI MIN HOI AREA OF SAI KUNG.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK WERE INVITED TODAY BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MR. BOSCO KEOWN, SENIOR ENGINEER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, SAID THAT THE WORK FORMED PART OF A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AIMED AT PROVIDING BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS FOR SOME 350,000 PEOPLE IN EIGHT DIFFERENT RURAL AREAS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
IT WOULD INCLUDE THE FORMATION OF ABOUT SIX HECTARES OF LAND, LARGELY RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 890-METRE-LONG SEAWALL AND ASSOCIATED ROADS, DRAINS AND SEWERS.
+ABOUT 1.3 HECTARES OF THE LAND FORMED WILL BE FOR VILLAGE-TYPE HOUS ING. THE REST WILL BE USED AS SITES FOR A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, AN ABATTOIR, A SAND DEPOT AND OTHER FACILITIES, MR. KEOWN SAID.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IS PROGRESS ING SMOOTHLY.
UNDER THIS STAGE, ALMOST 10 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AS WELL AS HOMES FOR FISHERMEN.
LAND WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED FOR LIGHT-INDUSTRIAL AND GOVERNMENT USE AND 1.6 KM OF A NEW TWO-LANE ROAD CONNECTING HIRAM'S HIGHWAY TO THE EXISTING FISHERMEN'S HOUSING AND CARITAS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IN THE EASTERN HALF OF TUI MIN HOI.
IN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR TUI MIN HOI, SITES HAVE ALSO BEEN SET ASIDE FOR A PROPOSED MARKET, A MARINE DEPARTMENT LICENSING STATION OVERLOOKING THE PROPOSED TYPHOON SHELTER, A MARINE FUELLING STATION, A SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS SOUTH OF THE NEW BOATYARD AREA ON TUI MIN HOI'S EASTERN SHORES, A SAND DEPOT NEAR THE SEWAGE PLANT AND NEXT TO IT A PROPOSED ABATTOIR.
ON THE EDUCATION SIDE, TUI MIN HOI PRIMARY SCHOOL IS TO BE RETAINED AND ADDITIONAL FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED OUTSIDE THE PLANNING AREA WITHIN EASY WALKING DISTANCE OF TUI MIN HOT.
A RESERVE AREA WEST OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE FISHERMEN'S HOUSING PROJECT HAS ALSO BEEN EARMARKED AS A POSSIBLE SITE FOR A KINDERGARTEN.
FOR RECREATION, FIVE AREAS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED FOR LOCAL OPEN SPACE, INCLUDING ONE OFF THE FUTURE COASTAL ROAD WHICH IS
INTENDED FOR A MINI-SOCCER PITCH.
IN ADDITION, THE EXISTING WOODED AREA BETWEEN SAI KUNG AND SAI KUNG CAMP WILL BE RETAINED AS A NATURAL OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATION.
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