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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1976
CHIEF SECRETARY SEES DEVELOPMENT IN MARKET TOWNS
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, TODAY VISITED THE FAST-GROWING MARKET TOWNS OF TAI PO, FANLING AND SHEK WU HUI ON WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND AN ESTIMATED $2,320 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SIR DENYS INSPECTED THE YUE KOK TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA IN TAI PO, TOURED THE PROPOSED PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK AREA, AND VISITED THE FANLING PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE FORMER TANNERIES SITE IN SHEK MU HUT.
HE ALSO MET MEMBERS OF THE TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE LED BY THE CHAIRMAN, MR. STEPHEN WONG YUEN-CHEUNG, AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF DEVELOPMENT IN TAI PO DISTRICT.
ACCOMPANYING HIM ON THE HALF-DAY VISIT WAS THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. CLIVE OXLEY.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FIRST WENT TO THE ROOF OF A HIGH-RISE BUILDING FOR A BRIEFING AND A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF TAI PO TOWN. FROM THIS SITE SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS HE SAW WERE:
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THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, FOR WHICH THE FIRST TWO STAGES OF RECLAMATION ARE WELL UNDERWAY. THE FIRST STAGE 13 ALMOST COMPLETE AND WILL PROVIDE 24 HECTARES OF LAND, WHILE THE SECOND STAGE WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER 53 HECTARES EY MID-1978-
THE FORMATION OF A LARGE DEVELOPMENT AREA BY RECLAMATION AT WESTERN TOLO HARBOUR. THE AREA IS PLANNED FOR A BALANCED COMMUNITY WITH A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 33,000 PEOPLE, PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOLS A CLINIC, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
} IMPROVED ROADWORKS, OPEN SPACES, A BUS TERMINUS, MARKET AND HAWKERS' BAZAAR=
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THE TING KOK ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME UNDER WHICH A SECTION OF THE ROAD BETWEEN ITS JUNCTION WITH KWONG FUK ROAD AND HA HANG VILLAGE WILL BE WIDENED TO A TWO- LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY TO SERVE THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE= AND
* THE TAI PO SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TRUNK ROAD
SYSTEM WHICH WILL LINK SHA TIN AND TAI PO AND THEN GO NORTH TO JOIN YUEN LONG. CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST THIS YEAR.
/SIR DENYS THEN WENT