MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1978
TWO MORE AREAS IN SHA TIN TO BE DEVELOPED
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL SOON DEVELOP TWO LARGE AREAS IN SHA TIN TO PROVIDE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING, MARKET FACILITIES, DISTRICT OPEN SPACE AND SITES FOR LIGHT INDUSTRY.
THE TWO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS INCLUDE THE BUILDING OF SAN TIN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE - THE THIRD IN THE NEW TOWN WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE 29,000 PEOPLE.
WORK ON SITE FORMATION, ROADS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS FOR THE FIRST PROJECT IN AN AREA AROUND SAN TIN WAI AND TAI WAI IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR. WORK FOR THE SECOND PROJECT AT THE MOUTH OF SHING MUN RIVER OPPOSITE THE NEW RACE COURSE IS SCHEDULED TO START 1 JULY. THE PROJECTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. GERRY HIGGINSON, TODAY (MONDAY) DESCRIBED THE PROJECTS AS +YET ANOTHER BIG STÉP FORWARD IN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN INTO A BALANCED SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITY OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE BY MID 1980's.+
TO FACILITATE THE WORKS ON THE SAN TIN WAI PROJECT, PR. HIGGINSON SAID, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD RESUME 251,902 SQUARE METRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AND 242 SQUARE METRES OF BUILDING LAND.
THE LAND RESUMPTION ILL INVOLVE THE CLEARANCE CF 288 TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES. OF THESE 99 ARE ON CROWN LAND AND 199 ON PRIVATE LAND.
ABOUT 270 FAMILIES COMPRISING MORE THAN 1,300 PEOPLE CCCUPYING THESE DOMESTIC STRUCTURES WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING IN WO CHE ESTATE IN SHA TIN, IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE. FAMILIES NOT ELIGIBLE WILL BE OFFERED TEMPORARY HOUSING IN SHA TIN.
IN ADDITION, A TOTAL OF 777 OTHER TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, INCLUDING SHOPS, WORKSHOPS AND PIGSTIES, WILL HAVE TO BE CLEARED.
KUNG MIU VILLAGE WITH 11 VILLAGE HOUSES WILL BE RESITED
IN THE DISTRICT UNDER THE VILLAGE REMOVAL SCHEME.
AS FOR THE SECOND PROJECT, R. HIGGINSON SAID, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD RESUME 88,604 SQUARE METRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AND 145 SQUARE METRES OF BUILDING LAND NEAR THE VILLAGES OF STU LEK YUEN, NGAU PEI SHA AND AH KUNG KOK.
THE LAND RESUMPTION WILL INVOLVE THE CLEARANCE OF 35 TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES OF RICH, 16 ARE ON CROWN LAND AND 19 ON PRIVATE LAND.
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