SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1973
OVER 500 HECTARES OF LAND RECLAIMED IN PAST 10 YEARS
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS RECLAIMED OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS MORE THAN 500 HECTARES CF FORESHORE AND SEA BED FOR VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS.
MOST OF THE RECLAIMED AREAS ARE SITUATED AT THE NEW TOWNS OF SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN WHERE RECLAMATION WORK IS STILL IN PROGRESS.
ON HONG KONG ISLAND A MAJOR RECLAMATION SCHEME IS NOW WELL UNDERWAY IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT.
MR. HOWARD CHAMBERLAIN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S PORT WORKS DIVISION, SAID TODAY THAT THE WESTERN RECLAMATION, WHEN COMPLETED, WOULD EXTEND FROM WHITTY STREET IN THE KENNEDY TOWN AREA ALONG THE WATERFRONT TO LINK UP WITH THE RECENTLY COMPLETED RECLAMATION JUST TO THE WEST OF THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL.
THE FIRST STAGE OF THIS RECLANATION, EXPECTED TO EE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, WOULD PROVIDE TEN HECTARES CF LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.
IT IS PLANNED TO BUILD A NEW WHOLESALE MARKET IN THIS AREA TO REPLACE THE KENNEDY TOWN WHOLESALE MARKET.
A CARGO HANDLING AREA IS ALSO PLANNED ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE RECLAIMED LAND TO REPLACE THE FACILITIES ALONG THE CONNAUGHT ROAD WATERFRONT.
THE LAND WILL ALSO PROVIDE A AREA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FLYOVER LINKING HILL ROAD WITH CONNAUGHT ROAD WHICH ITSELF WILL BE WIDENED.
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