SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1978
COMMERCIAL COMPLEX IN TAI HING ESTATE TO BE ENLARGED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY BUILDING AT TAI HING ESTATE IN TUEN MUN TO PROVIDE MORE COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNAL FACILITIES THERE.
THE BUILDING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE STAGE COMPLEX ALREADY BUILT IN THE ESTATE SO THAT, ON COMPLETION, RESIDENTS THERE CAN MAKE USE OF ALL THE COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNAL FACILITIES UNDER ONE ROOF.
THE STAGE I COMPLEX, WHICH IS ALSO A TWO-STOREY BUILDING, HOUSES A POLICE STATION, A NURSERY, A BANK, A CLINIC, AN ASSEMBLY HALL, A LIBRARY, A MARKET AND ACCOMMODATION FOR WELFARE AGENCIES.
THE COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNAL FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED IN THE NEW TWO-STOREY BUILDING IN THE STAGE 1 OF THE COMPLEX INCLUDE A MARKET FOR 20 LARGE STALLS AND 54 SMALL STALLS, 37 ARCADE SHOPS, A SUPERMARKET, A DEPARTMENT STORE, BANK, CAFE, POST OFFICE AND THE ESTATE OFFICE.
THE OPEN ROOF DECK IN THE STAGE 1 OF THE COMPLEX WILL BE JOINED TO THAT OF STAGE TO FORM AN ELEVATED LANDSCAPED PROMENADE RIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRE OF THE ESTATE. LINKS BY MEANS OF FOOTBRIDGES ARE ALSO PROPOSED TO GIVE EASY ACCESS TO THE COMPLEX FROM ALL DOMESTIC BLOCKS AND TO SEPARATE PEDESTRIANS FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC,
CONSTRUCTION WORK ON STAGE II OF THE COMPLEX WILL COMMENCE IN OCTOBER, AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 11 MONTHS.
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