MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1978
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TWO-LANE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY TO SERVE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NEXT YEAR
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THE GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO IMPLEMENT THE FINAL PHASE OF THE $16 MILLION TING KOK ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO PROVIDE A TWO-LANE DUAL-CARRIAGEWAY FROM KWONG FUK ROAD TO THE FAST GROWING TAI PO
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THE FINAL PHASE WILL START NEXT MONTH AND IS DUE FOR COMPLETION BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. PETER JOHNSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE 3.5 KILOMETRE CARRIAGEWAY WOULD CATER FOR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
+A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS THE PROVISION OF A CYCLE TRACK ALONG THE LENGTH OF TING KOK ROAD TO HA HANG.
+THE CYCLE TRACK WILL OFFER AN IDEAL MEANS OF TRANSPORT FOR LOCAL EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO CYCLE TO AND FROM WORK, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION HAD RECEIVED WELL OVER A HUNDRED APPLICATIONS FOR SITES AT TAI PO AND ALREADY 23 OF THESE HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
TEN LEASES HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND ANOTHER FOUR ARE BEING NEGOTIATED. THE INVESTORS ARE FROM EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, SAUDI ARABIA AND SINGAPORE AS WELL AS HONG KONG, MR. JOHNSON ADDED.
THE SECOND STAGE OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF 1980 BY WHICH TIME THE WHOLE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WOULD CONSIST OF MORE THAN 100 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL SITES HOUSING 75 TO 100 FACTORIES WITH A WORK FORCE IN EXCESS OF 10,000.
MR. JOHNSON SAID THE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE ESTATE PROVIDING READY AND SMOOTH ACCESS.
TO FACILITATE ROAD IMPROVEMENT WORKS, HE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE TO RESUME 954.4 SQUARE METRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND. TWO MONTHS' NOTICE OF THE LAND RESUMPTION WAS PUBLISHED IN LAST FRIDAY'S (OCTOBER 6) GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
MR. JOHNSON ADDED THAT NO STRUCTURES WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE LAND RESUMPTION,
AS THE LAND TO BE RESUMED LIES WITHIN THE TAI PO OUTLINE ZONING PLAN, OWNERS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND CONCERNED WILL BE OFFERED THE ALTERNATIVES OF CASH COMPENSATION AT THE RATE OF $39 PER SQUARE FOOT IN RESPECT OF HALF OF THE AREA OF EACH LOT SURRENDERED AND THE CHOICE OF EITHER CASH COMPENSATION AT THE SAME RATE OR LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS WITH A CREDIT VALUE OF $19.50 PER SQUARE FOOT IN RESPECT OF THE REMAINING HALF OF THE LOT.
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