WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1978
1978
MORE LAND IN NT EARMARKED FOR INDUSTRY
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MORE THAN 273 HECTARES OF LAND IN DEVELOPING AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORMED, SERVICED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO INDUSTRY, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE TOLD A TOP-LEVEL PARTY OF INDUSTRIALISTS AND BUSINESSMEN THAT ADDITIONAL LARGE AREAS OF INDUSTRIAL LAND WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS WITH ABOUT 350 HECTARES IN TSUEN WAN, SHA TIN, TUEN MUN, TAJ PO, FAN LING, YUEN LONG AND THE ISLANDS DISTRICT.
MR. AKERS-JONES GAVE THE FIGURES DURING A TOUR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES BY A 15-MAN PARTY FROM THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HONG KONG.
THE TEAMS WERE HEADED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE LEADERS, FEDERATION CHAIRMAN MR. JAMES WU, HONG KONG CHAMBER GENERAL COMMITTEE MEMBER, MR. A.G. HUTCHINSON, AND MR. MICHAEL EMMONS, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER.
MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL SEE THE RAPID EXPANSION OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS OF ALL TYPES IN LINE WITH THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND WITH THE POLICY OF BALANCING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
+BY 1986 AN ADDITIONAL 66 HECTARES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND WILL
BE FORMED AND IN USE IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT.
+TUEN MUN WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 75 HECTARES AND SHA TIN A TOTAL OF 58.5 HECTARES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND.
+GIVEN THE STANDARD PLOT RATIO' FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF 9.5, ONE HECTARE NET CAN PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR 5,133 WORKERS.
AT THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AT TAI PO, +SPECIAL LAND FOR SPECIAL INDUSTRIES AT A SPECIAL PRICE,+ IS IN GREAT DEMAND AT $595 PER SQUARE METRE. ALREADY 12 SITES COVERING A TOTAL AREA OF 9.3 HECTARES HAVE BEEN LEASED BY THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION.
WORK HAS JUST STARTED ON THE CORPORATION'S SECOND ESTATE AT WANG CHAU, NORTH OF YUEN LONG. IT WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE 72 HECTARES OF LAND FOR +SPECIAL INDUSTRY+ TO HELP HONG KONG BROADEN ITS INDUSTRIAL BASE, HE SAID.
+FAN LING-SHEK WU HUI TOWN WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 24 HECTARES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND AND THE RURAL TOWNSHIPS OF MUI WO, TAI 0, PENG CHAU AND CHEUNG CHAU WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 13.15 HECTARES INCLUDING LAND FOR LOCAL INDUSTRIES TO MEET LOCAL EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS, + MR. AKERS-JONES SAID.
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. JOHN TODD, ACCOMPANIED THE TOP-LEVEL PARTY THROUGHOUT THE IR TOUR OF TSUEN WAN, TSING YI, TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN,
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