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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1978
GOVERNOR SEES ABERDEEN DEVELOPMENT
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, IN HIS CURRENT SERIES OF VISITS TO URBAN DISTRICTS, THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING VIEWED VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN ABERDEEN.
FROM A VANTAGE POINT ON THE ROOF OF A HIGH-RISE BLOCK IN ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD, SIR MURRAY SAW WORK PROGRESSING ON THE AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE, THE ABERDEEN HARBOUR RECLAMATION PROGRAMME, THE YUE FAI YUEN OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME AND THE AP LEI CHÂU WEST ESTATE.
SIR MURRAY WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF THESE PROJECTS BY THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (HONG KONG) MRS. MABLE HAYES, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (SOUTHERN), MISS ELLE SHUM AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE $37 MILLION RECLAMATION PROGRAMME WILL EVENTUALLY YIELD ABOUT 16 HECTARES OF LAND FOR A CIVIC CENTRE, A MAGISTRACY, A BUS TERMINUS, A CARGO HANDLING AREA, AND OTHER USES.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE YUE FAI YUEN IS NOW AT FULL SPEED AND WILL PROVIDE 1,100 HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS FOR ABOUT 7,500 PEOPLE BY EARLY 1980.
THE AP LEI CHAU WEST ESTATE IS BEING BUILT ON A 5.2-HECTARE SITE EAST OF THE POWER STATION. THE ESTATE WILL HAVE ABOUT 3,800 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS FOR 24,000 PEOPLE, A MARKET, A COMMUNITY HALL, PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND A YOUTH CENTRE.
PHASE OF THE ESTATE WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION IN OCTOBER NEXT YEAR AND WORK ON PHASE I WILL START IN LATE 1979.
WORK ON THE AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE, WHICH WILL HAVE A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY WITH PEDESTRIAN PAVEMENTS, IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY AND WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT JULY.
APART FROM THESE LARGE PROJECTS, THE GOVERNOR WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON ROAD IMPROVEMENT WORK IN THE AREA.
AFTER THE BRIEFING, SIR MURRAY WENT TO THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (SOUTHERN) IN ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD TO MEET LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.
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