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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1978
TUEN MUN NEW TOWN RECLAMATION WORK
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL SHORTLY BEGIN LARGE-SCALE RECLAMATION AND LAND FORMATION WORK IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN TO PROVIDE 43 HECTARES OF LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OPEN SPACE.
THE WORK, TENDER FOR WHICH WILL BE INVITED TOMORROW (FRIDAY), WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 760 METRES OF SEAWALL AND RIVERWALL AND THE PLACING OF ABOUT 1.6 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF FILLING MATERIAL WHICH WILL BE TAKEN FROM NEARBY BORROW AREAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CASTLE PEAK RANGE AND FROM THE SEA BED NEAR CHEK LAP KOK ISLAND.
IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 145 METRES OF TWIN-BOX CULVERT AND 650 METRES OF ACCESS ROADS TO SERVE THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
MR. STAN BARDEN, PROJECT MANAGER (TUEN MUN), SAID RECLAMATION WORK WOULD PROBABLY BEGIN IN MARCH NEXT YEAR AND WOULD TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
+THE RECLAMATION NOW IN PROGRESS NEAR PAK KOK IN THE WESTERN PART OF CASTLE PEAK BAY WILL BE EXTENDED FURTHER NORTH INTO THE SEA TO PROVIDE 7.5 HECTARES OF LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY ACCOMMODATE 60,000 PEOPLE, HE SAID.
+NINE HECTARES OF LAND FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT
TO THE HOUSING ESTATE WILL ALSO BE RECLAIMED.+
THIS RECLAMATION TOGETHER WITH THE BREAKWATER TO BE CONSTRUCTED
IN THE CENTRE OF CASTLE PEAK BAY WOULD FORM THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE NEW TYPHOON SHELTER WHICH, WHEN FULLY COMPLETED, WOULD PROVIDE 55 HECTARES OF TYPHOON ANCHORAGE, MR. BARDEN SAID.
OTHER SITES TO BE FORMED FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ARE THE AREA SOUTH OF TAI HING WEAVING FACTORY AND THE REMAINING PUBLIC RECLAMATION OPPOSITE KAU HUT,
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND WORK WILL BE SUPERVISED BY SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND PARTNERS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS TO THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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