TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1979
CONTRACT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF YUEN LONG SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) AWARDED A $44.5 MILLION ENGINEERING CONTRACT TO HS IN CHONG CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF YUEN LONG.
THE CONTRACT FORMS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S $726 MILLION PLAN TO DEVELOP THE MARKET TOWN INTO A MODERN, SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITY WITH AN EVENTUAL POPULATION OF 95,000.
IT IS THE FOURTH CONTRACT LET SO FAR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN UNDER THE RURAL NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WHICH BEGAN IN JUNE 1977.
THE CONTRACT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR. NG TECK-SHENG, GOVERNMENT ENGINEER OF PWD'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, AND MR. K.N. YEH, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY,
MR. NG SAID THE PROJECT WOULD INVOLVE THE FORMATION OF 28 HECTARES OF LAND IN THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE TOWN.
IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEVEN KILOMETRES OF ROAD, A CYCLE PATH AND 11 KILOMETRES OF DRAINAGE PIPES.
OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS WATER SUPPLY AND ELECTRICITY WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED UNDER THE 33-MONTH CONTRACT.
MR. NG SAID THE EASTERN AREA WOULD BE USED FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS, A NEW MARKET AND OPEN SPACE.
THE AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE TOWN, HE ADDED, WOULD BE USED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDING JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR UP TO 17,000 PEOPLE.
HE POINTED OUT THAT PART OF THE LAND FORMED WOULD BE RESERVED FOR GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY USES, CAR AND LORRY PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND AMENITY PLOTS.
OUTLINING THE PROGRESS OF THE FIRST THREE CONTRACTS, MR, NG SAID THAT UNDER THE FIRST CONTRACT ABOUT THREE HECTARES OF LAND WAS FORMED LAST YEAR.
WORK ON THE SECOND CONTRACT, INVOLVING CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, SEWERS AND THE YUEN LONG WEST BUS TERMINUS ON THE LAND FORMED, IS NEARING COMPLETION.
THE BUS TERMINUS WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE THIRD CONTRACT INVOLVES THE FORMATION OF 14.5 HECTARES OF LAND AND CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND DRAINS.
+WE HAVE FINISHED FORMING FOUR HECTARES OF LAND FOR THE SHUI PIN WAI HOUSING ESTATE WHICH IS CAPABLE OF HOUSING 11,000 PEOPLE, + MR. NG SAID.
/+THE HOUSING