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FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1979
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT SET TO GO IN FANLING
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THE GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH THE FIRST MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE IN FANLING AS PART OF ITS OVERALL $2,067 MILLION PLAN TO DEVELOP FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI/SHEK WU HUT INTO A MODERN NEW TOWN.
THE DEVELOPMENT AREA COVERS 14.1 HECTARES SOUTH OF THE FANLING RAILWAY STATION AND INCLUDES A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND AN AMBULANCE DEPOT.
THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE
THE ONLY ONE PLANNED FOR FANLING WILL BE BUILT IN TWO PHASES AND WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR A TOTAL OF 20,000 PEOPLE BY 1984.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) FORMATION WORK ON THE SITE WOULD START IN AUGUST THIS YEAR AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN ONE YEAR'S TIME.
+THE $83 MILLION PROJECT ALSO INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRUNK DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO SERVE THE HOUSING ESTATE AND THE NEIGHBOUR ING FANLING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA WHICH IS NOW BE ING DEVELOPED, HE SAID.
+THE SYSTEM IS OF GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE AND FOR REASONS OF PUBLIC HYGIENE AND AS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR THE EXPANDED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, WILL BE BUILT SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE SITE FORMATION WORK.+
TO FACILITATE THE ENGINEERING WORK ON THE PROJECT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD RESUME A TOTAL OF 104,664.1 SQUARE METRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AND 2,963.6 SQUARE METRES OF BUILDING AND GARDEN LAND.
THREE MONTHS' NOTICE OF THE RESUMPTION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.
HE SAID THE RESUMPTION WOULD REQUIRE THE CLEARANCE OF 290 TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES - SEVEN ON CROWN LAND AND 283 ON PRIVATE LAND AND 883 OTHER ANCILLARY TEMPORARY STRUCTURES.
COMPENSATION FOR CROPS, FRUIT TREES, FISH PONDS, FENCES, WELLS, IRRIGATION PIPES TOGETHER WITH EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES FOR DISPLACED PIG BREEDERS AND POULTRY FARMERS WILL BE PAYABLE.
+DISPLACED FAMILIES WILL BE OFFERED EITHER LAND EXCHANGE
OR CASH COMPENSATION AT CURRENT RATES.
+DEPENDING ON THE IR ELIGIBILITIES, THEY WILL ALSO BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING OR SPACE IN A LOCAL TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA,✦ HE ADDED.