FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1979
TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE SITE FOR SALE
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THE PLAN TO DEVELOP TUEN MUN INTO A MAJOR TOWN CENTRE OF 580 000 PEOPLE BY THE MID-1980S WILL MOVE ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY WHEN THE FIRST SITE AT ITS NEW TOWN CENTRE WILL BE PUT UP FOR AUCTION ON JANUARY 22.
MEASURING 1.068 HECTARES, THE LOT HAS A BUILDING COVENANT OF $202 MILLION TO BE FULFILLED WITHIN 56 MONTHS.
WITHIN 56 MONTHS. THE PLOT RATIO IS FIVE FOR DOMESTIC PREMISES AND AN ADDITIONAL 1.22 FOR NON-DOMESTIC PREMISES.
UNDER THE SALE CONDITIONS THE PURCHASER WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT A FOUR-LEVEL PODIUM.
ON LEVELS 1 (GROUND) AND 2, A RANGE OF FACILITIES, INCLUDING OPEN ARCADES, COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ZONES AND PARKING AND SERVICE AREAS, WILL BE PROVIDED. LEVEL 3 WILL BE AN AIR-CONDITIONED COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ZONE, WHILE LEVEL 4 WILL BE LANDSCAPED AND ALSO HAVE A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND. TWO-WAY ESCALATORS WILL SERVE LEVELS 1-3.
OUTSIDE THE PODIUM AREA AT LEVEL 1 THERE WILL BE EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING AND A PEDESTRIAN WAY.
THERE WILL BE TWO DOUBLE AND ONE SINGLE CRUCIFORM STYLE RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS CONTAINING 1 128 FLATS.
THE SENIOR ESTATE SURVEYOR, TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, MR. L.Y. LEUNG, SAID A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST IN THE SALE FROM BIG DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES BOTH IN HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS WAS EXPECTED. HE SAID BIDDING WAS LIKELY TO BE VERY KEEN.
HE SAID WHEN FULLY COMPLETED THE TOWN CENTRE WOULD BECOME A FOCAL POINT WITH FACILITIES SERVING BOTH THE TOWN ITSELF AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAY WOULD PASS THROUGH THE TOWN CENTRE.
HE SAID THERE WOULD BE SIX MORE TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE SITES TOTALLING FIVE HECTARES TO BE SOLD IN PACKAGE DEALS OVER THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS. ALL WOULD CONSIST OF A PODIUM STRUCTURE AND WOULD BE DEVELOPED BY PRIVATE CONTRACTORS.
IN THE TOWN CENTRE, THERE WILL BE EIGHT DOUBLE AND SEVEN SINGLE CRUCIFORM STYLE RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS OF UP TO 29 STOREYS EACH. THESE WOULD HOUSE 26 000 PEOPLE IN 5 000 UNITS.
A CIVIC AND CULTURAL CENTRE WILL BE BUILT IN THE TOWN CENTRE, TO INCLUDE AN AUDITOR FUM, A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, A LIBRARY, A POST OFFICE, A MAGISTRACY AND A BUS STATION.
/A POLYCLINIC