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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1980
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TSUEN WAN PARK PROJECT DROPPED
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS +MOST RELUCTANTLY+ DECIDED NOT TO PROCEED WITH PHASE OF THE TSO KUNG TAM PARK PROJECT IN TSUEN WAN BECAUSE DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS HAVE REVEALED POOR SOIL CONDITIONS AND SERIOUS GEOTECHNIC PROBLEMS,
THE PROJECT COVERING AN AREA OF 38 HECTARES INCLUDED AN OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES. SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT ALTHOUGH INVESTIGATIONS FOR PHASE II OF THE PROJECT WOULD CONTINUE THE GEOTECHNIC PROBLEMS MIGHT HAVE SERIOUS ADVERSE EFFECTS ON WHAT COULD BE DONE.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID CONSULTANTS NOW ESTIMATED THE OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE TO COST $64 MILLION, CLEARLY IT IS NO LONGER ECONOMICAL TO PROCEED WITH PHASE I AND THE CENTRE SHOULD BE SITED SOMEWHERE ELSE, HE SAID. THIS IS BEING LOOKED INTO BY CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS.+
IN MARCH, 1977. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION TO DEVELOP THE TSO KUNG TAM VALLEY INTO AN URBAN PARK AND OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE SUBJECT TO FUNDS BEING PROVIDED. THE VALLEY IS STEEP-SIDED AND IS INTERSECTED BY A STREAM, IT LIES ABOVE THE WESTERN END OF TSUEN WAN JUST BELOW ROUTE TWISK,
+IT IS VERY VEXING THAT THE PROJECT CANNOT PROCEED AS ENVISAGED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF COST AND GEOTECHNIC CONSIDERATION, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.
NOTE TO EDITORS
DSW TO OPEN SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE ON TSING YI
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR THOMAS LEE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN A SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE RUN BY THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AT CHEUNG CHING ESTATE ON TSING YI ISLAND.
THE CENTRE PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY THERE A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL SERVICES INCLUDING FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK, OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK AND GUIDANCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES,
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 2.30 PM TOMORROW AT THE CENTRE AT CHING YUNG HOUSE, CHEUNG CHING ESTATE ON TSING YI ISLAND. PRESS REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO USE A COACH TO TAKE GUESTS TO TSING YI. THE COACH WILL BE PARKED IN HANKOW ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, OUTSIDE THE YMCA BUILDING AND LEAVE AT 1.30 PM.
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