SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1980
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MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AT SHEK WU HUT
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A MAJOR CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT WILL BE STARTED UNDER A SCHEME TO DEVELOP SHEK WU HUI INTO A NEW TOWN.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY AND LINK ROADS WITH A TOTAL LENGTH OF ABOUT 1.5 KILOMETRES.
IMPROVEMENTS WILL ALSO BE MADE TO RIVER SUTLEJ WITH 350 METRES OF A NEW BOX CULVERT AND 900 METRES OF NEW RIVER CHANNEL.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID THE THREE-SPAN BRIDGE WOULD REPLACE THE EXISTING LEVEL CROSSING AT SAN FUNG AVENUE AND FORM PART OF THE PLANNED ROAD NETWORK FOR THE FANLING/SHEK WU HUI NEW TOWN.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JUNE AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SUPERVISED BY MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA FOR THE PWD NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
VILLAGERS GAVE LAND TO BUILD PLAYGROUND *****
A PLAYGROUND HAS BEEN OPENED IN A VILLAGE NEAR YUEN LONG, LARGELY ON LAND RESIDENTS SURRENDERED TO THE GOVERNMENT.
THE VILLAGERS WANTED SOMEWHERE FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO PLAY AND APPROACHED THE LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICE OFFERING LAND IN RETURN FOR A PLAYGROUND,
THE OFFER WAS ACCEPTED AND $75 000 WAS ALLOCATED FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE'S LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS VOTE FOR THE PROJECT.
THE 470 SQUARE METRE SITE AT TAI WAI TSUEN ON WHICH THE PLAYGROUND WAS BUILT INCLUDED SOME CROWN LAND.
+THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF JOINT EFFORT BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE IN PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE SAID.
THE PLAYGROUND FACILITIES INCLUDE A +JUNGLEGYM+, A FOUR-SEAT SWING, A SEESAW AND A SLIDE.
THERE ARE ALSO CONCRETE BENCHES AND FLOWER BEDS WHICH PROVIDE A SITTING AREA FOR THE VILLAGERS OF TAI WAI TSUEN AS WELL AS FOR RESIDENTS FROM THE NEARBY VILLAGES OF WONG UK, YING LUNG WAI, CHOJ UK AND TUNG TAU TSUEN.
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