THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1980
THE PARTY THEN WENT TO THE SOUTH KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL (THE SECOND MENTAL HOSPITAL) AT LAI CHI KOK WHERE THEY WERE ALSO BRIEFED BY MR KWAN.
THE 1 340-BED HOSPITAL, SITUATED NEAR PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL, COMPRISES A 10-STOREY BLOCK FOR MALE PATIENTS AND AN EIGHT-STOREY BLOCK FOR FEMALE PATIENTS.
THESE BLOCKS WILL BE LINKED BY A SYSTEM OF SUBWAYS AND COVERED WALKWAYS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE HOSPITAL.
THE HOSPITAL, AT JUST OVER $111 MILLION TO BUILD, IS MULTI-LEVEL SO THAT AS MUCH OPEN SPACE AS POSSIBLE IS LEFT TO BE LANDSCAPED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
MR KWAN SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS CARRIED OUT IN TWO STAGES. WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE, WHICH BEGAN IN JUNE 1976, HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WORK ON THE SECOND AND FINAL STAGE WOULD BE COMPLETED IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
FROM LAI CHI KOK, THE MEMBERS PROCEEDED TO THE TSUEN WAN RECLAMATION WHERE THEY WERE RECEIVED AND BRIEFED BY MR NORMAN TUCKER, ACTING PROJECT MANAGER OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PWD, ON THE PROGRESS OF THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS STAGE TWO AND TSUEN WAN RECLAMATION PROJECT.
MR TUCKER SAID THAT TSUEN WAN BY-PASS WOULD BE AN ELEVATED ROAD JOINING THE KWAI CHUNG ROAD TO TUEN MUN ROAD BYPASSING CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN THE CENTRE OF TSUEN WAN.
HE SAID THE PROJECT WAS CARRIED OUT IN TWO STAGES. WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE WAS MAKING HEADWAY AND WOULD BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR WHILE WORK ON THE OTHER STAGE STARTED IN FEBRUARY.
THE $145 MILLION CONTRACT, THE BIGGEST SINGLE CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACT LET BY THE PWD TO DATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN, INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEAWALL AND RECLAMATION AT THE WESTERN SIDE OF TSUEN WAN BAY, SITE FORMATION WORKS ON TSING YI ISLAND AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS.
WORK WILL BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT THREE YEARS.
THE GROUP ENDED THEIR TOUR WITH A VISIT TO THE SAM TUNG UK VILLAGE RESITE PROJECT IN SHEUNG KWA CHUNG.
THE PROJECT AIMS TO RESITE THE VILLAGERS FROM SAM TUNG UK VILLAGE, PART OF WHICH HAS HAD TO BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TSUEN WAN DEPOT FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION.
WORK ON THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE FORMATION OF THREE PLATFORMS AND CONSTRUCTION OF 78 HOUSES.
FACILITIES SUCH AS A NEW CHI-TONG", A VILLAGE OFFICE AND A BASKETBALL COURT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE VILLAGERS THEMSELVES WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
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