TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1980
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SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES OFFICIATES AT +FIRST PILING+ OF DISCOVERY BAY DEVELOPMENT ******
CAREFUL THOUGHT HAS GONE INTO PLANNING AND LANDSCAPING LANTAU'S DISCOVERY BAY DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
MR AKERS-JONES WAS PERFORMING THE FIRST PILE+ CEREMONY AT DISCOVERY BAY, WHICH IS TO BE DEVELOPED INTO A RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE COMMUNITY OF 20 000 PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT YEARS.
COVERING MORE THAN 604 HECTARES, DISCOVERY BAY IS THE SINGLE LARGEST PRIVATE LAND HOLDING IN HONG KONG.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST RESORT, RECREATIONAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO BE BUILT HERE.
PHASE I DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 1 000 HIGH AND LOW RISE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND GARDEN HOUSES. WHEN FULLY COMPLETED, IT WILL CONSIST OF 4 500 HOMES AND COST $2.5 THOUSAND MILLION. A BOAT MARINA AND A 350-ROOM HOTEL ARE INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
MR AKERS-JONES PRAISED THE HONG KONG RESORT COMPANY FOR HAVING TAKEN UP THE TASK WITH ENTHUSIASM AND VIGOUR AND WITH A GREAT SENSE OF CONCERN AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS ROLE AS DEVELOPER.
+ INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS HAVE BEEN CONSULTED AND CAREFUL THOUGHT HAS GONE INTO PLANNING AND LANDSCAPING, HE SAID.
+AS A RESULT, I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT, WHEN COMPLETE, WILL PROVIDE PEACEFUL AND HAPPY SURROUNDINGS FOR ITS RESIDENTS, PLEASURE FOR VISITORS FROM ABROAD AND A DELIGHTFUL RECREATIONAL OUTLET FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.+
MR AKERS-JONES SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THAT WORK WAS IN HAND ON MANY ELEMENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME, INCLUDING HOUSING, A PRIMARY SCHOOL, A COMMUNITY AND COMMERCIAL CENTRE, BEACH CONSTRUCTION AND AN 18-HOLE GOLF COURSE, AS WELL AS THE HOTEL.
HE COMMENDED THE DEVELOPERS FOR THE IMMENSE CARE+ THEY WERE TAKING TO PROTECT THE GREAT NATURAL BEAUTY OF LANTAU AND TO BUILD THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN HARMONY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD SET THEM A HIGH STANDARD THERE, +AND WE MUST ENSURE THAT WHATEVER THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR LANTAU, THIS HIGH STANDARD IS MAINTAINED.+
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