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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1980
MR TANG KWOK-KEE, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE PWD'S NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SAID THE PROJECT MARKED ANOTHER IMPORTANT PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE NEW TOWN'S MASSIVE $6 000 MILLION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
+DEVELOPMENT IN TUEN MUN, HE SAID, IS BEING CARRIED OUT MAINLY ON LAND FORMED BY RECLAMATION AND SITE FORMATION AND WORK ON A SERIES OF BUILDING, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ROAD PROJECTS IS PROGRESSING ON A WIDE FRONT.
+SINCE THE START OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, MORE THAN 220 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE BEEN RECLAIMED AND SERVICED FOR VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT.
+WORK IS PROGRESSING WELL ON PRODUCING ANOTHER 130 HECTARES OF LAND IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TOWN.+
AT PRESENT, TUEN MUN NEW TOWN HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 90 000, MOST OF THEM LIVING IN SELF-CONTAINED PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WITH SHOPPING COMPLEXES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
HE SAID THAT THE LAND RECLAIMED UNDER THE PRESENT CONTRACT, WOULD BE USED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, A POLICE STATION, AN AMBULANCE DEPOT AND A FIRE STATION.
+LAND WILL ALSO BE RESERVED ON THE RECLAMATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROAD LINKING THE EASTERN AND WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN,+ HE ADDED.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 640-METRE LONG RIVER TRAINING WALL IN THE CENTRE OF CASTLE PEAK BAY AND A 750-METRE LONG SEAWALL IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE BAY.
MR TANG SAID THAT THE SEAWALL WOULD COMPLETE THE FINAL SHAPE OF THE TUEN MUN HARBOUR WHICH WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 50 HECTARES OF SHELTERED ANCHORAGE FOR CARGO HANDLING ACTIVITIES.
IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A TYPHOON REFUGE FOR THE WESTERN WATERS OF HONG KONG AND SERVE AS A BASE FOR THE TUEN MUN FISHING FLEET,+ HE ADDED.
FILL MATERIAL FOR THE RECLAMATION WORK WILL BE OBTAINED FROM BORROW AREAS IN SIU LAM AND THE EASTERN FOOTHILL OF THE NEW TOWN,
THE TERRACED PLATFORMS FORMED IN THESE AREAS WILL PROVIDE FOUR HECTARES OF LAND FOR HIGH CLASS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ANOTHER NINE HECTARES FOR OPEN SPACE AND OTHER USES.
WORK ON THE PROJECT, TENDERS FOR WHICH IS BEING INVITED, WILL START LATER THIS YEAR AND TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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