THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1980
JUNK BAY NEW TOWN UNDER STUDY
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A NEW OFFICE HAS BEEN FORMED WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO DEAL WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW TOWN AT JUNK BAY.
ANNOUNCING THIS MAJOR MOVE TODAY, MR JOHN DON, DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, SAID THAT IN LINE WITH THE OTHER NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICES WITHIN THE PWD, THE NEW OFFICE WOULD BE STAFFED WITH A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL WHO WOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH CONSULTANTS.
+SOON, CONSULTANTS WILL BE COMMISSIONED TO UNDERTAKE THE VARIOUS SECTOR STUDIES NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TOWN PLAN, MR DON SAID.
+THEIR STUDIES WILL COVER SUCH DIVERSE FIELDS AS TERRAIN ANALYSIS, GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS, LAND USE AND LAND FORMATION, TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT, DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE, SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL, THE ENVIRONMENT (INCLUDING MARINE ECOLOGY, POLLUTION AND LANDSCAPE), POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES.+
MR DON SAID THAT THE NEW OFFICE WOULD BE HEADED BY MR B.H. NEWMAN, WHO HAS SERVED AS PROJECT MANAGER IN OTHER NEW TOWNS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE PWD.
MR NEWMAN, COMMENTING ON THE PROJECT, SAID THAT PRESENT INTENTIONS WERE TO DEVELOP A TOWN IN JUNK BAY WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 300 000 PEOPLE.
+ BUT THE PLANNING EXERCISE WILL CONSIDER THE FEASIBILITY OF EXTENDING THIS CAPACITY, HE ADDED. JUNK BAY HAS CONSIDERABLE ATTRACTION AS A NEW TOWN BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE MAIN URBAN AREAS BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS TO BE OVERCOME IN RELATION TO COMMUNICATIONS, SOURCES OF FILL MATERIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS WHICH MÁY LIMIT THE ULTIMATE EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT.
+BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AREA, THE EFFECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE HINTERLAND AND THE TOWN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTHEAST KOWLOON AND SAI KUNG DISTRICT WILL ALSO BE EXAMINED IN DETAIL. A STUDY WILL ALSO BE MADE OF THE EXISTING INDUSTRIES AND THEIR COMPATIBILITY WITH AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT, + MR NEWMAN SAID.
THE DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 21 MONTHS. THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS BEING TEMPORARILY ACCOMMODATED IN THE OLD SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER'S HOUSE IN BOWEN ROAD BUT WILL MOVE OUT TO JUNK BAY WHEN DEVELOPMENT WORKS START ON THE GROUND.
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