WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1980
MR BARDEN SAID THE SEAWALL WOULD COMPLETE THE FINAL SHAPE OF THE TUEN MUN HARBOUR WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MORE THAN 50 HECTARES OF SHELTERED ANCHORAGE FOR CARGO HANDLING AND OTHER 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 SAID,
FILL MATERIAL FOR THE RECLAMATION WORK WILL BE OBTAINED FROM BORROW AREAS IN SIU LAM AND THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS 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 WILL START NEXT WEEK AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN PHASES OVER THE NEXT 30 MONTHS.
+THE PHASED COMPLETION WILL ENABLE WORK TO START EARLY ON THE TOWN PARK, NULLAH PROMENADE AND SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX SCHEMES WHICH FORM PART OF THE PLANNED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TUEN MUN, MR BARDEN SAID.
SIR MURRAY INSPECTS DEVELOPMENTS IN SHAM SHUT PO
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THE GOVERNOR SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TODAY SPENT THE ENTIRE MORNING VISITING SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA.
SIR MURRAY WENT TO THE ROOF OF CHEW ON BUILDING IN YEN CHOW STREET FROM WHERE HE COULD SURVEY THE DEVELOPMENT SITES WHILE BEING BRIEFED BY THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (KOWLOON), MRS MABEL HAYES, THE CDO, MR STEPHEN IP, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
SIR MURRAY WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WEST KOWLOON CORRIDOR AND ON LAI KOK ESTATE WHICH WILL PROVIDE HOMES TO SOME 17 000 PEOPLE WHEN COMPLETED NEXT YEAR.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WILL INCLUDE RECLAMATIONS AT SHAM SHUI PO AND CHEUNG SHA WAN. WORK ON A PARK AND A SWIMMING POOL ON THE SITE OF THE PRESENT VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CAMPS WILL BEGIN WHEN THE REFUGEES HAVE LEFT.
SIR MURRAY THEN WALKED TO SHAM SHUI PO MARKET TO SEE HAWKERS PLYING THEIR TRADES THERE. HE STOPPED TO CHAT WITH A FEW AND ASKED THEM HOW THEY FARED IN THE IR BUSINESS.
A MULTI-STOREY MARKET COMPLEX WILL SOON BE BUILT TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
/BEFORE SINDING
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