FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1981
MR BARDEN SAID ALREADY TUEN MUN'S POPULATION HAD GROWN TO FOUR TIMES THAT OF THE ORIGINAL VILLAGES WHICH MADE UP +CASTLE PEAK+, AND THIS WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
+THE FIRST REALLY LARGE ESTATES BUILT BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, ON TING AND YAUTOL, ARE ALREADY TAKING SHAPE AND WILL BE NEARING COMPLETION BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WHILE THE NEXT ONE, BUTTERFLY ESTATE, IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE.
+THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING TYPE OF ESTATE BUILT BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR SALE, CHI LOK FA YUEN, WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED, WHILE A START WILL BE MADE ON ANOTHER NEAR BUTTERFLY BEACH FOR OUR +MIDDLE CLASS+ CITIZENS.
+YET ANOTHER, IN THE FORM OF A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, IS TAKING SHAPE AT THE NORTH OF THE TOWN AND SHAN KING ESTATE HAS STARTED TO THE WEST. PROGRESS IS BY NO MEANS LIMITED TO PUBLIC HOUSING, HOWEVER, AND WORK WILL START DURING THE YEAR ON THE GREATER PART OF TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE, WHICH INCLUDES FLATS FOR SOME 25 000 PEOPLE, THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE TOLD.
FOUR OF THE SEVEN LOTS THAT MAKE UP THIS PRESTIGIOUS PROJECT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOLD BY THE YEAR'S END, INCLUDING ONE THAT WOULD PROVIDE COMMERCIAL AND SHOPPING FACILITIES RIVALLING THOSE TO BE FOUND ON HONG KONG ISLAND,
THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF THE FAST GROWING POPULATION HAVE NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN, THOUGH PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED ON SITE FORMATION AND OTHER WORKS HAVE PREVENTED THE MAIN 1 400 BED HOSPITAL REACHING COMPLETION AS EARLY AS WAS ORIGINALLY HOPED.
NEVERTHELESS, MR BARDEN SAID, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT PILING WORK FOR THE FIRST BUILDINGS OF THE HOSPITAL WOULD START THIS YEAR, WHILE THE YAN OF POLYCLINIC, TO BE OPENED THIS YEAR, WOULD HELP TO BRIDGE THE GAP.
ON THE CULTURAL FRONT, THE BOARD MEMBERS HEARD THAT BUILDING TUEN MUN'S 1 500 SEAT AUDITORIUM WAS EXPECTED TO START THIS YEAR, USING A DESIGN THAT HAD BEEN TESTED AND FOUND SUCCESSFUL IN TSUEN WAN, THOUGH IT WOULD HAVE ITS OWN CHARACTERISTICS MAKING IT CLEARLY PART OF THE TUEN MUN SCENE.
CLOSE BY. THE FIRST BLOCK OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES WOULD ALSO BE STARTED, PROVIDING A MUCH NEEDED FOCAL POINT FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT HAVE TO BE PROVIDED BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
AMONG WHAT MR BARDEN DESCRIBED AS +THE MORE MUNDANE ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT AS IMPORTANT AS ANY+ WOULD BE THE COMPLETION OF THE LINING OF THE LARGE NULLAH THAT RUNS THROUGH TUEN MUN, AND COMPLETION OF ITS MAIN SEWER.
EVENTUALLY, THE CONTENTS OF THE NULLAH WOULD, DURING DRY PERIODS, BE TRANSFERRED TO THE SEWAGE SYSTEM, WHILE THE SEWAGE WOULD BE GIVEN PRIMARY TREATMENT AT PILLAR POINT AND DISCHARGED
INTO THE SEA WELL OFF-SHORE SO THAT THE PRESENT EFFECT ON BATHING FACILITIES WOULD BE MUCH REDUCED.
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