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SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1981
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CURRENT DEMAND FOR FRESH MEAT THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES IS ABOUT 3 000 PIGS AND 150 CATTLE PER DAY. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE DAILY DEMAND WILL REACH 7 000 PIGS AND 350 CATTLE TOWARDS THE LATE 1980S,
AT PRESENT. FRESH MEAT SUPPLIED TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE MAINLY FROM CHEUNG SHA WAN ABATTOIR AND TWO LICENSED PRIVATE SLAUGHTER-HOUSES AT YUEN LONG AND TAI PO.
A PRIVATE ABATTOIR FOR PIGS IN TSUEN WAN, FOR WHICH A SITE HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TENDERS, IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT WILL HAVE AN INITIAL CAPACITY OF 2 000 PIGS PER DAY AND WILL EVENTUALLY EXPAND TO 3 000 PIGS PER DAY.
PROVISION OF TWO SMALL GOVERNMENT ABATTOIRS IS ALSO BE ING PLANNED TO COPE WITH THE RISING DEMAND OF THE OUTLYING ISLANDS AND THE REMOTE AREA OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WHERE DEVELOPMENTS ARE UNDERWAY AND RESIDENTS ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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THREE BRIDGES FOR YUEN LONG NEW TOWN
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TWO VEHICULAR BRIDGES, ONE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND ASSOCIATED ROADS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WILL SHORTLY BE BUILT IN YUEN LONG NEW TOWN BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE VEHICULAR BRIDGES WILL FORM PART OF A NEW ROAD BYPASSING YUEN LONG NEW TOWN ON THE NORTH, CONNECTING THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND INDUSTRIAL AREA IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TOWN TO THE YUEN LONG/AU TAU ROAD NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE FOOTBRIDGE, TO BE BUILT AT SHUI PIN WAI, WILL ENABLE PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS THE BUSY CASTLE PEAK ROAD SAFELY FROM THE RECENTLY COMPLETED PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE TO MAJOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN THE TOWN, INCLUDING THE TOWN HALL, SPORTS STADIUM, SCHOOLS AND TO THE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT PRESENT.
THE PROJECT FORMS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF YUEN LONG NEW TOWN UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PWD.
TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR THE WORKS AND CONSTRUCTION WILL START IN SEPTEMBER AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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