TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1981
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DEVELOPMENTS IN OUTLYING ISLANDS
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IN PROVIDING FACILITIES AND SERVICES ON THE OUTLYING ISLANDS PRIORITY MUST BE GIVEN TO THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL COMMUNITIES, ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) IN A SPEECH TO THE CITY LIONS CLUE.
MR FUNG SAID, BASICALLY, BY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE OUTLYING ISLANDS, HE MEANT PROVISION OF AN OVERALL FRAMEWORK OF BALANCED FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE.
+ INEVITABLY, WHEN DRAWING UP PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THESE LINES, THE GOVERNMENT MUST GIVE PRIORITY TO THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL" COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST IN NEED OF THIS KIND OF IMPROVEMENT, HE SAID.
IN THIS WAY CHEUNG CHAU, PENG CHAU, MUI WO AND TAI O HAD BEEN SELECTED TO BE DEVELOPMENT TARGETS.
+THE INTENTION IS THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE WHOLE RANGE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES, SUCH AS TREATED WATER, PROPER SEWAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL AND QUALITY HOUSING,+ MR FUNG SAID.
ON CHEUNG CHAU, MAJOR ENGINEERING WORKS WERE NOW PROGRESSING AT FULL SPEED.
SITE INVESTIGATION WORK WOULD SOON BEGIN FOR A RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, AND A SITE WOULD ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND A MODERN INCINERATOR.
+IN ABOUT A YEAR'S TIME I EXPECT FILL WORKS TO COMMENCE TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL RECLAMATION AREA FOR A NEW MARKET AND A NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL, BOTH OF WHICH ARE URGENTLY REQUIRED, MR FUNG SAID.
LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD, THERE WERE PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED ON CHEUNG CHAU LATER IN THE 1980S IF DEVELOPMENT WAS TO PROCEED SMOOTHLY, BUT WORK FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS WAS ASSURED.
ON PENG CHAU, A NEW FERRY PIER WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
+FROM ALL THE RECENT CRITICISM IN THE PRESS OF INADEQUATE PIER FACILITIES, YOU WILL APPRECIATE HOW URGENTLY THIS PIER IS REQUIRED,+ HE SAID.
CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY EARLY 1983.
AT MUI WO, A NEW PIER WAS OPENED LAST YEAR, AND A CONTRACT HAS JUST BEEN SIGNED FOR MAJOR ENGINEERING AND RIVER TRAINING WORKS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR A NEW FIRE STATION, A NEW CLINIC AND A PUBLIC HOUSING SITE.
/LR FUNG