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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1981
MR FUNG SAID TAI O DEVELOPMENT HAD BEEN SEVERELY AFFECTED BY PHYSICAL CONDITIONS, AND THE ENGINEERING WORKS REQUIRED WERE THEREFORE MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND MUCH MORE COSTLY THAN ORIGINALLY ENVISAGED.
+FOR THIS REASON, A REVIEW OF THE PROGRAMME FOR TAI O IS NOW UNDERWAY,+ HE SAID.
HOWEVER, A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE HAD ALREADY BEEN BUILT THERE, AND HE HOPED WORK WOULD BEGIN ON A HOME FOR THE AGED SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
+ONE OMISSION FROM ISLANDS WHICH YOU WILL HAVE NOTED IS LAMMA ISLAND, HE SAID.
IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHICAL AREA LAMMA WAS SECOND AMONG THE OFF- SHORE ISLANDS BEHIND LANTAU.
HOWEVER, THE POPULATION OF LAMMA WAS LESS THAN THAT OF THE THREE ISLANDS WHERE DEVELOPMENT WORKS WERE TAKING PLACE AND THE POPULATION WAS AT PRESENT A LITTLE MORE SCATTERED.
DESPITE THE LACK OF A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF PROJECTS CARRIED OUT ON THE ISLAND, SUCH AS THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY'S MAJOR NEW POWER STATION, WHICH WOULD SOON BECOME THE MAIN SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TO THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG ISLAND AND THERE WAS ALSO A LARGE QUARRY IN SOUTH LAMMA PRODUCING AGGREGATÉ FOR USE IN HONG KONG'S BUILDING INDUSTRY.
MR FUNG SAID THE POTENTIAL OF DEVELOPMENT ON LAMMA WAS NOW UNDER REVIEW, BUT IN THE MEANTIME RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND HAD NOT BEEN OVERLOOKED.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SUBMARINE MAIN WHICH WOULD BRING FRESH WATER TO THE POWER STATION WOULD ALSO ENABLE THE POPULATION TO RECEIVE DOMESTIC SUPPLY.
HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY HAD CARRIED OUT RECLAMATION WORK IN YUNG SHUE WAN IN NORTH LAMMA AND THE RECLAIMED LAND WOULD BE USED FOR A FOOTBALL PITCH, A BASKETBALL PITCH AND A HELICOPTER LANDING SITE.
THERE WERE PLANS TO IMPROVE THE PIERS AT YUNG SHUE WAN AND SOK KWU WAN, THE PROPOSAL FOR YUNG SHUE WAN MERITING HIGH PRIORITY.
THE QUESTION OF CONSTRUCTING A FIRE STATION TO SERVE LAMMA ISLAND WAS ALSO UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION BY THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.
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