SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1982
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EASTERN DB MEMBERS LOOK OVER "CORRIDOR' WORK
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MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD TOOK A CRUISE THIS MORNING (SATURDAY) ON BOARD THE LAUNCH 'SIR CECIL CLEMENTI' TO LEARN ABOUT VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ALONG THE COAST OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT.
HEADED BY THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (EASTERN),
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MR CHARLES GATELY, THE GROUP OF 32 MEMBERS SAW WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, AND THE RECLAMATIONS AT SHAU KEI WAN AND CHAI WAN.
THEY SAW WORK GOING ON IN FULL SWING ON THE $1 BILLION ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, INVOLVING THREE STAGES OF EXTENSIVE RECLAMATION AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.
WORK ON STAGE OF THE PROJECT, THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELEVATED ROAD OVER THE WATER FROM CAUSEWAY BAY TYPHOON SHELTER TO NORTH POINT, WAS UNDERWAY AND IS TO BE COMPLETED IN LATE 1984.
ALDRICH BAY TYPHOON SHELTER, SHAU KEI WAN, IS A TRADITIONAL BASE FOR ABOUT 600 FISHING BOATS. HOWEVER, A SECTION OF THE SEAWALL IS BEING RECLAIMED FOR THE USE OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ISLAND LINE CONSTRUCTION TO DUMP SPOIL INTO BARGES.
AT CHAI WAN, THE MEMBERS LEARNED THAT THE RECLAMATION PROJECT WHICH SPREAD OVER A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FROM 1975 TO 1985 WOULD YIELD A TOTAL OF 90 HECTARES OF SEA FRONTAGE WHEN COMPLETED.
ALREADY A LARGE PART OF THE RECLAIMED LAND HAS BEEN USED FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND SITES FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE NORTH-EASTERN END OF THE CHAI WAN RECLAMATION IS DESIGNATED TO BE A CARGO HANDLING BASIN DUE FOR COMPLETION BY 1984/85, AND THE LEI YUE MUN BAY RECLAMATION, TO BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST 1982, WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MTR CHAJ WAN DEPOT.
THE MTR HAS PROPOSED DEVELOPING 40 RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS FOR 25 000 PEOPLE AND THE NECESSARY COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND OPEN SPACES FOR THE RESIDENTS NEXT TO THE DEPOT.
BY THE TIME THESE AMBITIOUS PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, THE TRAFFIC AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT WILL BE GREATLY IMPROVED, THE MEMBERS WERE TOLD.