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THIS ADDS UP TO A CAREFUL ATTEMPT BY GOVERNMENT TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF NDUSTRY AND BUSINESS AGAINST THOSE OF THE COMMUNITY
WHOLE.
THE NEW BILL HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF PROLONGED AND EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ITS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AIR POLLUTION.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN FULLY INVOLVED THROUGH THEIR MEMBERSHIP OF THESE COMMITTEES, ON
HICH THE CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION ALSO SITS.
TSING YI PLANS HOUSING FOR 80 000
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TWO MORE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES ACCOMMODATING 70 000 PEOPLE WILL BE BUILT ON RECLAIMED LAND ON TSING YI, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR TAM WING-PONG, SAID TODAY.
IN ADDITION, A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME ESTATE FOR ABOUT 10 000 AND FURTHER EXPANSION TO THE EXISTING CHEUNG HONG AND CHEUNG CHING ESTATES ARE ALSO BEING PLANNED.
MR TAM DISCLOSED THIS IN A LUNCHEON SPEECH TO THE TSUEN WAN Y'S MEN'S CLUB WHEN HE OUTLINED PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLANS OF THE ISLAND AND IDENTIFIED SOME PROBLEMS.
OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE ISLAND'S OUTLINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN ARE:
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A SECOND TSING YI BRIDGE, LYING NORTH OF THE ISLAND, EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1986:
A NEW TOWN CENTRE WITH MAJOR COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, SUCH AS URBAN CLINIC, INDOOR GAMES HALL, SPORTS STADIUM, SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX, A COMMUNITY CENTRE, A GOVERNMENT OFFICE BLOCK, A DIVISIONAL POLICE STATION, A HOSPITAL AND AN AMBULANCE DEPOT :
* THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN COASTS
FOR MARINE-ORIENTED INDUSTRY, A SITE NORTH OF THE EXISTING TSING YI BRIDGE FOR FLATTED FACTORIES AND ANOTHER AREA FOR CLEAN LABORATORY-TYPE INDUSTRY -- TO ACCOMMODATE A TOTAL EXPECTED WORK FORCE OF 20 000 BY 1996- AND IMPROVED RECREATIONAL AND RESTAURANT FACILITIES AT YAU KAM TAU BOATYARDS.