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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1983
+WHILE THE MAIN THRUST CONTINUES TO BE IN THE DIRECTION OF LAND PRODUCTION FOR HOUSING, INCREASED EMPHASIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PLACED ON PRODUCING COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF THE GROWING POPULATION IN THESE NEW TOWNS, MR MCDONALD SAID.
THESE WILL INCLUDE $250 MILLION TO BE SPENT THIS YEAR ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSING YI, $200.3 MILLION FOR STAGE OF THE TSUEN WAN BYPASS AND THE TSUEN WAN BAY RECLAMATION AND $279.7 MILLION FOR THE SHA TIN TO WO HOP SHEK SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD AND $55 MILLION ON A CULTURAL COMPLEX IN TUEN MUN.
IN SHA TIN, $149.7 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL AND POLYCLINIC AND $120.3 MILLION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE II OF THE SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS.
OUTSIDE NEW TOWNS, THE GOVERNMENT THIS YEAR IS TO SPEND $1.9 BILLION ON ENGINEERING PROJECTS, $1.1 BILLION ON BUILDING WORKS AND $660 MILLION ON WATER SUPPLIES PROJECTS.
AMONG THE MAJOR PROJECTS TO BE STARTED THIS YEAR ARE
* EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO QUEEN MARY
HOSPITAL ($712 MILLION),
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TSING YI NORTH BRIDGE AND APPROACHES ($250 MILLION),
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STAGE OF THE HONG KONG ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR FROM SHAU KEI WAN TO CHAI WAN ($220 MILLION),
* FUTURE INCREASE OF WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA
--STAGE II PHASE 1 ($190 MILLION),
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TUEN MUN WATER SUPPLY STAGE 11 PHASE 2 ($145 MILLION),
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROUTE BETWEEN FAN KAM ROAD AND LOK MA CHAU ($168 MILLION),
A MAGISTRACY BUILDING IN SHA TIN ($60 MILLION),
* TUEN MUN TOWN PARK ($40 MILLION).
AS TO THE FUTURE, MR MCDONALD SAID, HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE WITH EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT. ESPECIALLY IN NEW TOWNS WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY HOUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IN THE TERRITORY.
/HE AIMED,