THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1983
MASSIVE DEVELOPMENTS UNDERWAY IN TSUEN WAN
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MASSIVE RECLAMATION WORKS ARE TAKING PLACE ALONG THE SEA FRONT OF TSUEN WAN AND THE NORTHERN PART OF TSING YI TO PROVIDE LAND FOR PROJECTS NECESSARY TO COPE WITH THE ANTICIPATED POPULATION GROWTH TO ONE MILLION BY THE EARLY 1990'S.
IN TSUEN WAN, SOME 28 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE RECLAIMED FOR AN ELEVATED ROADWAY - SECOND STAGE OF THE BY-PASS LINK ING THE NEW TOWN WITH TUEN MUN HIGHWAY, A FERRY PIER AND TRANSPORT COMPLEX, AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND CULTURAL COMPLEX, A CARPARK, A STADIUM, PUBLIC OPEN SPACES, AND A HOUSING ESTATE.
ON TSING YI NORTH, A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 44 000, A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME ESTATE FOR 9 000 AND OTHER ANCILLARY FACILITIES WILL BE BUILT ON 40 HECTARES OF RECLAIMED LAND.
TODAY, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE INSPECTED THE PROGRESS OF WORK DURING A TOUR TO THE NEW TOWN. ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR HAIDER BARMA, AND THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR ADOLF HSU, SIR PHILIP FIRST VISITED TSING YI TO SEE THE OLD TOWN AND THE DEVELOPMENTS.
WORK ON THE SECOND TSING YI BRIDGE WILL COMMENCE EARLY NEXT YEAR AND BE COMPLETED IN MID 1987 AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $270 MILLION. THE BRIDGE WILL HELP PROVIDE ADEQUATE ACCESS FOR THE 220 000 RESIDENTS IN EARLY 1990'S.
THE PARTY LATER BOARDED THE MARINE LAUNCH +TIN HAU+ TO LOOK AT SITES FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND.
APART FROM THE TWO HOUSING PROJECTS, PART OF THE RECLAIMED LAND WILL ALSO PROVIDE SITE FOR THE ROAD NETWORK LINKING THE WESTERN ACCESS TO THE SECOND BRIDGE.
ALL THE 90 MARICULTURISTS IN THE VICINITY WERE CLEARED LAST MONTH, AND CLEARANCE OF SQUATTER BOATS INSIDE THE MOON TSAI TONG TYPHOON SHELTER IS IN PROGRESS.
THE PARTY THEN WENT TO THE TSUEN WAN BAY WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEAWALL AND RECLAMATION WORK ARE IN PROGRESS.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY WAS TOLD THAT ON THE RECLAIMED LAND, A TWO-AND-A-HALF-KILOMETRE ELEVATED ROADWAY WOULD CONNECT THE STAGE 1 OF THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS AT TEXACO ROAD TO TUEN MUN HIGHWAY AT CHAI WAN KOK WHEN COMPLETED IN 1985.
IT IS FORECAST THAT BY 1986, AT LEAST 4 000 VEHICLES PER HOUR WILL BE USING THIS $290 MILLION NEW ROAD DURING PEAK PERIODS.
A NEW PIER WITH A RESTAURANT AND SHOPPING FACILITIES WILL BE READY THIS SEPTEMBER. WHILE THE TRANSPORT COMPLEX COMPRISING A BUS TERMINUS, MAXICAB AND TAXI STANDS WILL BE COMPLETED BY MID 1984.
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