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AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT, ABOUT 4.6 HECTARES OF LAND ALONG THE SEAFRONT IS TO BE RECLAIMED FÖR OPEN SPACE. RECREATION AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN ORDER TO COPE WITH THÊ REQUIREMENTS GENERATED FROM THE ADDITIONAL POPULATION IN AREA 25 AND TO MAKE UP DEFICITS IN THE ADJACENT CONGESTED CENTRAL AREA OF TSUEN WAN.
THE PROPOSED WATERFRONT PROMENADE WILL LINK UP WITH THE DISTRICT OPEN SPACE SYSTEM IN TSUEN WAN CENTRAL.
THIS SHOULD ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF AREA 25 AND THE TOWNSCAPE OF TSUEN WAN IN GENERAL.
THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSTRUCT A DISTRICT DISTRIBUTOR ROAD CONNECTING TSUEN WAN CENTRAL TO KWAI CHUNG UNDER THE FUTURE TSING YI NORTH BRIDGE, THUS IMPROVING TRAFFIC IN NEIGHBOURING AREAS.
THE AMENDED PLAN MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE TOWN PLANNING DIVISION, FOURTH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE (CENTRAL AND WESTERN) PUBLIC ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING ENTRANCE; AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE (TSUEN WAN), SECOND FLOOR, FOU WAH CENTRE, 210 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN.
ANY PERSON AFFECTED BY THE AMENDMENTS MAY SUBMIT HIS OBJECTION IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARY, TOWN PLANNING BOARD, C/O LANDS DEPARTMENT, FOURTH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING BY JULY 21, 1983.
THE PLAN IS ON SALE AT THE SURVEY DIVISION, LANDS DEPARTMENT, FIFTH FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING AT $10 FOR AN UNCOLOURED COPY AND $60 FOR A COLOURED COPY.
NEW SECRETARY VISITS DEPARTMENT
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THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR CHAN NAI-KEONG, THIS MORNING VISITED THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE LANDS AND WORKS GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS SINCE ASSUMING HIS NEW POST.
MR CHAN WAS MET AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS IN MURRAY BUILDING BY THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, MR JOSEPH LEI- THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT, MR PETER CHUNG AND THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR, MR TONY LAWRENCE AND BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
MR CHAN LATER SAW A PHOTO EXHIBITION OF SOME MAJOR PROJECTS AND SHOWED PARTICULAR INTEREST IN A MODEL OF THE CONCERT HALL OF THE CULTURAL COMPLEX TO BE BUILT IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
MR CHAN ENDED HIS TOUR WITH A VISIT TO THE MAINTENANCE BRANCH OF THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE IN SUN HUNG KAI CENTRE AT THE WAN CHAI WATERFRONT.
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