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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1983
BIG PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS CONTINUE
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THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES ITS MASSIVE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR WITH STARTS TO BE MADE ON A NUMBER OF NEW MAJOR PROJECTS.
THE LARGEST PROJECT TO BE STARTED IS THE $900-MILLION TUEN MUN REGIONAL HOSPITAL. THE 1 600-BED HOSPITAL WILL, ON COMPLETION, SERVE THE GROWING POPULATION IN THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IT WILL CONSIST OF FOUR 10-STOREY WARD BLOCKS, ONE 10- STOREY OPERATION THEATRE BLOCK, A PATHOLOGY BUILDING, A NURSE TRAINING SCHOOL AND STAFF QUARTERS PLUS OTHER SUPPORTING FACILITIES.
PILING WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND WORK ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS EXPECTED TO START BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THE WHOLE PROJECT SHOULD BE READY BY 1987-88.
MEANWHILE. DETAIL DESIGN WORK FOR THE $700-MILLION EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME OF THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL IS PROGRESSING WELL. SITE FORMATION WORK WILL COMMENCE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
AMONG THE MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS TO BE STARTED LATER THIS YEAR WILL BE STAGE III OF THE HONG KONG ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, ONE OF HONG KONG'S AMBITIOUS ROAD PROJECTS.
WORK ON STAGE I AND II OF THE PROJECT IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY. A SECTION OF IT, BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY AND TAIKOO SHING, IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC NEXT YEAR.
THE CORRIDOR, WHICH WILL RUN FROM CAUSEWAY BAY TO CHAI WAN, SHOULD CONSIDERABLY IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG THIS DENSELY POPULATED STRETCH OF THE TERRITORY.
IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, IMPROVEMENT WORK WILL START SOON ON A SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD, FROM FAN
THIS PROJECT WILL COST KAM ROAD TO LOK MA CHAU ON THE BORDER. ABOUT $170 MILLION.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE $300-MILLION TSING Y NORTH BRIDGE TOGETHER WITH ITS APPROACHES, IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE NEXT YEAR. IT WILL CONSIDERABLY INCREASE THE EXISTING TRAFFIC CAPACITY BETWEEN TSING YI AND TSUEN WAN, THE FACES OF WHICH ARE RAPIDLY CHANGING UNDER THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME,
IN SHA TIN, WORK WILL START ON A $60-MILLION MAGISTRACY BUILDING, THE FIRST IN THE NEW TOWN.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THESE WERE ONLY SOME OF THE $3.4 BILLION WORTH OF MAJOR NEW PROJECTS TO BE STARTED THIS FINANCIAL YEAR.
MAJOR WORKS, WHICH BEGAN BEFORE THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, INCLUDE THE WAN CHAI GOVERNMENT COMPLEX. COSTING $1.5 BILLION, IT WILL CONSIST OF SIX BUILDINGS - A DISTRICT COURT-MAGISTRACY BUILDING, TWO 47-STOREY OFFICE TOWERS, A SCIENCE BUILDING, A FIRE STATION AND A PUBLIC CARPARK.
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