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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1983
ON THE SCALE OF WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, MR O'RORKE SAID THAT THE FUNDS PROVIDED FOR EACH OF THE NEW TOWNS, APART FROM PUBLIC HOUSING, FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD WAS:
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SHA TIN
$927 MILLION
*
TAI PO AND FANLING
$853 MILLION
*
TSUEN WAN
$849 MILLION
*
TUEN MUN
$727 MILLION
*
JUNK BAY
$235 MILLION
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT
$210 MILLION
+ALTOGETHER THIS IS SOME 20 PER CENT UP ON LAST YEAR'S PROVISION, HE SAID.
MAJOR PROJECTS COMPLETED SINCE THE START OF THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OR NEARING COMPLETION INCLUDE:
* TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL ($23 MILLION)
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TUEN MUN ROAD ($500 MILLION)
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SHA TIN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT STAGE 1 ($365 MILLION)
*
PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL ($780 MILLION)
AMONG THE MAJOR PROJECTS UNDERWAY AT PRESENT ARE:
* TUEN MUN CULTURAL COMPLEX AND TOWN PARK ($180 MILLION)
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SHA TIN CULTURAL COMPLEX AND TOWN PARK ($150 MILLION)
* SHA TIN
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TAI PO COASTAL ROAD ($608 MILLION)
* TSUEN WAN BYPASS STAGE I AND TRANSPORT COMPLEX
($560 MILLION)
MR O'RORKE SAID THAT WORK WOULD ALSO START SHORTLY ON THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL ($900 MILLION), PILING WORK FOR WHICH HAS ALREADY BEGUN, TSING YI NORTH BRIDGE AND APPROACHES ($250 MILLION), IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD BETWEEN FAN KAM ROAD AND LOK MA CHAU ($168 MILLION) AND A MAGISTRACY IN SHA TIN (60 MILLION).
LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, MR O'RORKE SAID THAT THE PACE WOULD CONTINUE UNABATED AND THAT GOVERNMENT WOULD MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF EXPENDITURE ON NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT IN THE YEARS TO COME.
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