MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1984
$200 MILLION MA ON SHAN PROJECT DUE
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A CONTRACT FOR A FURTHER MASSIVE RECLAMATION PROJECT AT MA ON SHAN IS EXPECTED TO BE AWARDED IN ABOUT ONE MONTH.
UNDER THE $200-MILLION CONTRACT, 61 MORE HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED OVER A THREE-AND-A-HALF-YEAR PERIOD.
WHEN THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED THE LAND WILL BE USED TO BUILD THE TOWN CENTRE FOR MA ON SHAN, THE TOWN PARK, A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 20 600 PEOPLE AND A PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME (PSPS) PROJECT FOR 18 000 PEOPLE.
A FURTHER 16 HECTARES WILL BE RECLAIMED FOR FACILITIES, SUCH AS SEWAGE TREATMENT, ROADS AND DRAINS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
WORK ON THE FIRST TWO MAJOR ROAD CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO MA ON SHAN WILL START IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR AND BE READY IN TIME FOR USE BY RESIDENTS OF A NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.
WORK WILL START AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME ON BUILDING A STATION TO PUMP SEWAGE FROM MA ON SHAN TO THE TREATMENT WORKS AT SHA TIN.
IT WILL ALSO BE READY WHEN THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS MOVE IN.
DEVELOPMENT OF MA ON SHAN, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE A POPULATION OF 300 000 PEOPLE, BEGAN ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE RECLAMATION IN PHASE OF 12 HECTARES OF LAND FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR 16 000 PEOPLE. RECLAMATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND PILING WORK FOR THE NEW ESTATE WILL BEGIN IN MARCH,
RECLAMATION OF A FURTHER 39 HECTARES IN PHASE 1 IS NOW PROGRESSING AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE READY BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
THIS WILL PROVIDE LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING FOR 23 000 PEOPLE AND FOR A PSPS PROJECT FOR 14 500 PEOPLE.
FOUR HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRY BY THE END OF 1985.
UNDER THE FIRST STAGE OF DEVELOPING MA ON SHAN, 150 000 PEOPLE WILL BE ACCOMMODATED.
THE POSSIBILITY IS BEING CONSIDERED OF A BRANCH LINE OF THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY RUNNING FROM TAI WAI, SHA TIN, THROUGH MA ON SHAN.
ALTHOUGH MA ON SHAN IS BORDERED BY A COUNTRY PARK. THERE IS PROVISION IN THE DEVELOPMENT FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE AND AREAS OF GREEN BELT.
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